<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634</id><updated>2011-07-07T14:11:25.440-07:00</updated><title type='text'>photos</title><subtitle type='html'>somewhere between artistry and documentation</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>81</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-7153433367624754325</id><published>2011-02-03T14:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-03T14:55:30.415-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Enough bristlecone pines to shake a stick at</title><summary type='text'>...and I have a bunch more, but I got bored with p-shop.







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  Amazing full moon 

Owens Valley 





Eastern Sierra</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/7291376252652546254/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=7291376252652546254' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/7291376252652546254'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/7291376252652546254'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2011/01/along-395-late-july-2010.html' title='Along 395 (late July 2010)'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_txi0n0UTxFk/TUY4uMqRg0I/AAAAAAAABEM/gP_w7MOvyEM/s72-c/IMG_2375.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-3461653059165428297</id><published>2010-07-23T21:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-23T21:46:17.680-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Lost Coast: plants and landscapes</title><summary type='text'>Trail of goldfields




I don't know this mustard... my best guess is some species of wallflower (Erysimum)

paintbrush and poppies





Horestail and a foul-smelling mint



Cream cups and lupine

Sedum sp.(probably)



Platystemon californicus(California cream cups)




Calystegia sp.(I assume)

Sedum sp.(I think)

Impassable at high tide


Iris

Abronia latifolia (coastal sand verbena)


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The Lost Coast is very windy

wacky conglomerate


I love driftwood....










I tried taking some pictures of the ocean throughmy polarized sunglasses because the many shades of blue were fantastic... the results, not so much

Sponge? Coral? Something?


Sea urchin... I'll be spending a lot more timetrying to perfect this photo

I think this </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/6864537714191530484/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=6864537714191530484' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/6864537714191530484'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/6864537714191530484'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2010/07/textures-and-critters-lost-coast-may-10.html' title='Textures and critters, Lost Coast  (May &apos;10)'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_txi0n0UTxFk/TEfiu0R-vJI/AAAAAAAABAs/XCjh9zeMwBI/s72-c/IMG_1662sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-8868398776310142495</id><published>2010-07-21T15:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-21T15:45:24.223-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Artistic seaweed arrangement</title><summary type='text'>Maybe I'll get around to editing the rest of my photos from my May Lost Coast trip soon...

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moribund cactus

house finch?

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Hallelujah! Aside from a few odd photos I'm going to fiddle with at my leisure, I'm done editing the pictures from my last adventure.  After a breather, maybe I'll tackle some more of the enormous backlog.



Trinity River, I think. Or maybe Coffee Creek.




Xerophyllum tenax(beargrass)


Mugshots of a Viola



Two spots on Bear Creek


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Probably not true
The name of this establisment evokes unfortunate imagery
Antler barn


Antler gate
Another roadside attraction...














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I feel like I should know what this plant is, but I don't.

A killer milkweed!


Here's that wacky buckwheat-looking Calyptridium again...


I believe this is Sceloporus graciosus rather than the more frequently seen S. occidentalis, but I'm not sure</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/2176476052193677802/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=2176476052193677802' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/2176476052193677802'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/2176476052193677802'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2010/07/1901.html' title='1901'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_txi0n0UTxFk/TDvSkmhCG_I/AAAAAAAAA6Q/WzeCI0MXNQE/s72-c/IMG_2093bwsm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-7651420157700882043</id><published>2010-07-11T00:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-16T16:49:36.439-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Castle Crags area (mostly)</title><summary type='text'> My campsite (I am told a photo of one's camp is mandatory)

This creek stole my beer!




 

 

 

















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 Cornus (probably not native)

 Forget me not

 Arctostaphylos sp.



 Black Butte


 completely unknown plant(my best guess is Amelanchier utahensis, but I can't even besure about the family)

 Viola sp.(I'm just too lazy to look up the sp.)

 Ceanothus sp.Quite</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/795478979730514107/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=795478979730514107' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/795478979730514107'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/795478979730514107'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2010/07/at-mt-shasta-not-just-flowers.html' title='At Mt Shasta (not just flowers)'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_txi0n0UTxFk/TDeH6_vbu2I/AAAAAAAAA2k/Fg0F3x9DRVI/s72-c/IMG_1757bsm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-2369477603967381977</id><published>2010-07-08T11:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-08T11:39:44.174-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Hike, 3 July</title><summary type='text'>Lots more wildflowers! I am a little shocked to see such a variety of flowers in July, actually. I have tons more pictues of Calochortus weedii, but I'll spare you.  As always, I offer no guarantee on plant IDs.

