Skyler Ray Taylor

  • Three Days of Fall
  • A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
  • Fading Summer
  • Emigrant Wilderness part Deux
  • Dune
  • Emigrant Wilderness (Stanislaus National Forest)
  • Before the Fires
  • Through the Looking-Glass
  • Big Basin Memories
  • Research
  • Want
  • Throwback
  • Phalacrocorax auritus
  • The Nickel Boys
  • Steepers
  • After the Gold Rush
  • The Stare’s Nest by My Window
  • Throwback
  • Taming of Bucephalus
  • Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
  • Independence Day
  • Portrait of the Artist as a Middle-aged Man
  • Invisible Man
  • Back to the Wilds
  • California Alligator Lizard
  • The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears
  • Colombian Blacktailed Deer
  • Ursa Minor
  • Trinity Alps
  • The North Country
  • Semper Explorandum
  • Acquisitions Incorporated
  • I’ll Fly Away
  • Morning sun on my bureau
  • Dinotopia
  • Ground birds
  • Keep your (social) distance
  • Webster’s New World Dictionary
  • “I’ve been waking up at sunrise
  • PSA: Normalize face coverings
  • The Brothers Karamazov
  • Social distancing
  • National Seashore
  • The Hunting of the Snark
  • Neighbors
  • Point Reyes Fauna
  • The Overstory
  • House goals
  • Hummingbird Mountain
  • Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Players Handbook
  • Spring in the Park
  • Resistance is futile
  • Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
  • What the Wind Blew In
  • Foglifter
  • The Gettysburg Address
  • Cloud cover
  • The Earth, The Sea, The Sky, The Gear
  • Adventure Journal, Mark II
  • Butano State Park
  • Bowling in Montrose
  • In which Pippin was dazzled by the arrangements…
  • Tournament of Roses Parade
  • End of the Line
  • In which Peregrine Took explored Travel Town Train…
  • Urban Jungle
  • Colder by the Minute
  • In which Pippin enjoyed the show at the…
  • 5th Night
  • Second Sunday of Advent
  • In which Peregrine Took demanded to see the…
  • California Road Trip / Day Eight
  • California Road Trip / Day Seven
  • In which it took a substantial amount of…
  • California Road Trip / Day Five
  • California Road Trip / Day Four (cont’d)
  • In which Peregrine Took can’t decide if The…
  • California Road Trip / Day Four
  • California Road Trip / Day Three
  • In which Pippin appreciates the hobbit-esque decor of…
  • California Road Trip / Day Two (cont’d)
  • California Road Trip / Day Two
  • In which Peregrine Took wonders if a race…
  • California Road Trip / Day One
  • Teapots and the Golden Gate
  • The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
  • Sundown at the World’s Fair
  • Renaissance Faire
  • The Odyssey
  • Parks, the Board Game
  • The Call of the Wild
  • The Iliad
  • Friends of the trail
  • I think I’ll try defying gravity
  • In which Pippin underestimated every leg of the…
  • Tiny music
  • It’s the little things about the giants I like most
  • Roughing It
  • A Walk in the Woods
  • Second Helpings at the Last Supper
  • In which Peregrine Took reluctantly said goodbye to…
  • The Edge of the World
  • Abduction of Europa
  • In which Pip says goodbye to our ship…
  • Gateway to Crete
  • City of Ruin
  • In which Pippin leaves the sherbet colored city…
  • Isle of Syros
  • Ship of Theseus
  • In which Pip comments that the Acropolis would…
  • Dwarfed by Giants
  • Ascent to Athena
  • In which Peregrine Took sought the Oracle of…
  • Treasures of Delphi
  • Consulting the Oracle
  • I’m which Pippin admires the old bell tower…
  • Pilgrims All
  • In the shadow of Parnassus
  • The Age of Fable
  • Harbor Seals and Sea Lions at Monterey Bay
  • Point Sur Lighthouse
  • The Gospel of Mark
  • Meerkat, the classiest mongoose
  • The sleeper awakes
  • The Glorious Adventure
  • “Feed me, Seymour.”
  • Spring with @starlitemay
  • The Adventure Journal
  • A weekend in the woods
  • Concrete spiral
  • The Mountains of California
  • SAN
  • Rescuing a Hummingbird
  • Less
  • Mowing crew
  • Foggy Thinker, Foggy Thoughts.
  • The Maine Woods
  • Mud hen (American Coot) at Sandy Wool Lake
  • Snow on Mount Umunhum this morning
  • US Geological Survey: Wilson Peak
  • California newt on a rainy afternoon
  • Black tailed deer off the trail yesterday
  • Sanderling takes flight
  • Windows to the soul
  • Epiphany at St. Andrews
  • Brazil Throwback
  • Beach bum
  • Whimbrel at Monterey Bay
  • 2019 coming in like the tide
  • Starting 2019 off at Monterey Bay
  • Public menace .
