I’ve had dogs in my life for as long as I can remember; so it felt incredibly strange to live without a dog around the house for 15 years after our last dog, Buster, died in 2010. It wasn’t until December 2025 that I finally felt ready to bring a new companion into my life, and already I’m wondering how […]
Every now and then a post will pop up randomly in my Facebook feed from a group called Between the Ears. As I understood it, all their images came from people riding their horses and taking pics of the trail. However, when I took a look at their page, I learned that “These views can be while riding your horse, […]
In the past few weeks I’ve been getting outdoors a lot more than I have in years. Thanks to my new four-legged hiking buddy, I’m revisiting places that were once familiar and discovering some that are entirely new to me. The result has been that the dog is happy, I feel a bit more fit, and I have brand new […]
Here are a few images shot during December and January on my walks along the bluffs and the bike trail next to Lake Natoma near Black Miners Bar.
I’ve driven past the Acorn Creek Trailhead on Salmon Falls Road many times over the years but never stopped to check it out — mostly because it didn’t seem especially inviting during the heat of a summer day. But a reasonably wet January is a different matter, so a week ago I took my dog and headed out, not really […]
It was a beautiful spring-like day out at Folsom Lake on Thursday, with plenty of room to wander and explore from Sterling Pointe Park. I was able to take my Canon out on the trail for the first time in months, although I stuck with a single lens (my beloved 50mm), and all the photos in this post except for […]