Hemizonia fasciculata(fascicled tarweed)
Delphinium cardinale(scarlet larkspur)
Malacothamnus fasciculatus(mesa bushmallow)
Dendromecon rigida(tree poppy)
Cryptantha intermedia(common </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/2369477603967381977/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=2369477603967381977' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/2369477603967381977'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/2369477603967381977'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2010/07/hike-3-july.html' title='Hike, 3 July'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_txi0n0UTxFk/TDYTUxDwClI/AAAAAAAAAw4/Vkb76p-m9iQ/s72-c/IMG_2236sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-1853779729873458150</id><published>2010-07-07T22:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-07T22:19:57.797-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Hike, 27 June</title><summary type='text'>I'm delivering on my promise... these are pictures from a hike I took a couple weeks ago. Unfortunately, my camera's battery died within about an hour so I didn't get much.  A lot of the flowers hadn't even opened for the day.  Not a hundred percent sure on all the plant IDs. I returned to the same trail the following weekend.

Fogscape  
  Calochortus weediiIt is always such a treat to see </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/1853779729873458150/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=1853779729873458150' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/1853779729873458150'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/1853779729873458150'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2010/07/hike-27-june.html' title='Hike, 27 June'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_txi0n0UTxFk/TDVZup-3m7I/AAAAAAAAAwQ/UIrHT0p4KAo/s72-c/IMG_2209fogscapesm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-1612210047648423041</id><published>2010-07-07T15:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-07T16:04:12.820-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Impressionistic Delphinium photo</title><summary type='text'>...done without any silly photoshop filter (read: accidently :)


 I have a huge backlog of photos to edit and post, and I'm feeling moderately motivated to do so, at least for the time being. Stay tuned.

