Nature pictures of Modesto

After visiting New Zealand, I was inspired to see nature in a different way in Modesto, where I live.  There’s beauty all around us – even in Modesto – especially in Modesto.

These were pictures taken by me in the Modesto Area – in Central Valley California.

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Our #1 slogan in Modesto: “Nobody’s Got Modesto’s Goat.”  This was supposed to be the original slogan on Modesto’s locally famous arch.  The Modesto Arch now says: “Water, Wealth, Contentment, Health.”
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I still can’t believe I left New Zealand. I miss my new friends that I’ve met on the trip. But here’s a picture of what I see here in Modesto / Central Valley, California. A neighbor’s barn owls.
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Closer picture of the face of these owls. I think it’s maybe a barn owl couple. The barn owl’s heart-shaped face collects sound in the same way as human ears. Its hearing is the most sensitive of any creature tested.
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Goats in Modesto
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Hello ladybug!
A bowl of tangerines from our backyard in Modesto, California.
A bowl of tangerines from our backyard in Modesto, California.

 

I have some landscape pictures of Modesto, but perhaps I’ll post them some other day.

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