The lengths we go...

...to get a great photograph!!!

We had a fun visit this past weekend with 

Dan's son Tom and his girlfriend Doris...

They both enjoy photography too...

and Doris goes that extra length to get it just right!!!


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History in Black and White...

Back in the archives again!!!

Yes...I'm still reorganizing my photo catalogues!!!  

This is Mesa Verde...outside of Durango...

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Lake Reflections...

Little did I know yesterday, when I posted my archive photo of the 

window reflection, that today I would see perfection...

Convict lake reflecting back to the mountains, their glorious countenance...

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Historic Reflections...

In more than one way...this is a historic reflection!!!

I took this in 2008 while on a road trip through Oregon and Colorado

(and several more states!)

This is in Silverton Colorado...looking into a charming bank that 

looked like it could be the set for a Western...

Oh! Yeah!  That's your's truly in the reflection!!!  

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The Golden Light of Twilight...

"I will love the light for it shows me the way, 

yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars."

Og Mandino

I'm always amazed at twilight when I see the sun shine on the White Mountains...

and all that surrounds them is becoming dark...

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Crazed Dog Has Fun in Snow....

Yep...that's our beautiful, sweet Kelly!!!

And her new found friend, Rascal...

She played and played with Rascal, and Rascal's doggie

sibling Rider...Rider was a bit camera shy though...

Kelly does love the snow!!!

Birds of...Ice???

These are some hearty birds!!!  

If my Grandma was still alive and watching these birds...she'd know what kind they are...

and why they're in the icy water in the middle of January!!!

I'm not a birder...but lately...I seem to be getting lot's of bird photo ops!!!

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Have you ever seen...

...a waterfall made of ice?

This beautiful icefall is off the road in Yosemite on the way to the valley floor 

from Tioga Pass.

Birdsong...

"A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer,

it sings because it has a song."

Lou Holtz

This little bird joined us for lunch at Ragged Point Inn, 

just north of San Simeon.

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Winter's Baaaack!!!

"And finally Winter, with its bitin', whinin' wind, and all the land

will be mantled with snow."

Judge Roy Bean

Winter is making it's comeback!!!  

According to Mammoth Mountain ski report, we've had over 26" of snowfall

over the last 24 hours!!!  WooHoo!!!

It rained all afternoon and evening yesterday and I thought there

was no way we'd get snow...

But last night, it turned from rain to snow storm, complete with 

heavy winds, downed trees and power lines...

yep...no power for somewhere between 10 and 15 hours!!! 

And still no TV...anybody have a dish warmer you don't want???

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Journey to the Past...

Sooo...last week I posted one of my favorite photos of the tall ships

in Dana Point...

I kept wanting to post this one too...

Which one do you prefer???

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The Weekend in Black and White

Moonlit Musings...

"Life is a series of collisions with the future; it is not the sum of what we have been,

but what we yearn to be."

Jose Ortega y Gasset

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Confession is good for the soul...

Ok...so...yeah...

part of the reason I posted archive photos this past weekend is...

we went to the Central Coast for the weekend!!!

We headed up the coast one day to view the Elephant Seals

for a little excursion...

and these two chaps decided to put on a bit of a show for us!!!

It was almost like being back in the Galapagos Islands!!!  

Every where we looked, we saw Elephant Seals...

TheChief taught a class in a program for wannabe Chief's,

we visited our dear friends Gary and Su, 

our other dear friends, Art and Linda, visited too...

It was a relaxing weekend filled with

good wine, great friends, lots of laughter, sun, and ocean breezes!

Oh...and did I mention wine???

Back to Yosemite!!!

I'll bet you thought this was going to be a spectacular photo of El Capitan, 

Bridal Veil Falls, or Tuolomne Meadows...

Gotcha!!!

This wild cat was perched at the door of one of the employee houses by the

Ahwahnee Hotel!!!

Still Raiding my Archives...

