Memory Monday, Week 68
Turtle pond
The name of this lovely spot on Rattlesnake Bar is actually Avery’s Pond, and I’ve shared some photos of it before (from a previous hike in 2016). But on a nice warm spring day, you’re bound to spot plenty of large turtles sunning themselves on logs here — that is, unless the turtles see you first! These particular turtles are […]
Memory Monday, Week 64
This week my images all center around water — rivers, lakes, harbors, and coastlines.
WPC: Out of This World
The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge for the week of February 28, 2018. This week, share a picture that takes us on a journey into the unknown. I tried something a little different this week. My photos were shot from unusual perspectives, most of them very close to the ground. Then I intensified the existing colors to show each subject […]
WPC: Tour Guide
The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge for the week of February 7, 2018. What do you love about where you live? Show us! I spend a lot of time on this blog sharing images from my local area and writing about how lucky I am to live here. What I love about this area is the sense of history buried just […]
House of sand and fog
Whenever we travel to the coast, while I’m hunting for good photography subjects the Big Guy searches for the perfect fishing spot. Luckily, our goals usually mesh pretty well. During our Christmas week trip to the area around Salt Point State Park, each of us had our disappointments but in the end were rewarded for not giving up. I had […]
Memory Monday, Week 51
Sonoma Coast, December 2004 I spent most of this Christmas holiday trip playing with my Nikon Coolpix 5700 — exploring the depths of color in stones and shells sprinkled with sea water and experimenting with the varied settings while shooting a gorgeous view of the sunset. I still can’t decide which version I like better.
WPC: Experimental
The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge for the week of November 15, 2017. Show us your interpretation of today’s theme, “Experimental.” Venturing out to experience the near-total solar eclipse last August felt like an experiment, although I wasn’t prepared to risk damaging my new camera by actually pointing it at the sky. Instead, I sat on the bluffs above Lake […]
Memory Monday, Week 50
Sacramento Delta adventures — 1998, 1999, and 2001 The Big Guy grew up fishing with his family, so it was only natural that some of our most enjoyable family vacations in recent years have been spent near (or sometimes on) local California waters. Even though his parents relocated to Texas several years ago, we try to make time at least […]