A #botanist searches for the #seeds of the rare #DeathValleySage

April 2, 2026

"For more than 15 years, botanist Naomi Fraga of the #CaliforniaBotanicGarden has been trying to collect seeds from the rare Death Valley sage, for safekeeping in a vault of native California seeds. Each time, she's come home empty handed. But this year, with the desert in the midst of a big bloom, she's trying again.

" 'It's a little bit of a gamble,' she says. 'But, you know, the plant's having a really good year. I feel hopeful.' "

Read more:
https://www.npr.org/sections/the-picture-show/2026/04/01/nx-s1-5749446/botanist-search-seeds-rare-death-valley-sage

#SolarPunkSunday #California #RarePlants #SeedVaults #SeedSaving #RareSeeds #DesertBloom #DeathValley #SuperBloom #PlantPreservation

Here are the photos I shared elsewhere this month.

Here are the photos that I shared elsewhere this month, up to today. The rest are in Hawaii for the New Year.

As is tradition by now, here are all of the photos that I shared elesewhere last month:

https://macmanx.com/2025/12/01/november-2025-in-photos/

#burger #californiaBotanicGarden #food #monthInPhotos #piano #sculpture #trees

Here are the photos I shared elesewhere last month:

https://macmanx.com/2025/09/30/september-2025-in-photos/

#californiaBotanicGarden #monthInPhotos #trees

Here are all the photos that I shared elsewhere this month.

Besides the photos I’ve already shared in Photos with (Not Boring) Camera, here are the photos I shared elsewhere last month. And, like I predicted in that earlier post, (Not Boring) Camera has become my default camera app.

One of these is available for free and can be found in higher quality on my CC0 Licensed Photos page.

I love every app out of (Not Boring) Software. Compared to the whole industry, Andy’s whimsy and attention to detail are on another level, so you can imagine how delighted I was when he launched (Not Boring) Camera.

Similar to Mood.Camera, (Not Boring) Camera provides a variety of styles with a tasteful amount of film-like noise. However, (Not Boring) Camera’s styles provide much deeper personality, like all of Andy’s apps. Referred to as “3D LUTs,” they provide “professional-level color grading,” and seem to touch every aspect of an image, all the way down to the way light itself interacts with the scene. In short, (Not Boring) Camera is accomplishing something more than just slapping a filter on top of an existing image.

And then there’s the interface, a whimsical, fun interface that provides everything professional camera apps offer in an almost toy-like presentation. As with all of Andy’s apps, the whimsical UI is not only a joy to use, it also makes these more professional features far more intuitive than other apps in its category. I knew what to do the moment I picked it up, or at least the moment I touched every single inviting button, toggle, and dial. By the way, you can customize all of the colors.

Like I did with Mood.Camera, (Not Boring) Camera is now what I use to capture anything that catches my eye, an extension of Noticing Things, but it might even replace the default Camera app for shots that I want to take the time to properly frame and compose. Time will tell, but I’m definitely leaning in favor of (Not Boring) Camera.

https://macmanx.com/2025/06/12/photos-with-not-boring-camera/

#apps #californiaBotanicGarden #food #iphone #minigolf #notBoringCamera #notBoringSoftware #trees

I’ve already shared a few photos taken last month with Mood.Camera, so here are the rest of the photos that I shared elsewhere last month:

One of these is available for any use for free, and can be found in much higher quality on my CC0 Licensed Photos page.

The best camera you have is the one with you, and I always have my iPhone with me. Here are the photos I shared elsewhere this month:

One of these is available for free and can be used for any purpose. You can find it in much higher quality on my CC0 Licensed Photos page.

https://macmanx.com/2025/04/03/march-2025-in-photos/

#californiaBotanicGarden #food #gamera #lego #monthInPhotos #trees