Seen At Stanford – Deirdre’s Nature Blog

Seen At Stanford – Deirdre’s Nature Blog.

I divide nature into 2 kinds: static and moving. I’m a big fan of the static, less keen on the moving kind.

Paul Simon with a guitar

Paul Simon at Frost

Young man walking 6 large dogs

Dogs Walk Man

Grey snakeskin on asphalt

Spot the Snakeskin

Western bluebird

Western Bluebird

View of the wing of a USAF plane, Hoover Tower below

Flying Over Hoover Tower

Ballerinas taking their biws

SF Ballet Performs Swan Lake at Frost

Bronze statue of the Great Auk

Great Auk from The Lost Bird Project

ShHot of 3 people's feet, all wearing a different shade of blue nail varnish

Blue Toenails

Swift approaching their nest in a hole in a hollow tree. Baby bird is at the opening of the nest with it's mouth wide open

Parent Swift lying away from nest with debris

Swift Nest at The Dish

cactus yellow flower with red center

Prickly Pear

Student dancers dressed in green

Chocolate Heads Movement Band Perform at Cantor

A small memorial on woodland ground: a cross made from two weathered pieces of wood, with a rounded stone at the center and a bunch of bright orange flowers laid below it, surrounded by fallen leaves at the base of a tree.

Shrine

Tree with yellow blooms

Acacia

Beignets & King Cakes

Mardi Gras at the BCSC

Mushroom on dead leaves

Mushroom in the Leaf Litter

Black standard poodle doing downward facing dog

Downward Facing Dog

Sign "Have you seen the Ax" above a picture of the Ax. The caption reads "Not missing, just wanted you to see it"

Cal is Trolling Us!!!

Avenue of Ginkos

Golden Ginkos

Cupcakes with Stanford tree

Cupcakes

Crow on a railing with a piece of paper inits beak

Reading Crow

Black Aston Martin parked in an underground garage

Aston Martin at Robles 🤩🤩🤩

Employee name badge

Badge

sf ballet dancers take their bow

SF Ballet at Frost Amphitheatre

The pas-de-deux couples take their bows.

farewell To Spring flower pale pink with hot pink stripes on petals

Farewell-to-Spring

Farewell-to-Spring in the East Oval Grove with Coastal Tidy-tips being pollinated in the background.

six palm trees above a building

Palm trees

Rodan's Burghurs of Callais

Getting a low five

yellow wildflower

Buttercup

Hexagonal tiles

Hexagonals

red hot poker flowers

Red hot pokers

Door with gnome in corner

Gnome

Railing

Railing

Fountain outside Green library

My favorite fountain

View from a plane window of orange sky

Orange Sky

Skies turned orange from the wildfires

Brockhampton onstage with 3 neon crosses above them on the stage

Brockhampton sitting onstage in orange jumpsuits

Brockhampton at Frost Amphitheater

2 deer

Deer

Pink bare naked ladies flowers

Bare naked ladies

2 small mushrooms

Fungus Friends

Stanford Women in Technology

Conference at work

Poster saying 66% of service workers on campus report that their rent is not affordable

Support service workers

Graffiti saying Arches Crumble without pillars

Mayday

Lots of moen watchin soccer on TV

Liverpool supporters at Tresidder

Sundae, a car with solar panels

Sundae

Pelican blow up lifesaver with students in background

Pelican in the pool

Lampp hanging from ceiling

Never realized how udder-ly these are

Stumpy tree

Looks like the Womping Willow

Chairs

Chairs

daisies

Daisies

Blow up unicorn in fountain

Unicorn

Poster Advertising Kink 101

Clutches pearls!