</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/1612210047648423041/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=1612210047648423041' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/1612210047648423041'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/1612210047648423041'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2010/07/impressionistic-dephinium-photo.html' title='Impressionistic Delphinium photo'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_txi0n0UTxFk/TDT9tVQhhVI/AAAAAAAAAuE/83SAq3rizGo/s72-c/IMG_2189small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-5144085646964201379</id><published>2009-11-21T16:11:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-21T16:13:28.493-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Cedar Breaks II</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/5144085646964201379/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=5144085646964201379' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/5144085646964201379'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/5144085646964201379'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2009/11/cedar-breaks-ii.html' title='Cedar Breaks II'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_txi0n0UTxFk/SwiCF4MCVHI/AAAAAAAAAt4/HLP-ThaVnRQ/s72-c/IMG_1188-composite.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-5727132296863571185</id><published>2009-11-19T14:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-19T15:14:38.748-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Escalante Canyon II</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/5727132296863571185/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=5727132296863571185' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/5727132296863571185'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/5727132296863571185'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2009/11/escalante-canyon-ii.html' title='Escalante Canyon II'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_txi0n0UTxFk/SwXRMbFPTDI/AAAAAAAAAto/E6IX5quhHCI/s72-c/IMG_0759sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-4700323926853497453</id><published>2009-11-13T15:46:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-13T15:51:59.857-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Escalante Canyon I</title><summary type='text'>A few from my backpacking trip. I haven't tried to figure out the species of the flowers- any ideas?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/4700323926853497453/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=4700323926853497453' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/4700323926853497453'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/4700323926853497453'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2009/11/escalante-canyon-i.html' title='Escalante Canyon I'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_txi0n0UTxFk/Sv3wg_TJWAI/AAAAAAAAAtI/FLGWRn6dj58/s72-c/IMG_0728-b2sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-8207931823981313538</id><published>2009-11-12T16:05:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-12T16:11:29.516-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Cedar Breaks I</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/8207931823981313538/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=8207931823981313538' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/8207931823981313538'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/8207931823981313538'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2009/11/cedar-breaks-i.html' title='Cedar Breaks I'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_txi0n0UTxFk/SvyjnzssRRI/AAAAAAAAAsI/_gq9OAhj8-4/s72-c/IMG_1029-c.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-8650487789304979718</id><published>2009-10-30T15:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-30T15:34:53.101-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Red Canyon</title><summary type='text'>Red Canyon is pretty close to Bryce, near the junction of US 89 and UT 12. This was the reddest place I saw, but that might have been fortuitous lighting.  Just a roadside stop.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/8650487789304979718/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=8650487789304979718' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/8650487789304979718'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/8650487789304979718'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2009/10/red-canyon.html' title='Red Canyon'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_txi0n0UTxFk/SutpCeOjxOI/AAAAAAAAAsA/Hyh3HugBiFA/s72-c/IMG_0359_B.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-1193744137172604894</id><published>2009-10-29T23:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-30T00:01:10.199-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A few random Utah pics...</title><summary type='text'>All taken along state hwy 12... I have a ton more to edit</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/1193744137172604894/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=1193744137172604894' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/1193744137172604894'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/1193744137172604894'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2009/10/few-random-utah-pics.html' title='A few random Utah pics...'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_txi0n0UTxFk/SuqPG45YXgI/AAAAAAAAArQ/sPVLmaG5bvQ/s72-c/IMG_0381-1b.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-5907225005254032748</id><published>2009-06-21T23:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-22T00:28:40.676-07:00</updated><title type='text'>J tree</title><summary type='text'>From my trip in November...Hugest mofo coyotes I ever done seen</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/5907225005254032748/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=5907225005254032748' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/5907225005254032748'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/5907225005254032748'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2009/06/j-tree.html' title='J tree'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_txi0n0UTxFk/Sj8udA-JbUI/AAAAAAAAAqo/J-FinFgMqXs/s72-c/DSC_0532.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-7341595588624203080</id><published>2009-06-18T22:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-19T16:13:52.411-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Lost Coast</title><summary type='text'>Some pics from my recent backpacking trip to the Lost Coast. It was the first time I really used my new p&amp;s camera so I wasn't able to get as many good shots as I'd hoped. I did the best I could with the plant IDsPhacelia  ?bolanderiMimulus guttatusAquilegia formosaEschscholzia californica</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/7341595588624203080/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=7341595588624203080' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/7341595588624203080'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/7341595588624203080'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2009/06/lost-coast.html' title='Lost Coast'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_txi0n0UTxFk/SjsfHnsz1pI/AAAAAAAAApY/0djtQFsIdyc/s72-c/IMG_0041+copy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-7338967687827845236</id><published>2009-02-04T22:16:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-04T22:24:10.339-08:00</updated><title type='text'>After dark</title><summary type='text'>From the fire escape.  Sorry for the graininess... shooting at night, big ISO, no tripod.  Night time is the right time, though.  I really love how much more beautiful any city is at night... this one is especially good.  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/7338967687827845236/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=7338967687827845236' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/7338967687827845236'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/7338967687827845236'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2009/02/after-dark.html' title='After dark'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_txi0n0UTxFk/SYqEocNSMGI/AAAAAAAAAnc/Xlm_tHruRrE/s72-c/sf5.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-2006214366940653431</id><published>2009-01-07T21:05:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-09T06:54:48.727-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Iron Mountain</title><summary type='text'>I've been coming here to hike for the past few weeks (the 9 mile loop is really neat) and have been frustrated that my knowledge of local botany is pretty sucky. Here are some pretty pictures, some pictures of plants I've recently learned, and some pictures of plants I am currently trying to figure out... it's tough without many flowers or fruits.  