Today is just photos of a fall afternoon in mid-October in Mineral King. Tomorrow, a walk up to Franklin Creek, the final Mineral King report for the year.
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 […]
Random Thoughts on a Mineral King September Weekend
The weekend began with a surprise visit by a childhood friend. I knew she might be coming in the fall, but so many people tell me their potential visit dates that I don’t even try to keep track. That meant it was a wonderful surprise, and I got to spend an hour or so with […]
SIX More Learneds in September
Bonus Post 2. AT&T is so awful. I have known this for a long time, but it got driven home again when I got a letter from a collection agency saying I owe $666 for a phone number that they NEVER activated, I NEVER had or used (because how can you use something you don’t […]
Learned Much in September—9 Things
This month’s list is long, many thoughts, few photos. Settle in, and enjoy! Food 1.Intermittent fasting for three months did not work to remove me from the category of pre-diabetes. I am discouraged, disappointed, disgusted. Dis, dis, dis. Maybe it is time to accept the reality. I hear over and over that “EVERYONE” is prediabetic, […]
September in Mineral King
A recent weekend in Mineral King in photos with commentary, as usual, from your Central California artist. The hazard tree crew returned to our neighborhood. We had rain, both up and down the hill. It was overcast for a day or so after the rain. I wonder if this would make a good pencil drawing. […]
A Stop on the Way Home
California has 21 missions, built in the 1700s or perhaps some in the 1800s. I don’t remember all the details from 4th grade, but I still love seeing those extremely ancient buildings. I detoured slightly on the way home from Gilroy to visit the mission in San Juan Bautista. It is better cared for than […]