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Two days in Banff

After Calgary, we stayed a few days in Banff, using it as a base of operations to conduct light hikes and picnicking in the national park. Locations visited included Cascade Pond, Two Jack Lake, Lake Minnewanka, Lake Louise, and Moraine Lake.

Canada: Calgary

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Dragonfly (Inglewood Bird Sanctuary)

In Calgary, we went to the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary and the Calgary Zoo.

California: Odds and Ends

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Lizard at Point Lobos

It's a bit of a jumble, but here are the highlights from the rest of my California photos. These are from all over the trip, including: one from Mendocino, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Point Lobos, Sunset and Moonrise in Monterey, and one from the Golden Gate Park Arboretum.

Some California Photos

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Long-tailed weasel

Click through for a few pictures from California, mostly from around Mendocino. A few are from the Petaluma area and the Big Basin redwood forest. The long-tailed weasel (not a ferret!) is from half-moon bay.

Photos from Marburg

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One of many camellias at the New Botanic Garden in Marburg.

We spent a day visiting Marburg, near Frankfurt, which is a wonderful town with lots of neat old architecture and a fantastic botanic garden.

Frankfurt Palmengarten

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Colorful orchid.

The Frankfurt Palmengarten on our first visit in early April. It was the last day of their annual orchid show, so we took lots of photos. I can't identify most of them, but they're still enjoyable to look at.

Photos from the Barcelona Botanic Garden and nearby

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Bugloss from the Canary Islands (Echium callithrysum)

These are photos from our sixth day of visiting Barcelona when we went to the Montjuïc area, and explored the many gardens there. We spent most of our time at the Barcelona Botanic Garden, which was huge and full of amazing plants, especially the Australia and Canary Island sections, which we explored throughly.

More photos from the yard

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Small praying mantis

Ingrid lured me outside with the promise of a baby praying mantis. I took photos of a few more things that caught my eye, too