It’s been pretty cold around here these past few days, especially in the mornings and evenings, dipping down into the area of frost and freeze warnings. The days have been mostly sunny and sometimes downright warm, enough to give courage to a few hardy and hopeful spring flowers.
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; […]
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 […]
Even though the clouds looked amazing all day I was rushing around so much I never had a chance to shoot them. But I couldn’t resist the gorgeous, colorful sunset this evening.
I had no idea until today that these vintage-looking red pickup trucks were such a hot decor item — just try googling “old red pickup decor” and see how many pop up from places like Etsy, Amazon, and Hobby Lobby. I bought mine almost a year ago while wandering around Denio’s one Saturday; it stood alone among the other items […]
It can be tough shooting good images under the bright noontime sun; so today I decided to use the sunshine and look for interesting shadows.