Most of these photos have been edited very </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/2006214366940653431/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=2006214366940653431' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/2006214366940653431'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/2006214366940653431'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2009/01/iron-mountain.html' title='Iron Mountain'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_txi0n0UTxFk/SWWLjObDvPI/AAAAAAAAAkc/OfpPdKO7yQI/s72-c/iron1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-692140761890971967</id><published>2008-11-27T14:15:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-27T15:33:13.495-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Semi-Unknown</title><summary type='text'>I found this plant growing by the side of the road in J Tree and I couldn't figure out what it might be... now I think it may be Eriogonum inflatum ... the fruit didn't seem quite right for an Eriogonum, but everything else fits.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/692140761890971967/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=692140761890971967' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/692140761890971967'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/692140761890971967'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2008/11/unknown-umbel.html' title='Semi-Unknown'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_txi0n0UTxFk/SS8d3-l_tsI/AAAAAAAAAic/-iLxevOlkRw/s72-c/umbel2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-3781738895622360754</id><published>2008-10-23T02:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-23T03:02:01.940-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Autumn in the Sacramento Mountains</title><summary type='text'>Mostly pictures of aspens (Populus tremuloides, of course) turning yellowView of White Sands from the mountains</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/3781738895622360754/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=3781738895622360754' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/3781738895622360754'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/3781738895622360754'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2008/10/autumn-in-sacramento-mountains.html' title='Autumn in the Sacramento Mountains'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_txi0n0UTxFk/SQBKt2SdsoI/AAAAAAAAAgY/KueUcRc5QX0/s72-c/aspen2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-8075609412872242260</id><published>2008-10-06T17:11:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-06T17:32:00.887-07:00</updated><title type='text'>White Sands</title><summary type='text'>First, a few caveats and apologies. I seem to have had a lot of crud on my lens when I took these pictures... I wasn't patient enough to entirely clean up the photos. Sorry. Also, I edited the photos on my laptop with the stupid adjustable and shiny monitor, so what looks okay to me may be an artifact of the very specific angle at which it was tilted. And it was rainy and windy so I couldn't </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/8075609412872242260/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=8075609412872242260' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/8075609412872242260'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/8075609412872242260'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2008/10/white-sands.html' title='White Sands'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_txi0n0UTxFk/SOqr_pI2E8I/AAAAAAAAAW0/n5t_VEDMJXw/s72-c/mirrDSC_0072+copy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-6530480505744611558</id><published>2008-07-31T22:52:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-31T23:02:48.100-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Maybe the last for awhile</title><summary type='text'>I don't know when I'll have access to a decent monitor again, so these spring pics may be it for quite some time.  (Maybe I'll start experimenting with monochrome.)The hills looked like some deity had dumped a bunch of fluorescent chalk on them.  The yellow flowers are goldfields (Lasthenia)the orange are fiddlenecks (Amsinckia) and the white in the foreground is mostly popcorn flower (</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/6530480505744611558/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=6530480505744611558' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/6530480505744611558'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/6530480505744611558'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2008/07/maybe-last-for-awhile.html' title='Maybe the last for awhile'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_txi0n0UTxFk/SJKk_qkJloI/AAAAAAAAAT4/q8MH_o0Cb84/s72-c/loDSC_0004+copy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-8816099763751802981</id><published>2008-07-30T11:25:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-30T11:30:46.412-07:00</updated><title type='text'>One year later...</title><summary type='text'>Not exactly the same spot, but close</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/8816099763751802981/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=8816099763751802981' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/8816099763751802981'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/8816099763751802981'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2008/07/one-year-later.html' title='One year later...'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_txi0n0UTxFk/SJCyY0ufzSI/AAAAAAAAATw/pUhH84kbbqk/s72-c/burn1yrDSC_0004.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-3994380940095645543</id><published>2008-07-23T15:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-23T15:07:11.645-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Carrizo Plain II</title><summary type='text'>Temblor Range</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/3994380940095645543/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=3994380940095645543' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/3994380940095645543'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/3994380940095645543'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2008/07/carrizo-plain-ii.html' title='Carrizo Plain II'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_txi0n0UTxFk/SIerJ00M48I/AAAAAAAAATY/IJmxyzkO0aE/s72-c/carrDSC_0212+.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-3300466954598895720</id><published>2008-07-18T12:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-18T12:10:25.624-07:00</updated><title type='text'>another</title><summary type='text'>Caliente Range from the Carrizo Plain</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/3300466954598895720/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=3300466954598895720' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/3300466954598895720'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/3300466954598895720'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2008/07/another.html' title='another'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_txi0n0UTxFk/SIDqaJN2vvI/AAAAAAAAATQ/X8BgWEn_9yE/s72-c/caliDSC_0198.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-5965240167525823107</id><published>2008-07-17T07:32:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-17T07:34:17.322-07:00</updated><title type='text'>one</title><summary type='text'>Remnants of an unknown mallow</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/5965240167525823107/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=5965240167525823107' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/5965240167525823107'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/5965240167525823107'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2008/07/one.html' title='one'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_txi0n0UTxFk/SH9YK4BZrWI/AAAAAAAAATI/jMpXzjcDp60/s72-c/malDSC_0039.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-978078241157440206</id><published>2008-06-20T11:14:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-20T11:16:19.012-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The great wide open</title><summary type='text'>Near US 101 exit 252</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/978078241157440206/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=978078241157440206' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/978078241157440206'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/978078241157440206'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2008/06/great-wide-open.html' title='The great wide open'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail 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Probably a species of Thysanocarpus.