Filmed on 1 March 2015; published on 4 March 2015; revised

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Dear Ones,

Some natural scenes at Sage Ranch on a rainy day: A darkling beetle, yerba santa, sandstone boulders, and blue sky. There is a Summary after the video …

VIDEO BY ALICE

SUMMARY OF THE VIDEO

[Photo of the Simi Hills in the foreground and the Santa Susana Mountains in the background, with cloud cover; then a video clip of the Darkling Beetle on a rock with lichen on it. The beetle is in its distinctive head-to-the-ground and tail up kowtow pose.]

Image: “Darkling Beetle, Sage Ranch Park,” by Alice B. Clagett, 1 March 2015, CC BY-SA 4.0

Image: “Darkling Beetle, Sage Ranch Park,” by Alice B. Clagett, 1 March 2015, CC BY-SA 4.0

[Speaking to the Darkling Beetle;] What are you doing, just sitting there? Are you sun-bathing?

[Short videoclips of Yerba Santa blooming, chaparral gently waving in a breeze, with the sound of birdsong]

Image: “Mountains and Clouds 1, Sage Ranch Park,” by Alice B. Clagett, 1 March 2015, CC BY-SA 4.0

Image: “Mountains and Clouds 1, Sage Ranch Park,” by Alice B. Clagett, 1 March 2015, CC BY-SA 4.0

Image: “Mountains and Clouds 2, Sage Ranch Park,” by Alice B. Clagett, 1 March 2015, CC BY-SA 4.0

Image: “Mountains and Clouds 2, Sage Ranch Park,” by Alice B. Clagett, 1 March 2015, CC BY-SA 4.0

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In love, light and joy
This is Alice B. Clagett.
I Am of the Stars … and so are you!

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nature, Sage Ranch Park, Darkling Beetle, Santa Susana Mountains, Simi Hills, arthropods, insects,