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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Apr 18, 2017 - 08:15pm PT
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Rainy day in the valley.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Hearing of DMT's near-miss, I got out the files on the Coast Range.
These were shot in 2013 coming home from Tom's Thumb in NorCal via I-5.
I hoped that Fiske Peak or Blue Ridge might be among the treasures.
I cannot tell, however.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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May 15, 2017 - 03:09am PT
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Thanks for the clarification, you two.
"It makes Hornitos look busy" --excellent observation and comparison.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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May 20, 2017 - 06:43am PT
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Colony Collapse Disorder:
There has NOT been a satisfactory explanation for the profound loss of beehives that has taken place since 2006.
some apiarists are beginning to believe there is no single cause but rather a perfect storm of pathogens, parasites,
pesticides, poor beekeeping practices, and even ELECTROMAGNETIC EMANATIONS from cell towers that are to blame.
The Merry Month can be a fickle dame, alright.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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May 22, 2017 - 09:11pm PT
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Passing through Waterford.
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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a decade ago, i drove away stumped by a grove of these ... weeks later,
just before dozing off thinking about nothing, it came to me ... pistachios!
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jun 16, 2017 - 08:16pm PT
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jul 14, 2017 - 05:46pm PT
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Maxwell, CA - looking at Snow Mtn, I believe.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jul 18, 2017 - 10:40pm PT
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Nice job there, Hands On the Wheel.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jul 20, 2017 - 08:19am PT
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Farming
was told recently,
"you have an amazingly
fertile mind"
"really," I said,
"you mean like
growing squash
or corn?"
a farmer prepares the ground
cultivating
long, even furrows
nurturing seeds
to sprouts
then at sunrise
long under
a blistering sun
inserts small plants
six inches apart
into the moist soil
"yes, my mind seems fertile,
bursting
through the dirt
sweat and sun,
spread over
a vast, rich earth,
but in reality
it's the fertilizer
bountiful and plenty,
that I'm full of"
--Charlie Mariano
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jul 20, 2017 - 08:52am PT
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Bellevue Ranch was the headquarters for the huge Crocker-Huffman Land & Cattle Co.
It was a few miles north of Merced until Merced's growth caught up with it in the 1990s.
Most all the land on the far rise in the last shot is now burnt due to the Detwiler fire this week.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jul 20, 2017 - 11:33am PT
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Weel now, considering that that peninsular ridge is MID watershed land, mostly, there's no one living out there.
Officially, of course.
Let's agree to worry about them, if we're gonna worry.
But worrying is like paying a debt you don't owe.
Mark Twain said that. Then someone may have written it down.
Or he may have written it to begin with.
I'm obsessing, but I don't worry, cuz I'm sittin' on top of the world.
Forgive my dirft.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jul 20, 2017 - 11:52am PT
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Eastern portion of southern portion of Merced County...mostly grazing land giving way to nut groves.
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micronut
Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
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Jul 20, 2017 - 03:07pm PT
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Wonderful last series of pics Mouse. I can smell the warm grass and mustard weed in a couple of those.
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micronut
Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
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Jul 20, 2017 - 03:10pm PT
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Here's one from a couple summer evenings ago....
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jul 21, 2017 - 11:03am PT
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Northbound on the 99.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jul 21, 2017 - 11:13am PT
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