closeup of a deep bell-shaped flower against a blue sky

Wordless Wednesday: One last May flower

Even though I suppose it’s really June now. Related Links: More Wordless Wednesdays on Caterpickles

A small white daisy-like flower pokes up out of a patch of moss on a brick wall.

Wordless Wednesday: May flower

Look what my husband spotted poking up out of some bricks. Related Links: More Wordless Wednesdays on Caterpickles

Sky above the tree -- perfectly dark blue at the top shading down to a pale baby blue just above the trees. There's clouds too. The fluffy cotton ball kind.

Wordless Wednesday: California sky

The sky here is just ridiculous. Seriously, that’s a lot of fabulous to spend on an average weekday afternoon. Related Links: More Wordless Wednesdays on Caterpickles

Red bush in a California garden in springtime.

Wordless Wednesday: Gardening in a drought-prone state

Amazingly, this is just someone’s front yard. Every time I look at this photo, my brain tries to tell me that there’s a river swooping along the bottom of that tree with the orange leaves. But really it’s just dirt.

Have you heard about the National Park’s free annual pass for fourth graders?

Have you heard about the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Every Kid in a Park program? In a nutshell, the program offers fourth graders (and 10-year-old home-schooled equivalents) a free annual pass to every National Park in the U.S. Between now and August 31, 2019, fourth graders can use their passes to get free admission to any park in the National Park system for themselves and a select number of family and friends.

Look what I learned to do this fall!

This fall I’ve been volunteering in my daughter’s middle school library. Mostly the job involves shelving books kids have already read and helping kids find the books they’d like to read next. But a few weeks ago, I was promoted to Apprentice Book Repair Person. My first mission? Make Rebel Belle by Rachel Hawkins readable again.

the black panther stalks over a green background

Wordless Wednesday: The Endangered Species Mural at Juana Briones Elementary School

One of the things I love about the public schools here in California is that the buildings are often covered with murals painted by the students. This week for Wordless Wednesday, I’m highlighting portions of the Endangered Species Mural at Juana Briones Elementary School. The mural was painted by the school’s fifth grade class of 1994. (Check the last picture for the list of artists.)