Leaves or Trees

The theme for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is Leaves or Trees. This is a challenge is basically self-explanatory.  Any tree or leaf, alive or man made.  Have fun.  Let’s see how creative you can we can be on this challenge.

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Paths to memory

It’s been far too long since I’ve gone out hiking in the morning. I shot this picture in October 2016 along one of my favorite local trails — but I had to think for a few minutes before I remembered the approximate location. The appearance of these smaller paths is constantly evolving as the underbrush grows and some of the […]

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A visit to Ancil Hoffman Park

I made a quick trip to Ancil Hoffman Park the other day — the first time I’d been there in about 30 years, even though it’s a mere 30 minutes away from my house (allowing for traffic on surface streets). The park sits alongside the American River and contains nearly 400 acres of protected land in the middle of suburban […]

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X is for…

The theme for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is Letter X – X needs to be anywhere in the word or your primary photo subject needs to be shaped like the letter X. Let’s see how creative you can we can be on this challenge.  Have fun with this week’s challenge.

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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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