In the midst of some unsettled weather yesterday afternoon, we had a cold rainstorm (in which I got drenched walking home from work!) and even a little bit of snow. Snow isn’t completely unheard of at this elevation (240 ft/73 m above sea level) but it’s certainly a rare event. In fact, at first I thought it was merely hail; […]
My entry for Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge this week. It can be a man made structure or nature made. Let’s see how creative you can get. I’m looking forward to what you all decide to post.
I made a quick trip to Ancil Hoffman Park the other day — the first time I’d been there in about 30 years, even though it’s a mere 30 minutes away from my house (allowing for traffic on surface streets). The park sits alongside the American River and contains nearly 400 acres of protected land in the middle of suburban […]
I had no idea the Watts Towers even existed until I saw this episode of California’s Gold a few years ago. I still have not had the pleasure of actually visiting this beautiful and unique site, but luckily Huell does a pretty good job of explaining its history, and the 2012 update covers the expansion of the facility, which is […]
The theme of Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is Birds. Your bird photos can be of any type of bird in nature, pet or even those posed birds like statues and carvings. Let’s see how creative you can we can be on this challenge.
This week I’m sharing my last few Mexico Monday images; there are actually some more slides in the collection, but my current slide scanner is leaving them too washed out to use. One of these days I’ll invest in a better quality scanner that will do justice to the photos my dad took.