Pastures of Heaven May 2004 |
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| An afternoon spent wandering in the Santa Clara foothills. | ||
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| Wide-angle view of farmland in Coyote Valley. | ||
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weathered and sagging fenceline stretching to a distant skyline. |
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| A
small reservoir with a view of the Calero County Park foothills. |
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| Pasturelands turned to straw by weather too hot too soon. | ||
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| Like watchful sentinels, distant oaks line the horizon. | ||
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| A park-like setting with well-worn trackways throughout. | ||
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| Summer wildflowers in pasturelands usually devoid of them. | ||
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| Young oaks - like startled deer, seemed to flee before me. | ||
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| Towering oak on a rise of ground; crickets singing in the heat. | ||
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| Silted
and growing stagnant, this small reservoir will soon dry up completely. |
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| View south towards Morgan Hill. | ||
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| New
fence line separates grazed and ungrazed areas of pasture. |
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| Ungrazed area is knee deep in mixed grasses. | ||
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| View of acreage threatened by development. | ||
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| "Mole
Hill" property at corner of Bailey & Santa Teresa is now managed by the Open Space Authority. |
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| This area is now a college extension site and law enforcement training facility. |
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| Once
farmland, then a golf course, now farmland once again. What the future holds for Coyote Valley is still uncertain. |
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| Return to Top. | Go to Late Summer Pastures. | |