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/2660739837729746758/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=2660739837729746758' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/2660739837729746758'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/2660739837729746758'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2008/06/mystery-fruit.html' title='mystery fruit'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_txi0n0UTxFk/SFh5kgRyNiI/AAAAAAAAASw/g33JUFYA9dU/s72-c/thysanoDSC_0089.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-4375481240341226056</id><published>2008-06-11T20:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-11T21:29:11.869-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Indians Fire</title><summary type='text'>This is definitely one of those "documentation" posts.  These are cruddy for the most part.The so-called Indians Fire started around noon on 8 June.  When I came into work on 9 June, the smoke was nasty, but it cleared by the afternoon and was clear until around 1500h on 10 June (Tues) when the words were uttered "Something really bad just happened."Tuesday, 10 June ~1500hThis plume of smoke was </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/4375481240341226056/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=4375481240341226056' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/4375481240341226056'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/4375481240341226056'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2008/06/indians-fire.html' title='Indians Fire'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_txi0n0UTxFk/SFCSHk4CLUI/AAAAAAAAASo/Ksho-YRXgYM/s72-c/tuesDSC_0028.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-3474583439169371992</id><published>2008-06-06T18:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-06T18:32:52.249-07:00</updated><title type='text'>from 2005...</title><summary type='text'>A photo catalog program that I recently downloaded makes it so much simpler to fix certain exposure problems. I am tickled. This photo was taken in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in April, 2005.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/3474583439169371992/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=3474583439169371992' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/3474583439169371992'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/3474583439169371992'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2008/06/from-2005.html' title='from 2005...'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_txi0n0UTxFk/SEnlGaBxT5I/AAAAAAAAAR4/paXVQN1WWMo/s72-c/oragnpipeDSC_0159.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-7877423089304618788</id><published>2008-06-04T21:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-04T21:52:11.442-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Trailer park tree</title><summary type='text'>It looks much more sinister in monochrome...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/7877423089304618788/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=7877423089304618788' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/7877423089304618788'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/7877423089304618788'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2008/06/trailer-park-tree.html' title='Trailer park tree'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_txi0n0UTxFk/SEdwUHMyycI/AAAAAAAAARs/pxnirGg4ff8/s72-c/trailerparkDSC_0007.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-1109137145729197414</id><published>2008-06-04T19:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-04T19:30:43.628-07:00</updated><title type='text'>not another text post</title><summary type='text'>Too bad, suckers.  Just an observation: I've been viewing my blog on various monitors; my laptop, a CRT, and the flat-screen monitor and I'm just amazed (well, maybe horrified) at how different it looks on each one.  To set the record straight: my photos are best viewed using a CRT monitor because that is what I use when I edit.  (I feel too poor at the moment to afford a flat-screen monitor, so </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/1109137145729197414/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=1109137145729197414' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/1109137145729197414'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/1109137145729197414'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2008/06/not-another-text-post.html' title='not another text post'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-8771322584424928785</id><published>2008-05-31T07:41:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-31T07:47:18.941-07:00</updated><title type='text'>more from the spring wildflower backlog</title><summary type='text'>Spring in (where else?) LockwoodOwl's clover and calicoflower.  The blue part isn't water, it is really Downingia cuspidata growing in a vernal pool that has already dried</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/8771322584424928785/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=8771322584424928785' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/8771322584424928785'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/8771322584424928785'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2008/05/more-from-spring-wildflower-backlog.html' title='more from the spring wildflower backlog'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_txi0n0UTxFk/SEFjxnMyyaI/AAAAAAAAARc/wYKXuFVarMI/s72-c/DSC_0020flowers.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-5084970374326834507</id><published>2008-05-28T22:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-28T22:13:56.640-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Midweek bonus photo</title><summary type='text'>Two surprises about these guys: they can cover ground pretty fast and when you look closely at them, they are fuckin filthy.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/5084970374326834507/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=5084970374326834507' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/5084970374326834507'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/5084970374326834507'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2008/05/midweek-bonus-photo.html' title='Midweek bonus photo'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_txi0n0UTxFk/SD47LnMyyZI/AAAAAAAAARU/P-PlfCAmcDg/s72-c/cater..jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-7535030760651056456</id><published>2008-05-26T10:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-26T10:55:28.979-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Carrizo Plain I</title><summary type='text'>After a winter with a decent amount of rain, it is definitely worth a springtime visit to the Carrizo.  I have a lot more pictures from my few hours here.  Hopefully I'll get them edited soonSoda Lake</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/7535030760651056456/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=7535030760651056456' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/7535030760651056456'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/7535030760651056456'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2008/05/carrizo-plain-i.html' title='Carrizo Plain I'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_txi0n0UTxFk/SDr2anMyyUI/AAAAAAAAAQs/j8M9rtSUwkE/s72-c/DSC_0099PURPLE.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-5674605012376176498</id><published>2008-05-13T21:03:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-13T21:14:54.689-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Shell Creek</title><summary type='text'>This place was just lousy with photographers... a couple dozen at the very least.  Unfortunately, this is the place where my lens started really going on the fritz... and I didn't figure out what was going on until later that day, so I didn't get nearly as many good shots as I wish I had.  I'll just have to come back another spring.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/5674605012376176498/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=5674605012376176498' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/5674605012376176498'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/5674605012376176498'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2008/05/shell-creek.html' title='Shell Creek'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_txi0n0UTxFk/SCpk63Uh09I/AAAAAAAAAP4/gfQLsQNVguc/s72-c/shell1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-6307044215603386120</id><published>2008-05-05T16:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-05T16:19:25.475-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Excuses, excuses</title><summary type='text'>I know I've been a flake about this lately, but I have some pretty good reasons: my computer died and my favorite camera lens is barely working... and it has taken some time to get the new computer up to speed (I hate the bastard).  