A sky full of condors …
A redwood splintered by a winter storm
The trail on Micheal Ridge is disappearing into the ceanothus.
Michael Ridge on July 8, 2008
The same spot on April 2, 2009
On February 14, 2010
And June 15, 2011
July 8, 2008
June 15, 2011
Condors in formation
Alta Vista in 2005
On July 8, 2008
On January 8, 2009
On April 2, 2009
On September 15, 2010
And June 15, 2011
Snapdragons by the steps
Sweet peas under the ruins of the grape arbor
A few vines still survive. This one is setting grapes.
Elegant Clarkia (Clarkia unguiculata) colonizing the dooryard
Four-Spotted Clarkia (Clarkia purpurea) near the ruins of the outhouse
Scarlet Bugler (Penstemon centranthifolius)
Stinging Phacelia (Phacelia malvifolia) growing from a stone wall
The Buddha is disappearing into the foliage, and honey bees have built a hive beneath his feet.
Condors and turkey vultures wheel through the sky.
For Alta Vista memories, click here and here.
To read Jeff Norman’s Alta Vista journals, click here.
Xasáuan Today 
I enjoyed seeing the before and after and even later photos of that special place, but it made me sad. Jeff worked so hard to make Alta Vista thrive and the fire took all that away. Now nature is reclaiming her own.