Wow...very Kodachrome

Great to hear your son is doing so well.

As I sit here at my desk reading this while glancing out the window at my current snowy landscape, I have to say that this scenery, particularly the video, looks pretty spectacular. I'm thinking it's time for winter to be over.

Yes, and he is starting to show some breeding coloration. Nice, sharp shot! Research worthy. They are so incredibly common, millions of Uta stansburiana pictures have been taken. Look up your area on- https://www.inaturalist.org/login

Oh, of course. 2022 is just next year, not two years out! I keep forgetting we’ve turned a new leaf.

I've never been to Sicily; I visited Italy in 1981 on my backpack-and-railpass trip after graduating from university--but that trip also included bits of Holland, France, Greece, Switzerland, and Germany.

This year travel is still not advised for Canadians and why go when there will be restrictions and closures at your destination? Furthermore, we will be selling this townhouse and moving, attending our son's wedding, etc. We are hoping to do a bit of exploring BC, things we missed in 23 previous years staying mostly in-province.

Spring 2022 should be the resurrection of Fibonacci Scribble, hopefully an extended version. If we make a second trip in the fall, there are so many places on my long list that returning to Italy in the same year is unlikely. So Spring 2023...

Wow!

That is, indeed, breathtaking.

I love this shot!!

Makes me want to sing a song about a lonely highway.

You’ll love Sicily volcano or not! Have you been there before?

I love it! I wish I had your talent!

You’ll be happy to hear that when I read this aloud to Rocky she almost rolled off the couch laughing.

So I’m going to start a contest with myself to see how often one of my photos merits a poetic response. I was pretty confident on this one.

Well before 2023, I’d say? Etna erupts all the time, but this time was pretty exceptional. I wish we’d been there to see it from a safe distance, really.

Impressive! Sicily was our hoped-for plan for 2021 (shorter and earlier in the year to give time to other important events) but maybe 2023? I expect the eruption will be over by then.

I like to keep tabs on desert blooms using this link. As Dec. and Jan roll by, they have constant updates on rainfall and expected blooms. In recent years, it has become more clogged with advertisements though.

https://www.desertusa.com/wildflo/wildupdates.html

I’m not sure Rachael would agree with this, but I’d go back to Borrego Springs before Death Valley. As incredible as DV is, I think the cycling is better as BS.

And, as long as you’re in the neighborhood, you should really swing by Saint George. It might be the best of all of them. Stay tuned.