It’s been nearly a year since I last visited Secret Ravine, tucked into one of the few remaining green spaces between Roseville and Rocklin. I’m never sure how much longer this tiny haven is going to remain, surrounded as it is by housing developments and major roadways, including Interstate 80. I had actually forgotten about this bunch of pictures which […]
Since I’ve now visited the area near Manchester Beach State Park a couple of times, I finally decided to do a bit of digging for more information. In doing so, I learned that the region to the west of Highway 1 and north of the park entrance on Kinney Road is called Lake Davis Wetlands and Coastal Dunes Natural Preserve. […]
I always enjoy looking back at my visits to the Botanical Garden in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. The garden is large enough that I’m never sure if I’ve missed something; and since the only time I manage to get there is during August, I can only imagine what it must be like during the springtime. These images are from […]
My limited series continues with some images from what I’m calling the beach house — or perhaps houses. They appear to be two separate houses sitting side by side, but according to Google there is only one street address. I found them on what I believe is state park property, perched above Manchester Beach and roughly half a mile west […]
I truly don’t think of myself as an adventurer or a risk taker; but every once in awhile something will grab hold of my imagination to the point where I just have to see what it’s all about — and especially if it offers the potential to use my camera. You may recall that back in early January I mentioned […]
Here are a few more Fujifilm pictures from February 2021; these were shot just south of the Horseshoe Bar area in Folsom’s north fork. I never really get tired of discovering all the things usually hidden underwater. There are foundations from long-vanished buildings, mysterious broken fragments, and also the type of “structure” — trees, boulders, and ledges — that attracts […]
My post of last Thursday should rightly have been titled “Between the storms,” since we had one more day of steady rainfall before the sun finally managed to come out. It wasn’t until Friday morning that we were able to get out and start exploring; and while the temperatures were a bit on the chilly side — mostly thanks to […]
We found lots of rocks and boulders, lots of moss and lichen, lots of climbing and descending along the sides of the hills overlooking Folsom’s dry lake bed in February 2021. I shot all these images with my small point-and-shoot Fujifilm camera as I explored the trails that rise and fall, curve, and crisscross each other. It was all too […]
We knew we were in for some rain when we left home on Monday and headed for the Mendocino coast; but we didn’t realize we had an “atmospheric river” bearing down on us. Earlier storms had already left the coastal areas saturated, and our first clue was the detour on the Valley Ford Road west of Petaluma due to flooding […]