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Oh, of course. The older I get, the more I forget what I once knew. Thanks for the refresher!
6 years agoMight be salmonberry.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubus_spectabilis
----->Bill
I just found your journal here... It is going to take some time for me to catch up with you! Grampies turned me onto Cycleblaze, and when I saw your name, I recognized it, and started scrolling through. Takes my internet quite a while to open the pictures, so it will be slow going.
----->Bill
That is too funny, Bill. I was just telling Rachael yesterday that I’ve been looking for a lizard to take a shot of to test whether you were following over here. We’ve seen several, but none in time to get the cameras out,
6 years agoMight be a Swainson's hawk. Not sure, but it is a fairly close match to some images.
http://www.birdfellow.com/birds/swainsons-hawk-buteo-swainsoni/photos/identification
----->Bill
I know what you mean. It was a pretty enriching experience, one that we’ll remember. I still can’t quite believe I broke the second one.
6 years agoAlthough really "liking" this photo is not really accurate.
6 years agoOh, thanks for catching that, Jacquie. No, this was the original plan before we had to reroute because of the ferry issue. I had preloaded some of the maps before we left home, and hadn’t cleaned it up yet.
6 years agoThis is the planned route? Just curious since it doesn't seem to start where you left off in your last entry.
I have to say I'm enjoying this. I'd never thought of cycling in Crete. I guess I'll add it to my list...
Jacquie
Of course - a hollyhock! I recognize large, showy garden variety hollyhocks, but have never really studied them and seen how much variation there is in the family.
6 years agoJust another word for nothing left to lose.
6 years agoWoohoo! It must be such a great feeling to now be truly footloose and fancy free. Have a great time.
6 years agoCongratulations!
6 years agoAlcea biennis, related to hollyhock. Or alternately, A. pallida subsp. cretica. Botanical names do shift over time as relationships between localized plants are dialed in.
6 years ago
Hi Bruce, loving the journal so far. I like the video clips and am wondering about the music. A few years ago I put some videos on Vimeo and added some music and they ended up getting removed for "copyright" issues. Have they changed that silly policy?
6 years ago