California Gardening: Daily Walks 4, 1 by Kelli

Kelli wrote:
When we go up that way, we take San Marcos Pass road out of Santa Barbara and then out to the 101 around Los Olivos. We think it's faster since it cuts off the Gaviota corner. I always need a "rest" stop, so we stop at what is called the Bradbury Dam Overlook a little past Lake Cahuma Park. They're just pit toilets but they do the job and there is rarely ever an waiting.

The beady-eyed bird is a male Brewers blackbird and the other is the female. I see them a lot walking around in urban places where people eat outside.

Your white flower a way back is popcorn flower.

I like the black phoebe, too. I see them in the yard here fairly often.


I have some more pictures but I'll post them another time. It's been a long day.

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