The Naming of This Blog


Did you mean Cauliflower, the vegetable we sometimes eat, with the extra "u"?
Source: http://www.picserver.org/pictures/cauliflower01-lg.jpg



Or, Cali-Flower?

Self-taken picture at Long Ridge Open Space Preserve, Palo Alto, CA on the Achistaca Trail on May 12, 2018. 
Mini dandelions (yellow) and California poppies (orange) dot the Long Ridge Grassland.
Facing west, towards Portola Redwoods State Park. Clouds hover over the Pacific Ocean.
Coordinates: https://www.google.com/maps/place/37°16'02.7"N+122°08'26.5"W 


Self-taken picture at Purisima Creek Redwoods Open Space Preserve on the Harkins Ridge Trail on April 21, 2019.
Closer view of bright orange California Poppies with a clearer view of the Pacific Ocean, facing west towards Half Moon Bay.
Coordinates and Street View of Location: https://www.google.com/maps/@37.4422837,-122.3450463,2a,75y,305.28h,81.25t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1srQMrw2X9ZDWL2dcycyrBEA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656


And yes, the orange flowers you see above are California's state flowers ("Cali-Flower") is the California Poppy (if you didn't realize, that is California's state flower!

So it boils down to Cauliflowers == California Poppies.....Hmm....
(well, both are flowers...one is edible, one isn't!)




........Anyways, welcome to my first blog post! It's been a long time since I've first blogged waaaaaaaay back in 2015, and the last time I did so was about CS (patricky168.blogspot.com) and other stuff.......


......So here we are! Here's a new blog on some more refreshing topics, maybe wildlife and hikes :-) Hope ya'll enjoy it.........

All the places I've hiked at: https://drive.google.com/open?id=15GpkKZ7JtkH-r1rvxLeR14fcMmo&usp=sharing

(Update- August of 2019): Here's a (proposed; in progress) brochure I planned to make for the local Santa Clara County Parks (awesome organization, check them out in their 29 parks around Santa Clara!!!)  about coniferous trees - something I am always excited for while hiking:

(UPDATE- November 21, 2019) SCC County Parks just released my current brochure! Feel free to let me know what you think about it, and if you live in the Bay Area, it will be at a County Park near you VERY SOON!!!! :-)







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