Category: California

  • Over the winter, here in the desert, I haven’t done a lot of “big” photo trips.  I still have had lots of opportunities to capture…

  • In late November I went with members of my camera club to Julian, CA.  After a 2 hour drive through the Anza Borrego Desert and…

  • My friends keep reminding me that I haven’t updated my blog in a while so here goes with one update at least. Way back in…

  • The other day, 3 friends and I set off early in the morning to photograph birds at the Salton Sea.  We arrived at the State…

  • During winter in the desert, talk often turns to the chance of rain in the forecast.  Will it cause flash flooding?  Will it be enough…

  • Yosemite.  The name is magical.  The scenery is amazing.  An area perhaps most made famous by photographer Ansel Adams, it is place to which landscape…

  • Hero.  Scoundrel.  Rancher.  Miner.  Entrepreneur.  Homesteader.  Engineer.  Convicted Murderer.  Felon. Hard working.  Inventive.  Do-it-yourselfer. Father. Husband.  Wheeler Dealer.  Perhaps all of these terms could be…

  • Over the past month I have been on two hikes in two very different yet similar environments.  Similar in that they are both desert-type environments…

  • For many years one of my New Year traditions was a 5 km run followed by breakfast with friends. In temperatures ranging from near freezing…

  • I love Christmas Lights.  At this time of year I love to see them as we travel around at night.  Up until a couple of…

  • The first week or two back in the desert involved getting the house back in order and getting back into the “swing of things” after…

  • Several weeks ago I stopped in at my insurance broker’s office to drop off a document and he commented that he had been following my…