I celebrated July 4th by taking a hike along one of my favorite Lake Natoma trails. There are quite a few spots with overgrown weeds and berry bushes as well as poison oak; I had to negotiate fallen trees and trail damage from last winter’s storms. I rarely meet anyone else on the trail, and this morning I had it […]
The theme of Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is Things With Motors for House or Garage. Anything that has a motor or engine is fair game this week. See how creative you can get on this challenge. Have fun with this challenge. Over the years we’ve had a long succession of motorized machines of many kinds pass in and […]
Back before The Big Guy was able to afford a fishing boat, we did an awful lot of fishing from the shore. There was frequently a fair bit of hiking to get to the water from wherever we’d left the car, and then of course we had to hunt around for the “right” spot to find the fish. Our dogs were […]
Cee’s Odd Ball Photo Challenge: July 2, 2017 Sign at the local school: These last two embarrass me a little, but I couldn’t help sharing. There’s a bad spot in our tongue-and-groove floor caused by our three dogs repeatedly slopping water from their water bowl. This morning as I was putting away clean tableware, a butter knife slipped from my […]
Blackberry season is coming! Quite a few of the berries I see on morning hikes have already turned dark, but they’re not quite sweet enough just yet. I’ve learned to very gently wiggle them to see if they easily detach from the plant; if not, I leave them alone to continue ripening. Even when far from ripe the colors of […]
Irresistible roses from up the street.