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No Kings Day--10/18/2025
Enough Is Enough!

...fighting fascism since 1960.
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Planets Visible In The Sky.

Prior to sunrise, there are planets and more visible to the naked eye. In the eastern horizon (from top to bottom) both of the planets Jupiter and Venus, as well as our Moon, can clearly be seen in this image.

8/21/25 (5:40 AM PST), using my iPhone, Borrego Springs, Ca.

Prickly Poppy (Argemone munita).

"This poppy bears its flowers on erect, spiny stems which can exceed a meter in height. The sap is yellow. The blue-green or mint-green, lobed leaves are also very prickly."

4/24/2025, ABDSP/Montezuma Valley Road (East Culp Valley), all pic taken with my iPhone.

Hands Off! A National Day of Action on April 5, 2025.

Today, freedom of speech is alive and well, here in Borrego Springs!

Pic taken 4/5/2025 in Borrego Springs, California. Population: 2781. Number of people counted demonstrating on both sides of Christmas Circle: 321.

Today!
Peninsular Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni).

"The species of bighorn that inhabits the Anza Borrego Desert is the Peninsular Bighorn Sheep. In southern California, by 1998."

Video taken 3/31/2025, using my iPhone SE (3rd gen), Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.

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Apricot Mallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua).

Picture taken 3/29/25, using my iPhone SE (3rd gen), ABDSP/Coyote Canyon.

Desert Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni).

Hiking in Borrego Palm Canyon, was blessed with a sighting of these big boys this morning.

Desert Bighorn Sheep are federally protected as an endangered species since 1998.

Taken 3/22/2025, with my iPhone SE (3rd gen), ABDSP/Borrego Palm Canyon.

Here a a series of four pics showing a Desert Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni) leaping from one boulder to another.
Pics taken 3/22/2025, using my iPhone SE (3rd gen), ABDSP/Borrego Palm Canyon.

Here a a series of four pics showing a Desert Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni) leaping from one boulder to another. Pics taken 3/22/2025, using my iPhone SE (3rd gen), ABDSP/Borrego Palm Canyon.

Desert Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni).

Desert Bighorn Sheep are federally protected as an endangered species. "The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) listed the desert bighorn sheep as endangered in 1998."

Pic taken with my iPhone SE (3rd gen), 3/20/2025, ABDSP/Borrego Palm Canyon.

Random Luck & Good Timing.

Peninsular Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni).

With a combination of random luck and good timing one can encounter the Desert Bighorn Sheep while hiking in the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. It was such an amazing and chance encounter!

3/16/2025, ABDSP.

Arizona Lupine (Lupinus arizonicus) giving the desert a lovely pop of much needed color.

"Arizona Lupine is a flowering plant in the legume family Fabaceae, native to the Mojave & Sonoran Deserts of North America.

Taken 3/14/25 using my iPhone SE (3rd gen), ABDSP/Fish Creek Wash at Split Mountain.

Rainbow Portal!

"A Sundog is an atmospheric optical phenomenon that consists of a bright spot to one or both sides of the Sun."

Pic taken 1/24/2025 (13:55), in Borrego Springs, CA., using my iPhone SE (3rd gen).

Just another Sunday evening in Borrego Springs 🌴

Pic taken 12/01/24, Borrego Springs, using my Phone SE (3rd gen).

Datura In Bloom.

I grow these out front.

Pics taken 12/1/24, using my iPhone SE (3rd gen), Borrego Springs, CA.

Friday Sunset Borrego Springs 🌴
This is how to start a weekend!

Pic taken using my iPhone SE (3rd gen), 11/29/24, Borrego Springs, CA.