My challenge every morning is to get myself out of bed and then out the front door at just the right time — that is, early enough that the sun isn’t up yet but not so early that I might run into any grumpy nocturnal creatures. I think it’s going to take awhile for me to settle on the perfect […]
Mallards are a common sight at Lake Natoma, but I always enjoy spotting the busy females — especially in the morning when there aren’t so many people about. At that peaceful time of day, a duck might take a break from her search for food near the Negro Bar launch ramp and won’t get too bothered by a kayak or […]
The guard house, built between 1857 and 1859, is the oldest surviving structure on the island. Alcatraz was originally intended as a defensive fort but never saw battle; instead it served as a military prison until the mid 1930s, when it (briefly) became a federal penitentiary.
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 […]
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 […]