As we descended the non-maintained trail from Monarch, this was our view of Sawtooth Peak. If you aren’t familiar with it, the view here might help you. Michael referred to this as the “moonscape”. “. . .miles to go before I sleep.” Nice light, eh? Sometimes we lost the trail because we were avoiding stuff like […]
Weird Winter Walk, part 2
Yesterday I left you with the information that I am married to an animal. He went to within view of Monarch Lake, and then returned to me for the camera, which I gladly handed over, then resumed my semi-comatose state of gathering strength in the sunshine for the “walk” down. Can you see the lake? […]
Weird Winter Walk
On January 2, Michael and I drove to Mineral King. That is weird for this far into the snow season. The drive up was seasonless – is this late October? early May? Then we walked to Monarch Lake on a mostly dry trail. That is immensely weird. Okay, I lied a little bit. Michael went […]
Dry December, continued
On the trail, the snow was doing this cantilevered melting thing around the edges. This chick wouldn’t have been eligible for Gideon’s army! (see Judges 7: 4-8 in the Bible) A little decorating project using found objects. Is that a hand knit scarf?? How festive! (and is this really December in Mineral King??) Snow in […]
Dry December
Because December has had no precipitation, we were able to drive to Mineral King this week. I’ll share the photos today and tomorrow. The same and yet not the same. Sigh. (See this) My request for pruning the dead branches on the cottonwoods that stab into my photos was ignored. A Cabela’s model and a […]
A New Idea
What if 3 people requested reprints of my photos in the last several months? What if I realized that within my photo archives of 15,886 images there are a few really good pictures? What if I contacted my web designer and asked her to add a photo page? IT IS HERE! Photographs Autumn in Mineral […]
Mineral King Bridge Painting, Part 4
Closing in on it!
Mineral King Bridge Painting, 3rd Layer
Branches and leaves on the cottonwoods, a pine in the right foreground, and some branches added to the red firs back by the cabins. Sounds like a lesson in native trees of Mineral King. Might be, if I knew what sort of pine that is. Bet it isn’t a pine but is another red fir. […]
Mineral King Bridge Painting, 2nd Layer
Getting better all the time (wasn’t that a song by Chicago?)! Certainly isn’t a Bridge Over Troubled Waters. Long Way There is certainly correct for the road, and Long and Winding Road is even better. Wait – it was called Getting Stronger Every Day by Chicago!! Clearly I digress. This is about visual art, not […]
Mineral King Bridge, Final Chapter!
On October 20, there was an all employee meeting for Sequoia and Kings Canyon people. The facility manager for roads and trails (Hi JT!) said this: (no quotes because I wasn’t actually there, being a California artist rather than a federal worker) Of all the numerous Federal Highways projects ongoing in the Park, the Mineral […]