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Not sure what this one says. Usually they have the name and dates, sometimes a quotation or short statement. Agree, these are so sad and so often the dates show a really young person. Youth seems to feel immortal, and they drive accordingly.
7 months agoWhat is the blue plaque on the rock referencing? I could not zoom in to read it clearly.
These shrines are so saddening.
Bright eyed and bushy tailed..:)
7 months agoO J. ;)
7 months agoOuch!
7 months agoPlus the cat door ?
7 months agoThanks to a tiny amount of knowledge and lots of inaturalist.com and great pictures!
7 months agoHow fascinating. It all fits-European bumble bee, used as pollinators in tomato greenhouses, size is right, ......Thanks Bill.
7 months agoNice shot! Looks like buff tailed bumblebees
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombus_terrestris
My mom grew potted geraniums. She would have loved this!
7 months agoWe thought it was a cactus also. Glad that Bill is on the job or we would never really know what is what.
7 months agoHa! I thought to myself, "looks like a cactus, but I bet Bill Shaneyfelt will have it figured out" and sure enough!!!
7 months agoAnd black tagging? :(
7 months agoLooks similar to the view from the top of Big Basin to the Pacific Ocean; minus the car traffic on the road. Lovely photo!!
7 months ago
This could be rhyolite..igneous rock, reddish purple, hard to break.
7 months agoSource? My husband, the geologist and confirmed by his old place of work : San Diego Natural History Museum..