A Walk Down A Country Lane

After dinner, several of us took a walk down a country lane on the western outskirts of Guinda.

Almost immediately, we startled a cat hiding in the grass, which promptly turned tail and fled. Despite its small size, only slightly-bigger than a regular housecat, the cat's robust physique and distinctive ears left no doubt: it was a bobcat! I've never seen a bobcat in the wild before!


Lynn was greatly surprised to discover that this little creek was dry. In all his years, he had never seen the creek dry before.

Well, excepting that one storm in mid-October, it HAS been pretty dry lately!

There were some great bucolic views of the Coast Range on this walk. We saw and heard lots of western meadowlarks and scrub jays. In the distance, we saw four or five peacocks. We could also hear geese on distant farms. Small birds (gnatcatchers? kinglets?) also fluttered about.

Beautiful oaks! California has some gorgeous country!

Imogene has this beautiful tree (a maple?) in her back yard.