Oh, and I've been hemorrhaging money on my car, too.   (Never fear, it's nothing unexpected or drastic.  Expensive, though).  With one thing and another, I'm just not</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/6307044215603386120/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=6307044215603386120' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/6307044215603386120'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/6307044215603386120'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2008/05/excuses-excuses.html' title='Excuses, excuses'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-554693293123082552</id><published>2008-03-21T12:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-21T12:40:10.774-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I like bark</title><summary type='text'>Sycamore barkPlantago ovataHames ValleyLockwood</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/554693293123082552/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=554693293123082552' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/554693293123082552'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/554693293123082552'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2008/03/i-like-bark.html' title='I like bark'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_txi0n0UTxFk/R-QNQoovftI/AAAAAAAAAO0/h-yaYPFGIuI/s72-c/sycbark.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-1882737888781298864</id><published>2008-02-01T20:32:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-01T20:35:25.335-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Barnacles</title><summary type='text'>Morro Bay, CAPhotoshopping- I think I like the B&amp;W one better</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/1882737888781298864/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-2018406319834904459</id><published>2008-01-24T17:56:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-27T23:35:02.505-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Snowday</title><summary type='text'>Lockwood, CA</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/2018406319834904459/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=2018406319834904459' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/2018406319834904459'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/2018406319834904459'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2008/01/snowday.html' title='Snowday'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_txi0n0UTxFk/R5lB5R3W1iI/AAAAAAAAAOI/JvdX7ijkKww/s72-c/snow.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-3606758116528474729</id><published>2008-01-11T21:25:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-27T23:34:42.126-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Haliaeetus leucocephalus</title><summary type='text'>Finally, I have photographed this camera-shy fowl!  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/3606758116528474729/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=3606758116528474729' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/3606758116528474729'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/3606758116528474729'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2008/01/haliaeetus-leucocephalus.html' title='Haliaeetus leucocephalus'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_txi0n0UTxFk/R4hPlZRTIbI/AAAAAAAAANw/g3bqUyYUGyg/s72-c/eagle1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-7980529832336404574</id><published>2008-01-07T13:49:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-27T23:34:30.873-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Rain</title><summary type='text'>During the latest storm, I went on a driving tour of erosion at recent construction sites at work. Lacking the proper underwater (i.e ziplock) technology, I was restricted to taking photographs from inside the vehicle. For those of us below the 38th parallel in CA, precipitation is rather more of a treat than for y'all up north. (You have to click on the first one to get the full effect)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/7980529832336404574/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=7980529832336404574' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/7980529832336404574'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/7980529832336404574'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2008/01/rain.html' title='Rain'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_txi0n0UTxFk/R4KfvZRTIYI/AAAAAAAAANY/XmtI3xL70ag/s72-c/rain1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-7710185566292700565</id><published>2008-01-01T00:17:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-27T23:34:12.698-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Bear</title><summary type='text'>...aka The Dog, aka Stinky, aka Nixon/Tricky Dog, aka Doggie-you're-in-the-way(my parents' misbehavin' critter)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/7710185566292700565/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=7710185566292700565' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/7710185566292700565'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/7710185566292700565'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2008/01/bear.html' title='Bear'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_txi0n0UTxFk/R3n3lpRTIVI/AAAAAAAAANA/DDeFBdzEads/s72-c/bear2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-2519441597804773455</id><published>2007-12-20T19:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-18T19:49:28.147-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Mono Lake</title><summary type='text'>I know...  it's been about four months since I took the blasted pictures and longer since I did a real update.     What can I say, artistry happens at irregular intervals.The lake is so saline that the birds float kind of strangely... with their tails slightly elevatedThere was a fire somewhere in the vicinity that evening... by morning, the entire valley was full of smoke and it was completely </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/2519441597804773455/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=2519441597804773455' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/2519441597804773455'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/2519441597804773455'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2007/12/mono-lake.html' title='Mono Lake'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_txi0n0UTxFk/R2s1l63FubI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/tG1RsHZvbbA/s72-c/mono1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-7104316339204443565</id><published>2007-09-17T18:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-01-18T19:49:18.810-08:00</updated><title type='text'>View from Tacoma</title><summary type='text'>That is, my truck, while parked near WR Hearst State Beach.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/7104316339204443565/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=7104316339204443565' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/7104316339204443565'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/7104316339204443565'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2007/09/view-from-tacoma.html' title='View from Tacoma'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_txi0n0UTxFk/Ru8qvfmXOJI/AAAAAAAAAL8/I9JD7NAK5fw/s72-c/pier.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-1983352411955385659</id><published>2007-07-08T23:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-01-18T19:49:10.546-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Leftovers</title><summary type='text'>Some spring photos that I didn't get around to editing until now.  (Lots more where these came from.)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/1983352411955385659/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=1983352411955385659' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/1983352411955385659'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/1983352411955385659'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2007/07/leftovers.html' title='Leftovers'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_txi0n0UTxFk/RpHRUjPXtCI/AAAAAAAAALk/WUVFsri_z6g/s72-c/goldfields.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-8993895292459758642</id><published>2007-07-07T17:44:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-01-18T19:48:51.879-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Who is P.J.?</title><summary type='text'>My mom and I found these in a bag of my grandma's old photos. Nobody can figure out who P.J. was, but he had a lovely, kind of bubbly script.all aboard for Tokyo!  Syl, remember the 163rd St Crosstown?  