This is how Mineral King looked on Thanksgiving Day. Not much water, not much snow, not much color Not much snow, not much sun, not much color. Ditto to the above comments. This is looking down from the junction of the Timber Gap/Monarch Lake trail. Sawtooth, minus much snow, as seen from the Timber Gap […]
THANKFUL
For more things than I can take the time to list (or you want to read), I am deeply thankful. Kaweah River in Autumn, Three Rivers
2014 Tulare County Calendars Here Now!
12/11/13 – 3 calendars available 12/1/13 CALENDARS SOLD OUT! 12/10/13 – 4 calendars left! 12/9/13 – 8 calendars remaining! As of 12/6/13, there are only 23 calendars remaining. When they are gone, they are gone. If you only said, “Save me one”, and you still want it, use Paypal NOW. The 2014 calendar of Tulare […]
More Tahoe
If you came here on Friday for Mineral King, I’m sorry. I temporarily ran out of things to show and tell on the subject. I hope you aren’t too disappointed to find Lake Tahoe . . . same mountain range. . . does that count? We took a short hike, along with what felt like […]
Closing Weekend in Mineral King
There is beauty in the shoulder seasons in Mineral King. There is beauty in all seasons in Mineral King. In spite of that, it is a summer place to me. I feel sad when we close the cabin, when I am no longer there half of every week and not hiking, knitting and reading guilt […]
Your Opinion Sought
Greetings, oh Gentle and Faithful Blog Readers. Last year I printed a calendar of paintings. This year I have only been working on The Cabins of Wilsonia drawings and a few commissioned paintings. I don’t have any new paintings for a calendar. On my computer there are 21,500 photographs. With the help of my husband’s honest […]
Wildlife and Wildflowers in Mineral King
Today I will try to be quiet so you can enjoy some photos in peace. Okay, I cannot contain myself. This guy was RIDING A BIKE down the Mosquito/Eagle Lakes trail. Strictly forbidden. Bad photo, but I wanted to let you all know to not do this. (ride your bike on a trail, not take […]
Decisions, Decisions
The commissioned pencil drawing presented several challenges. When a place is really beautiful, visually captivating, unusually interesting, my oh my it is difficult to choose the right view! I didn’t intend to draw this view but thought it made a nice photo. The door by which one enters a building is considered the “face” and […]
Commissioned Pencil Drawing Coming Up
I’m drawing my brains out, working on The Cabins of Wilsonia. (Okay, I’m not really drawing my brains out – I need them for stuff like posting to my blog. Try not to take me too literally here.) When I get commissions, I take a break from that Giant Project. There is a house here in […]
Mineral King in Fall, Part 4
I wonder if I can keep going into December with this? Don’t tempt me – I might have to change my blog description from a California Artist to an Autumnal Photographer. Mineral King Multi-colored Slope (Do you know where this is?) Farewell Gap with Yellow Foreground (my titles are wearing out!) Red Firs and Yellow […]