When you think of California, the first thoughts aren’t of lush farmland. At least, not when I think of California. Much of the area surrounding Monterey is produce. Much of the land in the middle of lower California is orchards (like my territorial designations?). And a lot of the land we drove through on the wayContinue reading “California Farmland”
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More of the beautiful wood
I knew trees had rings, but I can’t say that I’ve ever seen wood with this type of pattern before. Can anyone tell me how it came to look/be like this? Is it water erosion that is slowly exposing different parts of the tree rings? Once again – I could stare at the patterns forContinue reading “More of the beautiful wood”
Brightening the urban night
The city that never sleeps. There’s an energy in NYC that I feed off of when we visit. Being there makes me feel youthful and full of potential. Like when you just graduate from college and your whole life is before you. I wonder if the magic would fade if I were to live there.Continue reading “Brightening the urban night”
The rebuilding of WTC
One World Trade Center is now complete and it’s so beautiful. I desperately want to get back to NYC to see it. This was taken in 2011, standing near the Statue of Liberty. The original was hazy. I increased the contrast and clarity and reduced the noise. I used a graduated filter over the buildingsContinue reading “The rebuilding of WTC”
Weathered Wood
As we were driving along the Avenue of the Giants we drove across a very cool looking bridge over Elk Creek*. Just after the bridge was a pull-off, so we parked and walked a path down to the creek. There aren’t a whole lot of deciduous trees, so there weren’t many changing leaves. I tookContinue reading “Weathered Wood”
Nature’s Giants
We drove through the Avenue of the Giants in Humboldt County, stopping whenever we wanted to walk through the woods and explore. Whether the trees were standing or had fallen, their massive sizes left us awestruck. The tallest tree we saw on our trip was “Giant Tree”, which is 363 feet tall (111m) and hasContinue reading “Nature’s Giants”
Not So SAHM 