Today's Moment Of Zen

 

Seasonal Skeleton Spotted In Sierra*

 (*Well, okay...the Sierra foothills if you want to get technical)

These days the Yosemite gateway town of Mariposa is decked out in patriotic garb, with an abundance of flags and bunting on display all down the main drag. 

And topping it all off...what could be more patriotic than a flag-festooned 12ft skelly and a canine bony canine companion? 

 Our old pal the Willow Glen seasonal skeleton may have gone the way of all flesh (so to speak), but it's nice to see the tradition being carried on in rural California. 

Just Grouse-ing Around On The Taft Point Trail

Sooty Grouse, to be more specific. We encountered several of them doing their morning thing, softly hooting and pecking at tasty morsels on the ground.