P.J. April 1945I presume the "Syl" was my grandma, but then again, in that generation there was at least one Sylvia in every Jewish household.  I don't think P.J. is a relative of mine.  I'm not </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/8993895292459758642/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=8993895292459758642' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/8993895292459758642'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/8993895292459758642'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2007/07/who-is-pj.html' title='Who is P.J.?'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' 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later</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/7057786599506807241/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=7057786599506807241' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/7057786599506807241'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/7057786599506807241'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2007/06/28-june-2007.html' title='28 June 2007'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_txi0n0UTxFk/RoUi_jPXs1I/AAAAAAAAAJ8/-9vSe47WsCY/s72-c/DSC_00810001.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-444584607287672589</id><published>2007-06-12T20:55:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-01-18T19:48:25.684-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Cuesta Ridge I</title><summary type='text'> Toxicodendron diversilobumClematis lasiantha ?Silene californicaCalochortus obispoensis </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/444584607287672589/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=444584607287672589' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/444584607287672589'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/444584607287672589'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2007/06/cuesta-ridge-i.html' title='Cuesta Ridge I'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_txi0n0UTxFk/Rm9q2y87d0I/AAAAAAAAAJM/lc6PeYG6aHQ/s72-c/TODI.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-1872534936403962615</id><published>2007-05-27T00:09:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-01-18T19:48:16.459-08:00</updated><title type='text'>FHL, May 2007</title><summary type='text'>Piedras AltasStony ValleyNacimiento RiverControl Burns</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' 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width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-484413351886061321</id><published>2007-05-22T20:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-01-18T19:48:08.794-08:00</updated><title type='text'>A few from paradise</title><summary type='text'>Clover (Trifolium fucatum?) and a mystery pea Driftwood and a mystery pea (possibly Lathyrus littoralis)Briza maximaDriftwood </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/484413351886061321/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=484413351886061321' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/484413351886061321'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/484413351886061321'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2007/05/few-from-paradise.html' title='A few from paradise'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_txi0n0UTxFk/RlO2Ous6TLI/AAAAAAAAAHs/BjcbSvHcOZo/s72-c/cloverlupine.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-540370308633345807</id><published>2007-05-22T19:51:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-01-18T19:48:01.524-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Welcome to Dismal Town</title><summary type='text'>A few photos from southeastern Virginia... unfortunately, the settings on my camera were weird and most of my pictures weren't salvageable.The Great Dismal Swamp sounds like my kind of placeEumeces laticeps(yep, it's a skink)No clue what happened here</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/540370308633345807/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=540370308633345807' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/540370308633345807'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/540370308633345807'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2007/05/welcome-to-dismal-town.html' title='Welcome to Dismal Town'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_txi0n0UTxFk/RlOtEus6S8I/AAAAAAAAAF8/jESxthfPm8E/s72-c/dismal.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-8189228149123778356</id><published>2007-04-15T11:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-01-18T19:47:51.942-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Random images</title><summary type='text'>Turnagain Arm, AKMultnomah Falls, ORCrater Lake, OR</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/8189228149123778356/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=8189228149123778356' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/8189228149123778356'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/8189228149123778356'/><link 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width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-8287206519034183062</id><published>2007-03-18T17:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-01-18T19:47:19.537-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Mom's nascent butterfly garden</title><summary type='text'>Photo by T. Rubinstein</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/8287206519034183062/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=8287206519034183062' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/8287206519034183062'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/8287206519034183062'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2007/03/moms-nascent-butterfly-garden.html' title='Mom&apos;s nascent butterfly garden'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_txi0n0UTxFk/Rf3YOYOYXXI/AAAAAAAAACI/KJ5UxemtKuA/s72-c/DSCN0607.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-3421563286002478525</id><published>2007-03-05T12:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-18T19:47:04.807-08:00</updated><title type='text'>An unsolicited testimonial (I feel dirty)</title><summary type='text'>In case you wanted to know where I got my photos put on postcards, it was Winkflash.  I am fairly happy with the quality and price.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/3421563286002478525/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=3421563286002478525' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/3421563286002478525'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/3421563286002478525'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2007/03/embarrassing-to-do-this.html' title='An unsolicited testimonial (I feel dirty)'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-171464496088617834</id><published>2007-03-04T18:43:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-18T19:46:46.939-08:00</updated><title type='text'>random stuff</title><summary type='text'>BirchLichen   Sandstone Ripples (Glen Canyon NRA, AZ)San Antonio Reservoir, CAEriogonum nudumHut at sunriseSycamore bark</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/171464496088617834/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=171464496088617834' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/171464496088617834'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/171464496088617834'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2007/03/random-stuff.html' title='random stuff'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_txi0n0UTxFk/ReuEUCH3LKI/AAAAAAAAABI/_hoMFU9WW3E/s72-c/betula.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-2637809976482628589</id><published>2007-02-14T20:15:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-18T19:46:33.161-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Mission San Antonio de Padua</title><summary type='text'> St. Francis of AssisiGiant dreidel... who says the Catholics are intolerant?Bars on the windows of this tiny building suggest asmall prison, but I'm told it was a a grist mill.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/2637809976482628589/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=2637809976482628589' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/2637809976482628589'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/2637809976482628589'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2007/02/mission-san-antonio-de-padua.html' title='Mission San Antonio de Padua'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail 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href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=117134472322104051' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/117134472322104051'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/117134472322104051'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2007/02/something-old-something-new.html' title='Something old, something new'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_txi0n0UTxFk/RdPf9paqugI/AAAAAAAAAA8/Jzae_uQENrE/s72-c/pole.