My walking partner and I walk several roads in our neighborhood, often so early in the a.m. that we need flashlights. (We’ve learned the traffic patterns, cross the highway carefully and listen for cars–thank you for your concern.) A few years ago we began noticing heart rocks in the asphalt on one particular road. On […]
Trail Half-Day
Yesterday I promised to show you the hike my walking buddy T and I took one morning instead of our usual ground-pounding fast walk. (This qualifies as a hike because we carried food and water.) We drove about 10 minutes into Sequoia National Park, a little ways past the entrance station in order to walk […]
Learned in February
Did I learn anything in February of this year? Maybe. Spectrum is giving Huge & Rude a run for their money. We want to switch: landlines, television, internet. As with everything, it is easy-peasy when you talk to a salesman but muy complicated in reality. So far, we are still with Huge & Rude, and […]
Early Spring in Three Rivers
February is my favorite month around here. It is the beginning of spring, with apologies to my readers in less temperate climates, who might be a little less enthusiastic about this month. Sometimes I take a break in the middle of the day to enjoy Three Rivers during this exciting weather period. Every year I […]
Field Trip
Trail Guy and I took another field trip. If I call it that, then it sounds as if I am working. I am always working if I hand out a business card or take a photo that might be worth painting.
A Walk in Three Rivers (or Forgive Us our Trespasses)
Trail Guy and I go for walks from our house in Three Rivers. I’d say its just what old people do, but we’ve been doing this for 20 years, and we still go steep places that may or may not be considered trespassing. Here is how things looked yesterday afternoon. Then we walked home, and […]
Lucky on Amazon?
On Friday’s post I said that the only way to get a copy of The Cabins of Mineral King, by Jane Coughran and me, published by Cabinart Books in 1998, is to get lucky on eBay or on Amazon. Then I decided to look for myself. Nothing on eBay, and this is what was on Amazon. […]
Hiking Mineral King – Peculiar Sights
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MELISSA!! When I hike, I think. When I think, I ALWAYS have questions. Here are his photos from inside the tunnel: About a week later, the tunnel looked like this. He walked in it a ways, and then climbed out onto the pinkish algae-clad snow. The more he rubbed and tried to […]
The Rain Stopped and The Sun Came Out
The rain stopped briefly and the sun came out, so I went for a walk here in Three Rivers. This was on February 12, but there were other things to blog about last week. Look! The buckeye trees, always precocious, are leafing out already. Here is an unobstructed view of Alta Peak and Moro Rock. The […]
This, That and The Other Thing (and my job description)
Natalie, please tell “Jee-um” Happy Birthday from me today – thank you! This rain is wonderful. I went driving around, not just for the sake of burning fuel, but to see some stuff. Artists have to see stuff. What’s my job description? I see stuff and then decide if it is worth showing to other people. I […]