Category: Photography

  • 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…

  • A number of friends have finally shamed me enough to get off my but and update my blog/website. It’s not that I haven’t been doing…

  • Sometime back in early May, a friend posted an article on Facebook which listed the “Top 25 Campsites in Canada”.  One of the campgrounds listed was…

  • In last week’s session of the composition course I am taking, we learned about tone and focal point as elements of good composition.  Tone is…

  • But the little boy said… There are so many colors in the rainbow So many colors in the morning sun So many colors in the…

  • In my quest to improve my photography I registered for a Creative Design course through Metro Continuing Education in Edmonton.  This will be my fourth…

  • 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…

  • The past month has been a busy one in the desert, with lots of cycling, hiking, photography excursions, visits from friends, and a host of other…

  • In the Mecca Hills, above the town of Mecca, CA, east of the Salton Sea, is a hike  sometimes simply referred to as “the ladders”.…

  • Sometime in 1935, a 21 year-old Arthur Lloyd Cary arrived in the Coachella Valley along with his wife Elaine and their child.  Settling in Holtville, Cary worked…

  • It was used in the filming of The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean and the Cicso Kid. Episodes of The Gene Autry Show…

  • One of the many highlights our our first Christmas season in the desert was a visit last night to view the Wild Lights display at…