Shanda

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About me

Gender Female
Occupation Arborist (retired)
Location The Sierra Nevada Mountains, California, United States
Introduction WELCOME TO MY BLOG!
Interests Photography, gardening, hiking, the Strawberry Music Festival, botanizing, birding, anything pertaining to mountains and nature. I particularly love the Sierras, the Himalayas, and the slickrock country of southern Utah.
Favorite Movies (Not necessarily in order): Cave of the Yellow Dog, American Beauty, The Story of the Weeping Camel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Turtles Can Fly, The Sea Inside, and too many others to mention.
Favorite Music John Prine, Richard Thompson, John Hiatt, Lucinda Williams, Greg Brown, Eliza Gilkyson, Steve Earle, Dave Alvin, Gram Parsons, and many other singer songwriters.
Favorite Books Mountaineering books are my passion, and I wouldn't know where to start. In addition, I enjoyed Where the Indus is Young, Three Cups of Tea, Desert Solitaire, The Boardman-Tasker Omnibus, The Endurance, My Journey to Lhasa.