The theme of Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is Furniture, Tables, Chairs, Sofas. Any kind of furniture is allowed in this challenge. It can be indoor, outdoor or even furniture for a doll house. See how creative you can get on this challenge.
Cee’s Odd Ball Photo Challenge: June 25, 2017
Sutter Street has gone through many changes since the 1850s. I’m quite interested in the story behind this building, located in Historic Folsom on the corner of Sutter and Riley streets. The green building in the background is the Folsom Hotel; its history is easier to dig up (I plan to post about that in the near future). But Google […]
About 18 years ago, the State of California acquired the roughly 45 acres of land known as Snipes-Pershing Ravine. Several groups and individuals, including the Sacramento Valley Open Space Conservancy, had been pushing for a long time for preservation of the area. It’s surrounded on three sides by suburban housing, with Lake Natoma to the east. It’s a great place […]
It’s always a treat to spot a Great Blue Heron, and even better to get a decent picture. I spotted this one just upstream from the Lake Natoma Crossing in July 2014. According to my Peterson Field Guide to Birds, at 4 feet tall these graceful waders are the second largest long-legged bird in the West (after the Sandhill Crane).
The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge for the week of June 21, 2017. Drifters, nomads, and even the state of impermanence: this week, share your photos of transient.
Photos from last year’s Pow Wow Days parade; video from this year’s parade. The Citrus Heights Community Marching Band is a regular in the Pow Wow Days parade, and it’s always fun to see the musicians of all ages marching in unison down the street.
Cee’s Odd Ball Photo Challenge: June 18, 2017
I carried my camera on a 5-mile hike the other morning and hadn’t seen anything I felt like shooting. It seemed like one of those dull summer days. Then, just as I was almost home, I came upon this guy standing in the weeds next to the Negro Bar parking lot, jumping up and down and flapping his wings. He […]