Katherine Ward

@katheward

desert archaeologist semi-retired, anthropology adjunct prof, environment and climate, affordable sustainable, language and evolution,(paleo)ethnobotany, rainshadow farm🌿

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Katherine Ward@katheward· Jul 1

She's having a little nap

Pinniped having a nap near La Jolla CA on an algae covered boulder.

Katherine Ward@katheward· Feb 6

Clouds seem to be coming over the mountains and the temperature is dropping again. This afternoon the sun was reflecting off ice on the highest peak in this photo. This makes me happy. I'm not ready for warm days quite yet.

Mojave Desert gray cloudy day. Foreground is Joshua Trees and creosote bush scrubland. Background is the eastern end of the San Gabriel Mountains with snow on the high peaks.

Katherine Ward@katheward· Feb 2

Another Mojave moonrise. Cool evening after a sunny and unseasonably warm day.

Gold full moon in a gray-blue sky with dark and twisty creosote bushes in the foreground.

Katherine Ward@katheward· Jan 12

I'm not sure why these roses burst into bloom on some of the coldest days and nights of this high desert winter.

Two vivid bright peach colored roses blooming in a rain soaked high desert yard. Pine tree in the background, mountains beyond that.

Katherine Ward@katheward· Nov 17

It's looking and feeling like winter here. One storm has passed, another one on its way.

Katherine Ward@katheward· Oct 7

Another Mojave moonrise. Full moon tonight I think.

Slender twisting Joshua Tree under a twilight full moon at a Mojave Desert crossroads.

Katherine Ward@katheward· Sep 12

Yay

100% on my alt text. It's because of the require alt text setting.

Katherine Ward@katheward· Sep 7

I'm not very deep

Cartoon panels of a rooster waking up. He's watching the sun slowly rise. He begins with, "what," then "the hell" and finally when the sun is more than half way up "is that! Bwahhh!"

Katherine Ward@katheward· Jul 16

On #WorldSnakeDay here's a beautiful and very sturdy, well-fed gopher snake in my Mojave Desert backyard.

Large and beautiful gopher snake curled up and looking around under a table on my desert patio.

Katherine Ward@katheward· Jul 14

Little mama hummingbird rocking in the high desert wind in her nest.

Katherine Ward@katheward· Jul 8

Front to back: Mojave rabbitbrush (it's everywhere), some kind of riotously blooming peppermint, and cattails.

In a mini marsh springing up from household graywater, front to back: Mojave rabbitbrush (it's everywhere), some kind of riotously blooming peppermint, and cattails.

Katherine Ward@katheward· Jul 8

Lots of peppermint of some kind. Probably escaped from herb patches I used to grow (and may begin again soon)

Mint growing wildly in graywater from my laundry.

Katherine Ward@katheward· Jul 8

5 years ago I discovered our gray water runoff had facilitated the growth of a mini-marsh in the southern Mojave Desert. This year it's still growing. It's a bit smaller, we had some drought years and very warm, dry summers. I'm hoping it will sustain as long as I have some graywater out there.

Katherine Ward@katheward· May 27

The Joshua Tree in front is very old. It has suffered a lot of damage from drought and wind.

Small gathering of Joshua Trees in front of low clouds in the Cajon Pass in front of the western edge of the San Gabriel Mountains. Partly cloudy Mojave Desert afternoon.

Katherine Ward@katheward· May 17

Got a short raven video for you. Hope you're feeling better!

Katherine Ward@katheward· May 14

Where I was on Mother's Day. It was HOT. Now in southern California, we've got cool and possibly stormy weather coming back. It won't last but I'm enjoying the cool down while it's here.

Yuccas, California Fan Palms, live oak and sycamores at the California Botanical Garden. In the background, a layer of clouds covering peaks of the San Gabriel Mountains. Intense blue sky.

Katherine Ward@katheward· Mar 5

I hope I come across the real him instead of the AI him!

A model skeleton named Larry wearing a cheesy Santa hat, Mardi Gras beads, and a yellow safety vest. He's holding some kind of hand rolled cigarette between his teeth.

Katherine Ward@katheward· Feb 18

Neon sunset out here

Neon orange red sunset in the Mojave Desert

Neon orange red sunset in the Mojave Desert with Joshua Trees

Faded neon orange red sunset in the Mojave Desert with mountains in the background

Katherine Ward@katheward· Jan 31

Seems accurate

Image of Hamburglar smiling towards the camera carrying a platter of cheeseburgers

Katherine Ward@katheward· Jan 26

If you see this, quote with a bridge from your gallery.

The Golden Gate Bridge on a gray cloudy evening.

Katherine Ward@katheward· Jan 22

These people are horrible but really California is helping feed (literally and not so literally) the poorer states...

Katherine Ward@katheward· Dec 4

Looking like winter in the southwestern Mojave.

Winter kind of sunset in the southern Mojave Desert. Silhouette of Joshua Trees and the eastern ridges of the San Gabriel Mountains. Rough low clouds coming from behind the mountains filling the western horizon with gold, copper, green, and dark lavender.

Katherine Ward@katheward· Oct 29

When they say, "be careful what you wish for." The temperature has dropped 30 degrees and something is blowing in, over the mountains. We're hoping for some rain.