On a muddy shoreline
Trees
My entry for Cee’s Black & White Challenge this week highlights a historic olive orchard on the northwest edge of Folsom, just across the American River from Folsom Prison. These trees were planted more than 100 years ago and, although abandoned for many years, still continue to produce fruit. I’m hoping to do some research and learn more about this […]
Night visitor
8 AM self portrait
A battle of wills
This was a different sort of photo challenge: all I wanted was a photo of his brightly colored coleoptera. But this guy decided he wanted nothing to do with my camera. No matter which direction I tried, he kept scuttling sideways around the stem, so that all I managed to shoot was his underside and his legs. In this battle […]
People at Work
My entry for Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge this week. Since I still tend to feel shy about photographing people, I didn’t expect to find too many images that fit the category. I did find a few though, going back through my recent archives!
Repairs to Hinkle Creek at Negro Bar
I posted about this creek back in late 2016; at the time I had searched in vain trying to identify its name and finally dubbed it “Unnamed Creek.” Now I’ve discovered this is part of the same creek that flows along the Hinkle Creek Trail. Hinkle Creek Culvert – Contractors are in the process of repairing a culvert that washed out […]
Reds
The theme for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is the color Red.
Fairy door
A little over a year ago I shared these images of a tiny door that I happened to notice while hiking along the bike trail near the city of Folsom. I thought it was delightful but had no idea who might have placed it there or why. I don’t hike that way very often, but whenever I did I’d look […]