Wetlands Walk

 This is the Kendall-Frost Mission Bay Marsh Reserve, open to the public only once a year (it is a fragile ecosystem).

 Wellies required!

 The salt water from the bay flows in and out of the wetlands with the tide.

 This is a structure built to encourage endangered clapper rails to nest.

 Algae, everywhere.

 Seagull skeleton.

 We all picked up trash along the way--there was a lot of it, alas.

 Teeny snails.

 Red-tailed hawk, lovely!

A fun day--not every day do you get to walk wetlands!

It Must Be Said...

. . . that Al Gore ROCKS! (You can stop reading now, relatives-who-shall-remain-nameless-but-you-know-who-you-are.) I had the chance to see him give his "Inconvenient Truth" presentation in person on Monday, and I was riveted for the entire two hours. I'm probably one of the few people who haven't seen the film (me and the relatives who shall remain nameless), but I'm so glad I had the chance to see Mr. Gore live. Smart, charismatic, and passionate about this cause. No partisan politics here, just a plea for everyone to become educated about an issue of vital importance to future generations. Here are some related websites that I like:

stopglobalwarming.org

climatecrisis.net

treehugger

The photo above? A gratuitous garden shot: this is lovely larkspur in my cutting garden. The larkspur is no more, however, having been pulled underground by marauding gophers. No, really--all of the plants have disappeared.