Early last July, the River Fire burned 30 acres along the American River at Sacramento Bar in Fair Oaks. The Big Guy is very familiar with the area and after seeing the aftereffects of the burn, he kept urging me to take my camera and go check it out. I wasn’t sure I’d find anything interesting to shoot; but I […]
I’ve hiked past this spot many, many times without even glancing at the three parallel lines of concrete marking the site of some long-gone outbuilding. Whatever it was, the structure most likely dated from the era when the land belonged to Teichert Aggregates, rather than the 1849 gold rush era. Still, there’s something a bit haunting about the spot — […]
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 […]
