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As part of my quest to read each and every novel that’s either won a Nebula or Hugo award, I’ve been making my way through Kim Stanley Robinson’s Mars trilogy: Red, Green, and Blue. I’m halfway through Blue Mars now. They’re hard science fiction at its best, richly detailed, precisely researched, and really long. Essentially, Robinson’s trilogy does for Mars what Michener did for Hawaii, Alaska, and other terrestrial locales.
I’ve been making my way through the hikes in 60 Hikes within 60 Miles: Washington DC, mostly the ones closest to DC so far. I photo things that catch my eye, most often flowers along the trail. Here are a few that I’ve seen so far this spring:
Here are a few photos from the trip. I’ll look through the phone cam shots next and post any good ones I find.
We took a trip to Grand Cayman at the end of February. We’d last been there about ten years ago. It didn’t seem all that different, maybe a couple more hotels along the beach, and there was more traffic than I remembered.
We went on a guided nature walk on the Mastic Trail. I was amazed at the variety of wildlife we encountered, but only managed to photo a slow-moving dove and unmoving tree frog.
The cherry trees around the tidal basin and elsewhere started blooming in earnest last weekend. Here are a few examples of what I found:
