Cee’s Which Way Challenge
Cee’s Which Way Photo Challenge — May 19, 2018
Ladybug, Ladybug
The brightly colored coccinelid has been known by a lot of different names over the centuries. But I think I’ll just stick with Ladybug.
Wildflowers on Slate Bar
WPC: Liquid
The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge for the week of May 16, 2018. For this week’s photo challenge, let’s keep things fluid. The water levels at Folsom Lake always fluctuate throughout the year, but they reached historically low levels in 2014 and 2015 due partially to drought. Since then, increased winter rain and Sierra snowfall has helped raise the lake […]
Painted lady
This butterfly has the wonderful scientific name Vanessa annabella (West Coast painted lady). They have markings similar to the monarchs. I encountered this one near the bike trail across the river from Folsom. I tried to get a better angle on the wings, but my subject had no patience for paparazzi and flew away.
Barns or Dilapidated Buildings
The theme for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is Barns or any Dilapidated Buildings. Go through your photo archives and see what photos you have that fits the current week’s challenge, or better yet grab your camera and take a new photo! ENJOY and have FUN.
Rabbit or Hare?
It was about 7:30 in the morning, and I was headed to Slate Bar when I first spied this guy sitting about 30 yards away from me in a field; after I finally realized it wasn’t just a stump, I thought he looked like a cottontail. However, it’s rare to see cottontails this near the river — according to the […]
Roughing it
As we hiked out on Mississippi Bar recently, we found piles and piles of driftwood and debris that washed down into Lake Natoma during the winter storms. I’m not sure exactly where all this stuff came from, but there certainly is a lot of it. We also found a couple of carefully constructed driftwood “teepees” — as the Big Guy calls them — a perfect place to escape the bright morning sun and rest your legs for a few minutes before moving on. These structures remind me of the ones I saw out at Folsom Lake last September while hiking the sandy shore north of Beals Point.
Calico