  • Bûche de Noël spotted on our post-Xmas hike
  • My daughter just invaded South America
  • Two shy of a fellowship
  • Up at dawn
  • One more candle to add in the morning
  • A dash of peace, a cup of cheer, a thrill of hope
  • The view from the Sierras
  • Purple Finch, fat and ready for winter in the Sierras
  • Candles and windmills
  • Chop
  • Waiting for the last leaf to fall
  • Juvenile Red Tailed Hawk
  • Bird bath
  • Holiday party antics
  • Corporate Holiday party FTW
  • 🎶 Xmas music plays in the background 🎶
  • In which Pippin tells the largest tree in…
  • 😏
  • Winter rolling in to Kings Canyon
  • Until we meet again, Recife
  • Eating like a local, posing like a tourist.
  • Marble and light
  • Palms for days
  • Hotels of Recife
  • Beaches of Fortaleza
  • Breakfast of champions
  • The locals
  • Flowers of Brazil
  • Birds of São Paulo.
  • Tree Planting Day
  • Blessing of the Animals
  • Kayaking in Monterey
  • California exceeds expectations.
  • Brussels sprouts a la daddy
  • Sharing the beach
  • Point Reyes National Seashore
  • Gulls at Point Reyes
  • The champion from Scotland prepares for battle
  • The Renaissance Faire Joust
  • The birds of Renaissance Faire
  • The changing of the yard
  • Half Dome as a Ringwraith
  • And back!
  • Friends of the trail
  • Liberty Cap and Nevada Falls
  • Hammock and Pour-Over
  • In which Pippin gazes at the majestic scene…
  • Early morning hiking
  • The Jungle Book
  • King me.
  • Equipment for Camp Dad
  • Bay View
  • Independence Day
  • Sundown in San Jose
  • Bobcat in the Backyard
  • I Voted
  • Already missing the Lake District.
  • Book VI Chapter VII: Homeward Bound
  • In which Pippin tours London’s Natural History Museum…
  • In which Pippin visits the Italian Gardens in…
  • In which Pip finally figures out which tube line to get on
  • In which Peregrine Took returns to Westminster Abbey…
  • In which Pippin is asked respectfully to not…
  • In which we enjoy ‘As You Like It’…
  • In which Pippin remarks that the lions of…
  • In which Peregrine Took bows in respect to…
  • In which Peregrine Took was quite flattered with…
  • Stopped to cool our furry feet in the…
  • In which Pippin pretends to have read most…
  • Standing in Wordsworth’s drawing room catching that poet…
  • “They come in pints?!?”
  • The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
  • The view from Elterwater
  • Another day another boat launch
  • Green forests and silk waterfalls
  • In which we stopped along the sheep pasture…
  • Pippin steps in from the mizzling wet and…
  • In which Peregrine Took grabbed a wooden stick…
  • Crossing Lake Windermere
  • On the train en route to the Lake District
  • Pippin at Paddington
  • Pippin Took is ready to board for London
  • Euclidean Space Monkeys
  • First swim of the season.
  • California
  • Sneak attack!
  • San Jose
  • Lichen Medley
  • “Mama don’t take my Kodachrome away”
  • “I hate this job.”
  • Grooming goals
  • “Therefore let us keep the feast.”
  • The Fellowship of the Ring
  • San Jose after a Spring rain
  • Semper Explorandum
  • Lyrical Ballads
  • Swallows and Amazons
  • A Quart of Ale
  • “When daffodils begin to peer,
  • Bob Ross watches over the kids’ library.
  • Adventure is out there
  • Planning our escape
  • Nosy neighbors
  • Tarry for the Comfort of the Day
  • White peahen in the brush
  • Throwback Thursday circa 2016
  • Wuthering Heights
  • San Francisco but for birds
  • “Still better”
  • Fish of many colors
  • Begun with the Sea
  • The Abandoned Mine at Quicksilver
  • Ten Years of Boots
  • Have You Seen Yertle?
  • The Wake
  • Dodging a salamander charge
  • A Glass of Port
  • In Memoriam A.H.H.
  • LUX
  • 3000 pound King of the Shore
  • A day at Año Nuevo Coast Natural Preserve
  • Elephant seals at Año Nuevo Coast Natural Preserve
  • Can’t resist one more shelfie.
  • Two Captains
  • The Away Party
  • Yukon Cornelius
  • The Stockings Were Hung
  • A Child’s Christmas in Wales
  • New gear for the new year – keeping up with Leo!
  • This poor, poor bird.
  • A Christmas Carol
  • Veni, vidi, vici
  • A Farewell to Arms
  • Ranger Dad at Joshua Tree
  • Be prepared
  • New Apple Store at Apple Park
  • Mohawk muscovy
  • Sunday afternoon tea
  • Sherwood
  • I ❤️ Chicago
  • A Farewell to Arms
  • Adventure is out there
  • A Farewell to Arms
  • Beaches and jackets.
  • Chess on a Sunday
  • Smilin’ crab
  • Tide pools
  • A few of the folks riding the waves
  • Coot on Lake Merritt