I'm always glad to see our wonderful ski patrol when I'm out 

there skiing...just seeing them patrolling makes me feel safer!!!

Returning to the Lotus...

Huntington Library Gardens, Pasadena, California

"You must be a Lotus, unfolding its petals when the Sun rises in the sky,

unaffected by the slush where it is born or even the water which sustains it."

Sri Sathya Sai Baba

Not much slush or water or snow falling in these mountains yet...
still reorganizing my photos...this is one I really like...

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Another one from the archives!!!

My photo files have been pretty messed up for awhile now...

thankfully, one of my friends up here is also a photographer...

and knows Lightroom so much better than me...

she helped me the other day and I've been reorganizing since...

and while doing that...

I've gotten to see and play with old photos!!!

Thank you Rebecca!!! 

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and the Weekend in Black and White...again!!!

No...It's Not a Chairlift!!!

It's a tall ship, at Dana Point, California!

I've been reorganizing my photo files and saw this one...

and just felt like posting it!!!  

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The Burning Light...

"Never regret thy fall, 

O Icarus of the fearless flight

For the greatest tragedy of them all

Is never to feel the burning light."

Oscar Wilde

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Can't Go To Yosemite Without a Shot of This...

Not my best shot...

I think I prefer this one...

What do you think???

Lunch Stop!!!

From the Tenaya Lake Ice Dancing to the Ahwahnee Hotel for lunch...

Unfortunately, we missed brunch in the main dining room...

and settled for pulled pork sandwiches in their cafe...

I was surprised at the number of people visiting there...we were all in various 

states of dress, most dressed for outdoor activities...

Perhaps the casualness of dress prompted this admonition...

Ice Picnics...

While watching the exquisite ice dancers...

a lot of ice picnicking was going on!!!

Ice Dancing...

What the well dressed ice dancers are wearing these days...

On Sunday, TheChief and I drove over Tioga Pass and headed in to Yosemite...

we stopped at Tenaya Lake to watch the ice skaters...

these young ladies were from Mammoth!!!  

This is the latest the Tioga Pass has stayed open in over 40 years...

it's looking like a dry year...

Bridge of Sighs...

"That is the road we all have to take...
over the Bridge of Sighs to eternity."
Soren Kierkegaard

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The Weekend in Black and White...

Weekend Reflections...

The Blue Dream of Sky...

"I thank you God for this most amazing day,
for the leaping greenly spirits of trees,
and for the blue dream of sky
and for everything which is natural,
which is infinite,
which is yes."
e.e. cummings

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A Big Oooops???

Or abstract art???

I was just about to delete this oops when I decided to play with it a bit!!!

I think this one started out to be Kelly...

then I thought I'd go bold...

and funky...

I never delete photos from my camera...

you never know how they 

might turn out on the big screen!!!

What Are These Flowers Saying???

"Flowers have an expression of countenance as much as men or animals.
Some seem to smile; some have a sad expression; some are pensive and diffident;
others again are plain, honest and upright, like the
broadfaced sunflower and the hollyhock."
Henry Ward Beecher, Star Papers: A Discourse of Flowers

Blogging Makes the World Smaller Every Day...

I'll bet you're wondering why I took this photo of 

one of my Christmas ornaments today...

Yes...my day was filled with Christmas tree needles all over the floor

and ornaments and decorations all over the table...

but why single out this little angel that TheChief brought back from 

South Africa, 10 years ago???

If you click here...you'll see that my blogger friend, LadyFi, 

of Sweden...has a photo of the exact same ornament!!!

Also from South Africa!!!

Another reminder of just how small the world really is...

and how blogging can bring us together in unusual ways!!!

Ooops!!!

Grandma was completely mesmerized...

...by this little Princess...

I thought I posted for Jan 2!!!

Photo of the Year...City Daily Photo Theme Day

My photo of the year...



How could I possibly pick any other photo???

Our brand new grandbaby, Addison, is one month old as of

12/30/11!!!