Silent Sunday: cholla sky

Anyone... anyone? More coastal grooviness to remedy blank stares...

=) I'm beginning to wonder if the comments field is broken.

So, to aid your efforts re: Phriday's Photo Quiz, photo phood phor you.

the biggest hint 

lichen & sandstone freakiness I love so much I could gnaw on it

I have issues re: succulents. Nestled in a lichenous lair? *happy sigh* 

Seriously. INSANELY beautiful sandstone. JEEPERS.

And this does NOT capture it.

Does that help?

The next batch of photo hints, should it prove necessary, will be closer to obv.

MORE hints:

I was there last week. I did NOT fly to get there.

The land is owned by the United States of America

(hence my ability to enjoy such a gorgeous place w/out paying a sou).

So, any guesses NOW???

=)

xoxoxobb

more Taftiness @ Yosemite...

 

"fissure"

Sedum spp.  I LOVE this plant. Have a weakness for succulents that are SO tough they grow on granite, not to mention where it's covered in snow and blasted by wind all winter. Wow!

Lovely, shiny little bug on a monkey flower, along the trail to Taft Point.

Wonderful rocks at Taft Point. Note how far the next rock wall is... !

Big burrow right along the trail. So intrigued: who lives there?!? Apparently they are not terribly shy...

biobabbler

P.S. Going to the east side (I think for the first time this year!!) of the Sierras this weekend--my deadline is finally done, so we're takin' off. Of COURSE will bring my beloved Nikon. =) So you getta go, too! xoxo