Sea Lion – King of the Beachbreak

June 17th, 2010 • Nature, Slice O' Life, Surfing

While out surfing this morning, a rather large sea lion nonchalantly swam in front of me. Glad he was in a good mood, because he could have easily thrown down.

Orb Weaver Spider at Dusk

May 26th, 2010 • Nature, Slice O' Life

This orb weaver spider has a large web set up between an orange tree and another tree in my back yard. I found him sleeping in an a leaf on the orange tree yesterday afternoon, and decided to take some pictures of him at dusk when he wakes up and tends his web.

War against the ants.

October 12th, 2009 • 1 comment Nature, Slice O' Life

It’s on. I’ve been researching how much of an invasive pest the Argentine Ants are. They are the reason I have mealybugs and scale bugs on my agave plants and Orange tree. They actually protect these insects so they can eat their “honeydew”. Nasty.

So I’ve invested in some Boric Acid and have taken to making my own relatively safe, organic pesticide. I got the Boric Acid at Ace Hardware in powder form, if you are interested.

This is probably my most boring post yet. Profane comments, please.

Plastics & the mess we are in.

September 27th, 2009 • Nature, Slice O' Life
Tags: environment

I ran across this informative article (via QualityPeoples.com) on our tragic love affair with single use plastics. Interesting and sad, but it does offer solutions to the mess we are in.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lisa-kaas-boyle/recycling-plastic-what-a_b_287673.html

Orb Spider

September 25th, 2009 • 2 comments Art, Nature, Slice O' Life
Tags: orb spider, Photography

This big guy was doing his thing in my backyard. I asked him if I could take a couple portrait pictures. He said, “Yeaaauh.” I responded, “Cooo.”