Every now and then it strikes me all over again how much I love living in this particular lovely corner of the world, and how very lucky I am to be able to get outdoors nearly every day and enjoy it. This proud little sparrow and I just can’t help singing the praises of living near Lake Natoma!
The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge for the week of June 3, 2016. Equations. Clock faces. Cash registers. Numbers are everywhere: this week, share a photo that puts them front and center. As a rule, numbers and I don’t get along very well. Most of the time, the thought of doing any sort of math causes me to break out […]
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is All About Cities (Skylines to Street Photography). Any city scene is allowed in this challenge. Cities come in all personalities, shapes and sizes. Anything you like about a big city is allowed. You can show off your cityscapes, obvious city buildings of any kind, street photography. I don’t spend much time in the […]
Today is Memorial Day in the U.S. I would like to send out thanks to all the men and women who have given of themselves by serving in our nation’s military — including my father, two of my uncles, two of my cousins, and both my nephews. “Posterity — you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve […]
As I previously promised, here’s a quick recap of our view of the Individual Time Trial in Folsom (on May 20) along with some of our best photos. For more, see my Flickr album, here. The afternoon started out bright and breezy, but by the time the last competitor was nearing the finish line, black clouds were descending on us, threatening […]
The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge for the week of April 29, 2016. In your response, depict something or someone you admire. Bonus points if you share a paragraph or two on the source of your admiration. My first thought was of my father-in-law, Hollis, partly because we’ve been spending this week with the in-laws at Clear Lake in California. […]
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge topic this week is Happy. Anything in this world that makes you feel happy or smile is allowed in this series. It could be a beautiful land or seascape to a close up of a flower. Your significant other, family, kids or even pets. It could be a delicious plate of food or ice cream. Show […]
Sometimes the universe just speaks to you… Like the time I found this message in my fortune cookie, just after I had decided to get back into knitting — after a break of about 30 years. And this week I came upon this piece of advice, lying on the ground in Negro Bar State Park: What words of advice have you received lately? […]