New Mushroom with earth and sticks

New ‘Shroom

Flowers

Lantana

Morning glory in front of building

Morning Glory

camelia behind Mem chu

Camelia

Small pinky peach rhodendrum

Peachy pink

Withered stalk with pods

Withering

small mushroom next to a circular drain

Hiding

Weed growing up in front of garbage bin

Weed Above Bin

Nest near Hover tower

High nest

Art with a slot grid of small mininal painitings

Art

Palm tree

Palm tree with two woodpeckers

Sun shining behind building

Sun shining

Cherry blossom in Amy Blue garden

Cherry blossom tree

Group of young people smiling and posing with their instruments

Band

Looks like Mardi Gras beads

berries

Berries

Palm tree with birdhouse

Birdhouse

Ladies cleaning the fountain

Takes work

dogwood flower

Dogwood

Iris with raindrops

Iris with raindrops

Jacaranda tree in bloom

Jacaranda

Girl in Picachu costume in front of Memorial Church

Pikachu at Mem Chu

Wish tree

Rainbow wrap on Tesla

Tesla with rainbow wrap

February Rainbow

poster saying Justice for All

Cute but worried looking baby girl

Women’s March

small orange

Orange

Classic car with Cal along the side

How RUDE!!

fungus at base of tree

Tree Fungus

Do it!!

rows of lettuce and herbs with copper irrigation pipes

A farm at The Farm!

I see lettuce, thyme, sage, chives, and oregano.

Pink Fountain

Beat Cal!

cornhole game with sexy symbols

Someone’s having fun

Took me a while to figure out this game!

Fungus on the side of a eucalyptus tree

Eucalyptus with Fungus

People dressed in Halloween costumes

Halloween at VPGE

3 pumpkins in front of a totem

Pumpkins

Pale pink rose

Pink Rose

Banana passion fruit flower

Banana Passion Fruit Flower

Purple and Yellow VW Bug

Cute Bug

peach rhodendrum

Peach azelia

Memorial church with a yucca

Memorial Church & Yucca

Bright pink walls and disco balls

The Ladies Room at the d-school

Very glam!

Small shiny black sphere, looks like a pod or a lozenge

No idea what this is

Pod? Lozenge?

Vivid crimson cockscomb

Flowers at work

Crimson cockscomb.

Tree with fall colors in front of fountain

Feels like fall

Palm trees

Palm

Painted Lady butterfly

Painted Lady

John F Kennedy rose (white) with bee disappearing into petals

Bee & “John F Kennedy” rose

Pink and white lily

Stargazer Lily

Long string of berries

Berries

red rose in front of Memorial Church

Perfection

Ready for…

young man holding a rocket twice his height

Good luck getting that rocket in your pocket

Cracked totem

Totem

Birds nest high up on a corner of a building

Is anyone home?

Bicycle with tall weed growing up to the saddle

This bike was locked so long a weed grew up through the chain to the saddle

Volt car in cardinal color

Volt!

Brown horse being petted on its nose

Really moving nature

This horse won the Garlic Cup!

Adorable golden retreiver puppy

Adorable!

Iris Berry

Graduation Seats

Thistle at Bing

Fidget Spinner

Red Hot Poker

No Time at Work

Cutie

Brain shaped fungus

Brainy Fungus

Mausoleum Door

Bare Naked Ladies

Nice Light

Too Much Fun…

Selfie with agapanthus

This agapanthus is as big as my head

Beat LA

‘Quakes Vs LA Galaxy. Beat LA – and we did (2-1).

Quinceanera

Cute Car

Rainbow at VPGE

Shadow of palm on Quad

Palm Shadow

tree running

Birnam Wood, Eat your Heart Out

Camp Kesem

Noooooooooooooooooo!

Totem Pole

Hover tower

Hoover Tower

Lily

Before I Die…

My favourite is on the last line: Before I die I want to be placed in a cryonic chamber.

Visitor

Why didn’t they just say “No Drone Zone”?

cardboard sean spicer

Spicey in the Bushes

Lady with beaded cloak

Pow Wow

tree in garden

Flowerless

Margaritaville

War Memorial

rainbow in quad

Rainbow at the Quad

Tree with Ivy

Weed growing up a crack in the steps

Weed

Red Azalea

Lion's mane mushroom

Lion’s Mane

Golden Poppy

Golden Poppy

Red converse walking on shadows

Shoe on Lines

Burgher and Camelia

Magnolias

Magnolia

clump of small mushrooms

Clump of fungus

Rainbow

Taiko

mushroom

Really Round ‘Room

moss between stones

Moss

Magnolia

Magnolia

Borken door and frame in front of the oval

Going somewhere?

Quiddich hoops and players on the lawn

Quidditch at Stanford

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