The theme of Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is Tombstones or Cemeteries. Cemeteries can be the most peace and beautiful places. They can also be quite creepy in the right lighting and weather. For those who celebrate Halloween, don’t forget to go through your photos, you may have some nice creepy delights that fit this challenge too. I took […]
I took my bike out for a spin the other day for the first time in quite a while. Wanting to travel light, I tucked the small Fujifilm camera into my bag — although shooting pictures wasn’t my main goal. Still, as I paused in the shade of the bridge, the sun sparkling on the water caught my eye. I […]
The Daily Press Weekly Photo Challenge for the week of August 2, 2017. This week, focus on the tactile element of the objects you shoot, whether it’s one distinct quality — softness, smoothness, graininess, or any other texture you find interesting — or a combination of several within one frame.
Cee’s Odd Ball Photo Challenge: July 30, 2017 End of the road at Brown’s Ravine. This road leads to a parking lot and a launch ramp: Horse watering trough at Folsom Lake:
Pond fishing near Rocklin, Summer 1989 The site of the Spring Valley Ranch in Rocklin was one of our favorite local spots to fish for bluegill — a picturesque, undeveloped area dotted with old oaks and numerous small ponds. Nowadays if you go looking for our fishing grounds all you’ll find is the Whitney Ranch development — a lot of […]
The Johnny Cash Trail Overcrossing in Folsom opened in late 2014, and I finally got around to having a good look at it!
July 1986 — Camping and fishing at Prosser Lake. Prosser Creek Reservoir, near the California-Nevada state line, was one of the first places The Big Guy took me camping. It was a roughly 2-hour drive from our house east on Interstate 80 in my 1970 VW Bug; we left home at eight in the evening and by 11:30 we had […]
A view of the Nimbus Dam, with the Aquatic Center behind it; Folsom and Rancho Cordova in the background.
The theme of Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is Bathrooms or Outhouses. Some fancy hotels and restaurants can have the most beautiful bathrooms. Go see what interesting things you can come up with in your own bathroom, any bathroom or bathroom fixture. See how creative you can get on this challenge. My hotel room in San Francisco: Just like […]