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-117116863439281909</id><published>2007-02-10T20:29:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-02-10T20:37:14.403-08:00</updated><title type='text'>From the archives...</title><summary type='text'>A few photos from Joshua Tree and the Klamaths</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/117116863439281909/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=117116863439281909' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/117116863439281909'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/117116863439281909'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2007/02/from-archives.html' title='From the archives...'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-116373490978425130</id><published>2006-11-16T19:21:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-16T19:41:50.116-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Fall</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/116373490978425130/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=116373490978425130' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/116373490978425130'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/116373490978425130'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2006/11/fall.html' title='Fall'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-116373509596543400</id><published>2006-11-15T21:43:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-16T21:57:42.340-08:00</updated><title type='text'>gratuitous photoshop schlock</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/116373509596543400/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=116373509596543400' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/116373509596543400'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/116373509596543400'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2006/11/gratuitous-photoshop-schlock.html' title='gratuitous photoshop schlock'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-116322123120510065</id><published>2006-11-10T20:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-10T23:27:39.500-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Des fleurs d'automne</title><summary type='text'>...et des arbres et des herbes, etc....</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/116322123120510065/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=116322123120510065' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/116322123120510065'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/116322123120510065'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2006/11/des-fleurs-dautomne.html' title='Des fleurs d&apos;automne'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-116313660108530005</id><published>2006-11-09T21:17:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-03-13T21:27:23.401-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Home on the (tank) range</title><summary type='text'>These ungulates rock!Saga of the bison     ...almost over?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/116313660108530005/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=116313660108530005' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/116313660108530005'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/116313660108530005'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2006/11/home-on-tank-range.html' title='Home on the (tank) range'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-116287736319373782</id><published>2006-11-06T21:27:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-07T18:05:31.756-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy accident, October 2005</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/116287736319373782/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=116287736319373782' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/116287736319373782'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/116287736319373782'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2006/11/happy-accident-october-2005.html' title='Happy accident, October 2005'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-116011174218109632</id><published>2006-10-05T22:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-11-06T21:30:34.853-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Shasta sunset, August 2004</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/116011174218109632/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=116011174218109632' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/116011174218109632'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/116011174218109632'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2006/10/shasta-sunset-august-2004.html' title='Shasta sunset, August 2004'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-114843716307562174</id><published>2006-05-23T19:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-23T19:19:23.086-07:00</updated><title type='text'>(yet more) wildflowers... and a backbone</title><summary type='text'>(This last one's for those people who couldn't really believe that I was so interested in taking pretty pictures of flowers.  I think it once belonged to a pig.)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/114843716307562174/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=114843716307562174' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/114843716307562174'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/114843716307562174'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2006/05/yet-more-wildflowers-and-backbone.html' title='(yet more) wildflowers... and a backbone'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-114824023802409249</id><published>2006-05-21T12:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-21T12:37:18.036-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Springtime</title><summary type='text'>in no particular order... (and without necessary photoshoppery)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/114824023802409249/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=114824023802409249' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/114824023802409249'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/114824023802409249'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2006/05/springtime.html' title='Springtime'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-114403957108004081</id><published>2006-04-02T21:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-11T22:01:59.386-07:00</updated><title type='text'>more random FHL</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/114403957108004081/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=114403957108004081' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/114403957108004081'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/114403957108004081'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2006/04/more-random-fhl.html' title='more random FHL'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-114402525707763421</id><published>2006-04-02T17:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-02T21:18:24.560-07:00</updated><title type='text'>FHL and environs</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/114402525707763421/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=114402525707763421' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/114402525707763421'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/114402525707763421'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2006/04/fhl-and-environs.html' title='FHL and environs'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-114402190251559298</id><published>2006-04-02T16:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T22:23:20.420-08:00</updated><title type='text'>FHL sunset, 2 February 2006  (aka the bathroom sunsets)</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/feeds/114402190251559298/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25257634&amp;postID=114402190251559298' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/114402190251559298'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25257634/posts/default/114402190251559298'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vrubinstein.blogspot.com/2006/04/fhl-sunset-2-february-2006-aka.html' title='FHL sunset, 2 February 2006  (aka the bathroom sunsets)'/><author><name>V</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25257634.post-116019165402219747</id><published>2006-04-01T20:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-10-06T20:37:12.490-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Who are those good-looking kids?</title><summary type='text'> (Photo by N. 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