Journal — Natural Living

2024 Desert Wildflower Superbloom - Coming Soon!

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2024 Desert Wildflower Superbloom - Coming Soon!

The superbloom of wildflowers in the Anza Borrego Desert is truly amazing this year.  Join me in viewing the wildflowers from the very beginning to the tail end of the 2024 wildflower season.  Let’s watch the desert wake up from it’s winter slumber and come alive with beautiful blooming wildflowers and perennials.

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Wild Walk – Santa Ysabel Preserve, California

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Wild Walk – Santa Ysabel Preserve, California

Join me on a picture perfect day hiking in the San Diego Backcountry mountains! We’re exploring the Santa Ysabel Open Space Preserve in Santa Ysabel California, about ten miles or so up the road from Ramona, and about five miles north of Julian. After a wet winter the land is lush and green, and the creeks are running through the glens, so I’m so pleased to share this beautiful day in one of my favorite places with you on such a gorgeous day. Please enjoy my newest video: Wild Walk – Santa Ysabel Preserve.

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Desert Adventures For The Mind Body & Spirit!

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Desert Adventures For The Mind Body & Spirit!

Get ready for more desert adventures for the mind body and spirit!  After a wet winter, the San Diego Backcountry Desert and Mountains are looking lush and green.  Just like me, my videos are wholesome, natural, and pure, and my new ones coming up soon are sure to put a country mile wide smile on your face.

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Snow in the Desert Mountains & San Diego Backcountry Blizzard!

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Snow in the Desert Mountains & San Diego Backcountry Blizzard!

The largest winter storm that’s hit the desert in years, including the first blizzard warning for San Diego county in history bore down on the San Diego Backcountry this week. A ferocious mix of driving wind, torrential rain and blinding snow tested our resilience, and preparation separated those experiencing quirky backcountry inconvenience, from those facing hardship.

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Stop Seeking and Start Creating in 2023: New Year Inspirational Message

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Stop Seeking and Start Creating in 2023: New Year Inspirational Message

Happy New Year from Desert Mountain Apothecary! It’s been a supremely beautiful holiday season here in the California Desert, with wild winter weather, great food, and a siphon’s draw or two of fine spirits. Some years I don’t have any New Year’s resolutions, but this year I’m brimming with them, and most of them are about keeping up with the basics, but some are about new experiences.

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