I’ve spent many nights away from home in the past month. The drive between home and away is so beautiful this time of year that I want to show you a few photos. I hold the camera up to the window while driving and not looking at the camera screen, so any photo that is […]
Scouting Around
For the first time in my life, I have purposely not gotten a cat “fixed”. We have so much trouble keeping cats that I want to generate a few back-up kitties. Besides, it costs so much and then some coyote just comes along, and poof, gone, bye-bye cat and bye-bye dollars. So, our little Scout […]
Chasing a Tree
During a recent drawing lesson, I opened up my envelope of just-in-case snapshots, and this one was on top. Why not draw it? Demonstrating is a good method of teaching. Both the trunk and branches are confusing to me. If I can’t see it, I can’t draw it. I can make stuff up, but since […]
Work That Doesn’t Feel Like Work
In my normally slow month of December, I finally had the chance to work on my upcoming book Mineral King Wildflowers: Common Names. It seems to be cooking along just fine, and then something goes wackadoodle with InDesign or the template ceases to do its templatish magic or it takes hours and hours to resize all […]
Chasing the Big Trees and Dogwoods
We (Trail Guy, Hiking Buddy, and Mr. Hiking Buddy) joined in with the madding crowd (I don’t know what “madding” actually means, but I liked the book and the movies “Far From the Madding Crowd”) and visited the main part of Sequoia National Park. I wanted to see the dogwoods in their autumn colors and […]
Lingering Wildflowers in Mineral King
I’ve spent more time in Mineral King than home working in August so the subject needs Friday as well as Monday next week. Mineral King’s wildflowers peak in July, but there are still beautiful sights in August. This girl can step out, even wearing a backpack that probably tops 45 lbs. I had to focus […]
Mineral King Wildflowers
Because I went coastal last week, I don’t have any new stories to tell about my crazy life in Mineral King. (not truly crazy, just me exaggerating. . .) Instead, here are 10 photos of Mineral King wildflowers for you to enjoy. Do you have a favorite? Do you know any of these by different […]
Mineral King: 1 Hike, 2 Canyons
Last week we took in the 2 best canyons, White Chief and Farewell, with a friend on one long mostly off-trail day. The flowers were spectacular.
Variety in Mineral King
My recent time in Mineral King was varied. Have a look: The art show and sale, “Art: Inspired by Mineral King” was a hit! Trail Guy couldn’t get out of the driveway to come help me bring the show home and I couldn’t get in with all my stuff because 2 cars parked directly at […]
Pick Something You Love
When Trail Guy and I went to our friend’s barn to choose our kittens, I was struck by how appealing the outer wall of the barn looked. Alas, I didn’t have my camera with me. (Just hush up about smart phones, will ya?) 2 weeks later, another friend, the amazing S, emailed me a photo […]