Doughtie is pronounced DOW-tea.
Look at this giant clover. It’s growing by our hot water heater. I put my foot in the picture for scale.
It’s as wide across as the palm on my hand. At first I thought it might be Psoralea orbicularis, a California native clover, but its leaves look different. The stems for each of the three leaf segments of Psoralea orbicularis are longer. Does anyone know what this could be?
All of the pictures in this post are by Gavin.
Two Saturdays ago, we went to learn how to shoot bows and arrows in the Arroyo Seco, near the Rose Bowl. The Rose Bowl is surrounded by park spaces and wild-ish spaces. Native oaks grow all around it. Just past the grass in this picture is a concrete channel for the river that flows through this area.
The Pasadena Roving Archers give lessons to newbies. And they lend out bows and arrows. Here I am waiting to learn. I have a quiver strapped to my jeans pocket.
We practiced shooting paper targets fastened to straw bales.
And we enjoyed the clean, cold early Saturday morning air.
