Anderson Marsh State Park remains one of my favorite spots to visit in Lake County, although I sometimes have trouble finding the perfect time to hike there. It seems that either the air is too hot and dry for a long march across the open grasslands or the ground is too muddy or even flooded for the trek out to […]
During our visit to Mendocino in early March 2023, we stayed in a quiet cabin on the east side of Highway 1, about a mile from the headlands. I’ve never been inside the MacCallum House Inn or barn, and when I shot these pictures I didn’t even realize there were guest rooms in the barn; but I was drawn to […]
Some images from my Folsom Lake hike, starting from Granite Bay and heading toward Doton’s Point, in early November this year.
Sometimes it surprises me when I go back and look through my photos to see what I’ve skipped over and forgotten or neglected to share. And occasionally, the surprise is that the photos that should be there, just are not. That happened to me this week when I made the unhappy discovery that more than two months’ worth of photos […]
Just because summer is over and the water levels at Folsom Lake are low doesn’t mean there is no life or color along the shoreline. There is always plenty of both, if you can take the time to slow down and look around.
As I sit at my desk writing this, it’s early December and the weather outside is grey, windy, and very wet. And while there’s a part of me that absolutely loves rainy winter days, I also look back with longing on the warm spring mornings like the one in late May when I took a stroll around the Turtle Pond […]
The final instalment of my images from Southlake, Texas, in June 2023. The Kirkwood Branch was swollen and muddy, and although I could see a trail on the other bank, I had no temptation to wade across. I knew if I stayed on this side and kept walking, I would eventually find the Big Guy at whatever spot along the […]