Meet me at the station

Last week I went back for another visit to the California State Railroad Museum, hoping to improve on some of the images I shot on my first visit. I’ve struggled with the light conditions; in general the rooms are very dark, but the shadows are punctuated by bright spotlights in the ceiling and daylight coming from large windows at either […]

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Orangevale rocks again

A couple of weeks ago I posted images of a small decorated stone I found on one of my walks through my neighborhood; that was the first time I realized this is a fun thing some groups of people have started doing, often leaving inspirational messages painted on the back of these painted rocks. So when I spotted another brightly […]

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W is for…

The theme for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is Letter W – Needs to start with W and have two vowels in the word. Let’s see how creative you can we can be on this challenge. Have fun with this week’s challenge. Two weathervanes:

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V is for…

The theme for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is Letter V:  Needs to start with V and have at least 6 letters. Let’s see how creative you can we can be on this challenge.  Have fun with this week’s challenge.

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The other side

For yesterday’s Weekly Photo Challenge I shared this image of one of the small decorated rocks I’ve noticed around my neighborhood. Today I had a chance to take a closer look, and I found a message written in felt-tip marker. I’ll definitely be keeping my eyes open for more of these painted stones from now on!

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In the pines

The trees along California’s north coast are beautiful… but you don’t normally find too many fish hiding in them. We were actually looking for access to the shore, which in this area means a rocky point where it’s relatively safe to stand, or maybe a small beach we might be able to climb down to without breaking our necks. There are […]

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