Brenor
Retired renewable energy engineer, amateur geologist, hiker, & backpacker.
Reared in Ireland, reside in California.
- The sinuous ridgelines of Sunol Wilderness lit by the setting sun. #landscape #photography #california #sunset
- Bush Monkey Flower tenaciously reclaiming its place as part of the primary succession on a fire scarred hillside in Sunol Wilderness, #California. The Creek Fire burned this area last July. This spot on the McCorkle trail was one of the hardest hit, but it's recovering. #wildfire #wildflowers
- As Spring gives way to Summer in California's oak woodland the last tranche of wildflowers start to appear heralded by Ithuriel's Spear (Triteleia laxa). Amazing numbers on display in Almaden Quicksilver County Park yesterday. #wildflower #nativeplant #California
- It's possibly a very low standard, but Michael Healy-Rae is surely in the running for Ireland's dumbest politician. #Ireland #trees #idiots
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- It's been a great year for #California wildflowers, but at this point I think nature is just showing off. Fabulous Mule's Ears in Sunol Wilderness today. #nativeplants #wildflowers
- The rare endemic Santa Clara Valley Dudleya (Dudleya abramsii ssp. Setchellii), getting ready to flower and happy in its serpentine soil. #wildflowers #californianative
- For #FridayFold, an outcrop of the Coast Range Ophiolite on the east flank of Mt. Umunhum is in the San Francisco Bay Area. Maybe early Cretaceous greywacke, but this was as close as we got so I'm not sure. This is the view from the Guadalupe Creek overlook on the trail to the summit. #geology
- I believe that Conclave is the collective noun for Madrone trees, and if it's not it should be. #photography #tree #nativeplants
- I feel there is a lesson here about resilience or resistance in the face of adversity. But mostly I'm reminded of Obi Wan Kenobi's words ... "If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine" #photography #metaphor #trees
- If you feel you need a little sunshine today, here are some Tidy Tips to brighten your day. On spectacular show right now in Edgewood Park, San Mateo. #photography #wildflowers #California #nativeplants
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- Strange weather here in the Californian coastal ranges this year, April already and still snow on the ground 😀 Actually the perfectly named White Meadowfoam (Limnanthes alba), very pretty. #wildflowers #landscape #photography
- The theme of today's hike was yellow 💛 Glorious wildflowers in Joseph Grant Park on a cool and overcast day. #California #photography #wildflowers #nativeplants
- The crazy story behind the California Raisin Advisory Board.
- Sunset on Mission Peak, SF Bay Area, #California. #photography
- The slightly wrapped layers in a block of radiolarian chert that took a trip down the Farallon subduction zone. Near Jackrabbit Lake in the Orestimbre Wilderness, #California. #FridayFold #geology
- Something of an Irish in-joke, but absolutely brilliant.
