Walking in Visalia

I spent a day in Visalia with a friend, and we walked around downtown, marveling* at the changes from when I worked there 35+ years ago. We snooped. Climbed to the roof and took photos all directions. It wasn’t clear enough to see the mountains to the east. I realize these photos will mean nothing […]

More Walking in Three Rivers

I painted that view with that tree about 15 years ago. There is a yard that we can count on to have wonderful fall colors each year. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JB! (IF YOU ARE STILL ONE OF MY TENS OF READERS AND EVEN IF YOU AREN’T)

Walking in Three Rivers

I have become (and am becoming) friends with a group of bloggers from all over. Elisabeth in Nova Scotia puts together something called “Cool Bloggers Walking Club” each October, and the participating folks send her photos of their walks each week. Her idea is to get us all moving our bodies for a minimum of […]

Final Mineral King Walk of 2025

We went walking up the Mineral King valley in search of brilliant fall color. This was easy to find, so many yellows, but of course we wanted oranges and reds too. The cottonwoods are yellow; it is the aspen which turn orange and red, so for stronger colors one must walk farther up the trail […]

Mineral King’s Nature Trail

If you read my posts last week, you saw the variety of fall color in Mineral King from year to year. This week I will show you all 2025, mid-October. Not much chit-chat, just some photos. Today is a walk up the Nature Trail, which originates at the upper end of Cold Springs campground. The […]

Closing Weekend in Mineral King

To clarify, Mineral King is still open to the public, officially closing in another week (sorry, don’t know the actual date). Trail Guy and I closed our cabin over the weekend, and just in time too. This week will be full of catching up at home and in the studio, so I’ll just fill this […]

More Mineral King in October

The photos from Friday and these photos today were all taken within the first 2 weeks of October each year. I just arbitrarily grabbed different ones from my very extensive photo collection (34,000? maybe 36,000 now?) so you can see the variety from year to year. I did not choose my very best or think […]

Mineral King in October

I stayed home last weekend. Our cabin is a summer residence in a summer place, and I am very ready to be home for awhile. So, I went through my photo archives, and today’s post will be random October photos of Mineral King from past years. That was interesting. Let’s do a few more next […]

Drawing with Pencils

I guess you could draw with chalk or a paintbrush or your finger on a fogged up window, but drawing with pencils is what I do. Student work It’s also what I teach. A returning drawing student had one month free for lessons before embarking on a new chapter of life. We dove right in, […]