I had some rather cute visitors to my back porch the other morning — a couple of green anole lizards and one Texas spiny lizard. The latter was so very shy that I was very lucky to get one shot at it before it fled; whereas the anoles didn’t seem to mind my presence much at all. Still, I did […]
I had planned to do a bit of hiking on this trip, but since I managed to bruise my foot on our first night in Keller, Texas, those plans didn’t work out. Luckily for me, there are plenty of birds to be seen very close to our house — and of course my favorites are the cardinals. I shot most […]
Although I’ve never read any of Larry McMurtry‘s books and never watched the Lonesome Dove TV series, I had enough awareness of them to enjoy the intersection of fiction and reality found at this historic cemetery in Weatherford, Texas (about an hour’s drive west from where we are staying). The main characters of McMurtry’s novels are said to be loosely […]
Memories from our Mendocino County stay last year around this time. I shot all these pictures in and around our small ridge-top cabin.
There’s always so much beautiful scenery along Interstate 40 in Arizona. Much of it I don’t manage to shoot because I’m driving and don’t really want to stop every few minutes. But once the Big Guy takes over driving in the afternoon, I can point my camera at whatever I like.
Leaving behind the rainstorms in California’s Central Valley, we arrived in the desert to find blue skies — and 25-35 mph winds, with gusts up to 55 mph. The Big Guy had hoped to go for a walk in the desert in Barstow, but after getting blasted by that gale outside, we opted to run up and down the stairs […]
My previous post took so much out of me that I haven’t felt much like posting anything for the past week. Things may get a bit irregular again this week, as I’m in the process of relocating; but I’d like to start out with something a lot more cheerful than an old, deserted farmhouse! These are some photos I shot […]
These are not pretty pictures. I’m still not really sure how I got the courage (or foolishness) to wander through the old farmhouse in Mendocino County last February. I do feel sure that, given the chance, I would absolutely not do it again. I have no desire to go back inside that lonely house. I’m honestly more than a little […]