Suspiciously clear view of the Golden Gate and its bridge… #california
Published on 2025-01-24
Winter morning skies. Still no sign of anything but blue skies to come, which is, uhh… not great for January. But at least the sunrises are nice. #california #nature
Published on 2025-01-23
Lassen hillsides. That last one is called Vulcan’s Eye; it has a prominent place on Lassen itself, so that it can see anyone who makes too many Star Trek references within the national park. #california #nature
Published on 2025-01-21
The customary Trailhead Greeting Raven. This one was inspecting passers-by, and presumably collecting a snacky toll from some. #california #nature #birds
Published on 2025-01-19
I love this little humpbacky thing. It makes for such a dramatic end to its valley — plopped right there. #california #nature
Published on 2025-01-18
Little greeneries from the redwoods. #california #nature
Published on 2025-01-17
A little more Plumas National Forest “sunrisery”; I just love the way all the little valleys collect their mist. #california #nature
Published on 2025-01-16
This pair of trees certainly had a nice view. This is Forest Service land, so I’m *assuming* it had been logged a while back and these two were left alone for whatever reason. #california #nature #deceptivelymanagednature
Published on 2025-01-15
We’d not really ever tried painting with watercolors, so it has seemed like a good season to start trying. So far the hit rate has been pretty low, but hey! Learning! 😅 One downside of being lucky enough to be around such nice scenery is the inability to represent it well using painting skill that could be generously described as “rudimentary”, haha.
Published on 2025-01-14
Sunrise behind the fire lookout. I was really loving the way all the little bits of moisture in the valley were catching the light so nicely. #california
A thin line of sunset visible in the distance, as clouds roll in. #california #nature
Published on 2025-01-13
Miso and Momo, being buddies! #cats
A few little guys from Sue-Meg State Park. I went to grad school in the area, and don’t return often enough… the north coast is always such a nice place to have adventures, and of course as a person originally from Wales the weather is more or less homey. This time around, we’d done a lot of crabbing. All the Dungeness crabs we caught were too small, but we did catch several rock crabs that were pretty tasty. #california #nature
Bouncing around the freezing point seems to lead to nice little swirlies in the ice. There were also interesting little “icewiches”, where two layers of soil had a thin layer of ice between them, leading to fun crunching as it thawed and got walked-upon. #california #nature
Published on 2025-01-10
San Francisco from the Oakland hills, with bonus Sacramento trying its best #california
Published on 2025-01-09