{"id":23556,"date":"2016-11-14T10:01:02","date_gmt":"2016-11-14T10:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/?p=23556"},"modified":"2022-04-28T10:22:59","modified_gmt":"2022-04-28T10:22:59","slug":"life-goes-on-in-this-crazy-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/?p=23556","title":{"rendered":"Life Goes On &#8230; in this Crazy World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[fusion_builder_container type=&#8221;flex&#8221; hundred_percent=&#8221;no&#8221; hundred_percent_height=&#8221;no&#8221; min_height=&#8221;&#8221; hundred_percent_height_scroll=&#8221;no&#8221; align_content=&#8221;stretch&#8221; flex_align_items=&#8221;flex-start&#8221; flex_justify_content=&#8221;flex-start&#8221; flex_column_spacing=&#8221;&#8221; hundred_percent_height_center_content=&#8221;yes&#8221; equal_height_columns=&#8221;no&#8221; container_tag=&#8221;div&#8221; menu_anchor=&#8221;&#8221; 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last=&#8221;true&#8221; border_position=&#8221;all&#8221; first=&#8221;true&#8221; type=&#8221;1_1&#8243;][fusion_text columns=&#8221;&#8221; column_min_width=&#8221;&#8221; column_spacing=&#8221;&#8221; rule_style=&#8221;default&#8221; rule_size=&#8221;&#8221; rule_color=&#8221;&#8221; content_alignment_medium=&#8221;&#8221; content_alignment_small=&#8221;&#8221; content_alignment=&#8221;&#8221; hide_on_mobile=&#8221;small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility&#8221; sticky_display=&#8221;normal,sticky&#8221; class=&#8221;&#8221; id=&#8221;&#8221; font_size=&#8221;&#8221; fusion_font_family_text_font=&#8221;&#8221; fusion_font_variant_text_font=&#8221;&#8221; line_height=&#8221;&#8221; letter_spacing=&#8221;&#8221; text_color=&#8221;&#8221; animation_type=&#8221;&#8221; animation_direction=&#8221;left&#8221; animation_speed=&#8221;0.3&#8243; animation_offset=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">I haven\u2019t posted many photos lately, so here\u2019s a visual summary of what&#8217;s happening in the universe parallel to mine in California: the natural cycles and connections that persist against all odds, sometimes in front of my lens, helping to keep me sane.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">And also &#8212; a little music therapy from Lucky Dube, for all of us navigating This Crazy World right now:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OYp9G7AfvbE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>* The shorebirds are back, the ones who took flight months ago and flew thousands of miles here to forage and rest:<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><div id=\"attachment_23565\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23565\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23565\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Plover.jpg\" alt=\"Black-Bellied Plover Preening\" width=\"1200\" height=\"928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Plover-200x155.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Plover-400x309.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Plover-600x464.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Plover-768x594.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Plover-800x619.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Plover-1000x773.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Plover.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-23565\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Black-Bellied Plover Preening<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>* Hungry Brown Pelicans are chasing the herring and sardines, taking cues from each other as they amass with the tides<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23564\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Pelicans.jpg\" alt=\"Brown Pelican Diving\" width=\"1200\" height=\"882\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Pelicans-200x147.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Pelicans-400x294.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Pelicans-600x441.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Pelicans-768x564.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Pelicans-800x588.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Pelicans-1000x735.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Pelicans.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>* Little sea otters are growing up, learning to swim, dive and find mussels under the tutelage of mom (otter dads don\u2019t help):<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23566\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Sea-Otter.jpg\" alt=\"Southern Sea Otter\" width=\"1000\" height=\"738\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Sea-Otter-200x148.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Sea-Otter-400x295.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Sea-Otter-600x443.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Sea-Otter-768x567.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Sea-Otter-800x590.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Sea-Otter.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>* Monarch butterflies, diaphanous beings, miraculously survived the hazards of migration, and now over-winter on eucalyptus, sometimes indistinguishable from leaves:<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><div id=\"attachment_23562\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23562\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23562\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Monarch.jpg\" alt=\"Monarch and Tropical Milkweed\" width=\"1200\" height=\"896\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Monarch-200x149.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Monarch-400x299.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Monarch-600x448.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Monarch-768x573.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Monarch-800x597.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Monarch-1000x747.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Monarch.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-23562\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Monarch and Tropical Milkweed<\/p><\/div><div id=\"attachment_23563\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23563\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Monarchs.jpg\" alt=\"Monarch Cluster on Eucalyptus\" width=\"1000\" height=\"821\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Monarchs-200x164.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Monarchs-400x328.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Monarchs-600x493.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Monarchs-768x631.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Monarchs-800x657.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Monarchs.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-23563\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Monarch Cluster on Eucalyptus<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p><strong>* Rufous Hummingbirds are stopping by for nectar on their 4000-mile journey to Mexico from Alaska and Canada:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23557\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Allens-Hummingbird.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Allens-Hummingbird-200x267.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Allens-Hummingbird-400x533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Allens-Hummingbird-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Allens-Hummingbird-750x1000.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Allens-Hummingbird-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Allens-Hummingbird-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Allens-Hummingbird.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>* Thousands of ducks made land after long flights, finding comfort in their flocks and sanctuaries during the hunting season that marks their arrival:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><div id=\"attachment_23560\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23560\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Eurasian-Wigeon.jpg\" alt=\"Eurasian Wigeon\" width=\"1000\" height=\"741\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Eurasian-Wigeon-200x148.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Eurasian-Wigeon-400x296.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Eurasian-Wigeon-600x445.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Eurasian-Wigeon-768x569.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Eurasian-Wigeon-800x593.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Eurasian-Wigeon.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-23560\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eurasian Wigeon<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p><strong>* Squirrels shelter in place in palm trees:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23567\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23567\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23567\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Squirrel.jpg\" alt=\"Squirrel in Palm Tree\" width=\"1200\" height=\"902\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Squirrel-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Squirrel-400x301.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Squirrel-600x451.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Squirrel-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Squirrel-800x601.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Squirrel-1000x752.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Squirrel.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-23567\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Squirrel in Palm Tree<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>* Crows are still barking orders at hawks, and hawks are still ignoring them:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23561\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Hawk-and-Crows.jpg\" alt=\"Crows Mobbing Red-Tailed Hawk\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Hawk-and-Crows-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Hawk-and-Crows-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Hawk-and-Crows-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Hawk-and-Crows-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Hawk-and-Crows-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Hawk-and-Crows-1000x750.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Hawk-and-Crows.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>* Elephant seals are coming home to their rookeries, the first babies will be born in December:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><div id=\"attachment_23559\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23559\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23559\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Elephant-Seals.jpg\" alt=\"Elephant Seals at Piedras Blancas\" width=\"1000\" height=\"718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Elephant-Seals-200x144.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Elephant-Seals-300x214.jpg 300w, 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