Avid knitter, amateur photographer, dedicated hiker. Love cycling and watching pro cycling races. Crazy about dogs!
I discarded my own high school yearbooks long, long ago, but when I found a vintage annual from 1968 at the Roseville flea market, I grabbed it. Fresno High’s Royce Hall (pictured above) dates from 1922, although the school itself has been in existence since 1889. Some of the school’s former students include Baseball Hall of Famer Tom Seaver, director/screenwriter […]
On my first visit to the Caspar Headlands, the skies were clear and the wind was gusting so forcefully that I could scarcely stand in one spot. And even though it was nearly the end of May, I had on my warm winter coat — and yet I felt so miserably cold that I barely managed to shoot a few […]
I discovered this fairly large (and noisy) raft of California sea lions soaking up the sun and taking a break from the wild ocean waves just off the Caspar Headlands in late May. The spot is a few minutes’ drive south of Fort Bragg in Mendocino County.
I started going through some photos of Rodman Slough County Park (on the north end of Clear Lake) shot over the past three years and was surprised to see how many I had never blogged before. The trail there is short, but it takes you to the top of a ridge and back down again. Spend a few minutes exploring […]
Part 2 of Huell’s Whale Adventure takes him to an isolated beach that’s just full of marine treasures, large and small. This beach is meant to be preserved for future generations — both humans and the wildlife who have lived and continue to thrive in this incredible environment. It all took place in San Ignacio Lagoon halfway down the Baja […]
It took me a few decades, but last May I finally returned to Fort Bragg in Mendocino County for the first time since I was a kid. Even though on this occasion we were only passing through and I didn’t have much time to look around, it was still great to see this part of the Northern California coast again. […]
WordPress really managed to confuse me this morning as I looked back to confirm that I was indeed on Week 20 of this particular series: it seems that I created Week 19 a little bit ahead of schedule — back in mid May. For a few minutes there I couldn’t find it on my list of published posts and started […]
Memory Monday is on a break this week! See you soon with more photo memories.
Whenever a trip to Clear Lake has us staying in Nice (same pronunciation as the city in France!) one of the first things I like to do is take a stroll along Lakeshore Boulevard with my camera, preferably in the morning. Despite its rather grand name, this street is a narrow side lane without markings or sidewalk; I normally see […]