California
Up until 1967 the residents of Fort Bragg, CA, used to dump all their trash over the edge of the coastal cliffs into a small cove. Back then you would have found a smoldering pile of junk, including everything from coke bottles to entire cars. Fortunately they got smart enough to stop the uncontrolled dumping, …Read the Rest…
After spending a month in the record breaking rainy March of the Pacific Northwest it was nice to be back in sunny California for a few days. I grew up near Shell Ridge, which is at the base of Mt Diablo. Just a few hundred yards from my parents house is a paradise of rolling …Read the Rest…
Continue reading about California Sunshine – Spring around Mt Diablo
In several places along the California coast (among many other areas) the sandstone rocks and cliffs are riddled with small holes, like little rounded pockets often evenly spaced. These strange formations, called tafoni (singular: tafone), are thought to be formed when structurally variable rock is subject to erosive forces such as salt weathering and long …Read the Rest…
Last weekend, over Mothers day, I was home in sunny California visiting my parents. It was great to get away from the cold and rain for a bit.. yes up here in the Pacific Northwest it’s still cold, and spring has barely started (today’s high is 56F, that is 13C). This month is the coldest …Read the Rest…
Continue reading about Spring Sneezing : Mt Diablo State Park
Every year between December and March the central California coast is home to an incredible phenomenon: hundreds of Northern Elephant Seals come ashore to fight, mate, give birth, and nurse. There are several rookeries where the animals gather, the two most famous ones being Piedras Blancas and Ano Nuevo. I visited Piedras Blancas this past …Read the Rest…
Two days until I head off to the frozen wonderland of Yellowstone for 10 days. I can’t wait! Hot springs, geysers, buffalo, wolves, snow, colorful bacteria, and even a total lunar eclipse! That’s right, there’s a total Lunar Eclipse on the night of Dec 20th (the early hours of the 21st), visible throughout all of …Read the Rest…
As many of you may know, at heart I am just as much an engineer as an artist. I love creating innovative solutions to problems, I like building things, and I’m best engaged when there’s something I can physically wrap my hands around and interact with. Thus it should come as no surprise that these …Read the Rest…
First off, apologies for the length of time since I last posted. I’ve been busy with my graduate studies work (which, fortunately, involves lots of cameras.. perhaps one day I’ll even have some nature images to share from that work). Anyhow, I was finally able to make a quick trip out into the wilderness again, …Read the Rest…
This past week I spent several days in the John Muir Wilderness and King’s Canyon National Park with a friend and fellow photographer Raghu. On our way in we ran into another friend and fellow photographer Michael Gordon, who warned us of the veritable forests of mosquitoes we would encounter further up the trail. Great… …Read the Rest…
For just a week or so each spring it’s possible to enjoy the solitary silence of the Sierra Nevada before the blood-sucking mosquitoes make their appearance, and after the majority of the snow has melted off, making the high country both accessible and enjoyable. As you might have guessed by my posting this now, that …Read the Rest…
