Our Little Corner of the World...

"Come, gentle Spring!  Ethereal mildness! come."

James Thomson

Still on the cusp of Spring...

The Lakes Basin, upper lakes are still quite frozen over!!!

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His Lucky Hat...

"The true fisherman approaches the first day of fishing season 

with all the sense of wonder 

and awe of a child approaching Christmas."

Robert Traver

Kelly and I met this guy and his hat at the upper lake of Twin Lakes

 in the Mammoth Lakes basin.

He was up here alone, his family couldn't come.

When Kelly and I came upon him, he had a fish...

but apparently he wasn't big enough because he let him go...

Kelly wasn't too sure when he came out of the water

so he took his hat off...

but that didn't help...

I think it had something to do with the squishy sound

his gators made!!!

But Kelly finally let her curiosity and love of people win out...

she made a new friend...again!!!

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Opening Day...

"Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing

that it is not fish they are after."

Henry David Thoreau

Opening day of fishing season!!!

The Lakes basin was open in time for the season opener...

even though most of the lakes were still frozen over...

but not Twin Lakes...

although I didn't see many fishermen...

Oh!!!  Here are a few!!!

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A Diamond in the Rough...

"When we long for life without difficulties, 

remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds

and diamonds are made under pressure."

Peter Marshall

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Sky Gazing...

"To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces 

and record the qualities of nature 

and humanity which live or are latent in all things."

Ansel Adams

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Quack!!!

"If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, looks like a duck,

it must be a duck."

Proverb

Yeah...but Kelly thinks they're just funny looking dogs playing in the water...

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WooHoo!!!!

Now...

and 

Then!!!

Computer issues aside...

(and yes...they're fixed!!!)

I'm sooo excited!!!

Yesterday morning I looked out the back door and 

found the patio!!!

WooHoo!!!

Today Kelly and I actually took our first walk back in the back forty!!!

Spring is on it's way!!!

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So NOW Where'd They Go????

Well...

Now I can't find my external hard drive on the computer...

which is where the images are...

Computer Geek coming tomorrow!!!

New Spring Reflections...

"By three methods may we learn wisdom:
First, by reflection, which is noblest;
Second, by imitation, which is easiest;
and Third by experience, which is the bitterest."
Confucious

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Spring Fever...in Black and White...

"Your time has come, now hasten little snowflakes,

To vanish quite away;

The spring-tide hours are sounding gentle warnings

Forbidding you to stay."

M.E. Hathaway

Yep....definitely Spring fever!!!

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A Break from Winter's Snow...

"Awake, thou wintry earth -

Fling off thy sadness!

Fair vernal flowers, laugh forth

Your ancient gladness!"

Thomas Blackburn

An Easter Hymn!

More Spring from Bishop!!!

A happy diversion from all our recent snow!!!

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Is He? Or Isn't He???

"If there ever comes a day when we can't be together

keep me in your heart,

I'll stay there forever."

Winnie the Pooh

(According to A.A. Milne!)

On Wednesday afternoon...(after a propane leak scare in the garage)...

TheChief called and told me that TheBearWhisperer had a cub in a tree

 and would I like to go see him?

Well...YEAH!!!

TheBearWhisperer told me there's a possibility that this little guy

is one of the two cubs left mother-less last summer

when their mother was killed by a car on the highway.

At the time, he expected that the cubs would not live very long

as they hadn't yet been weaned.

He also mentioned that black bears readily take on

orphaned cubs....

Hopefully...my pics might help him 

determine if this is indeed one of those cubs. 

The reason he's thinking it could be is because he is truly 

a black, "black" bear...

Most of our "black" bears are actually brown...

the mama bear that died last year was a black "black" bear...

I'll keep you posted!!!

(PS-this little guy was the cutest little guy...
made me want to climb the tree...
to cuddle or play with him!!! 
No wonder teddy bears are so popular!!!)

Watch for Steve Searles on "The Bear Whisperer"
on Animal Planet

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Our New Neighbor!!!

1/400 sec  f 4.0  ISO 200

"The bluebird carries the sky on his back."

Henry David Thoreau

This big guy has been hanging around our house for the past few weeks...

and just today I saw the reason...

he's building his home on our back porch light!!!  

I think he'd prefer the snow to go away too...

but it didn't stop him!!!  

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If you have an interest in birds and great photography...

check out Brian King Images!!!

I love how he puts the settings for each shot under each photo he posts...

(it's helped me think about how to shoot particular shots...)

so I'm stealing his idea!!! 

But is it really stealing if I'm giving him credit???

(Now...if I can just remember to do it!!!)

Our Little Corner of the World...Upside Down!!!

(Catalog found!!!  And back on track!!!)

Yep...it's snowing again!!!

I had planned on showing spring at our house...

and Spring across the street...

Yep...same day...same street...

amazing what a little shade will do!!!

But now...

it's snowing again...

so all bets are off...

here's the back forty...

(Arghhhhh!!!)

Guess who loves that it's snowing again?!!!

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Our Little Corner of the World...stuck in computer ethers!!!

Computer Geek appointment on Wed!!!

And Tuesday I have all day to fuss with it all...

I'll be up and running again in no time...

(But I'm still sayin' a prayer!!!)

In the meantime...

Here's one that was on my desktop!!!

Kelly trying sooooo hard to be a good girl!!!

Uh-Oh!!!

Uh-Oh!!!  

Looks like it might be a bit more involved than just Lightroom

losing the path to my catalog...

Gotta call the computer Geeks...

I'll catch up with you later!!!

Where Oh Where Has My Catalog Gone???

Ooops!!!

My Lightroom Catalog disappeared and I can't seem to find it...

It's late...

and my LR4 books aren't helping...

gotta call my friend today...

Check back later!!!

It's a Party!!!

"We can make this thing into a party,

instead of a memory."

Will Rogers

I'm betting those "ancients" had a great party here!!!

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Leaf Buds and Blue Skies...What More Could You Want???

"Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it."

Confucius

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In Search of....

"Ever wonder where you'd end up if you took your dog for a walk

and never once pulled back on the leash?"

Robert Brault

Searching for more petroglyphs...

Kelly the mountain-climbing-dog 

and TheChief show how it's done!!!

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Treasures of the Eastern Sierras...

"A morsel of genuine history is a thing so rare as to be always

valuable."

Thomas Jefferson

Outside of Bishop is a petroglyph loop...

(Trav4 got it right in yesterday's comments!)

It is not advertised and you must basically ask those in the know

about how to find them...

After some dirt road driving and 

really bad hand drawn maps...

Kelly and I found these...

Petroglyphs are rock art dating back 6 to 8 thousand years ago...

yep...pretty darned old!!!

The reason the California glyphs are not well advertised

is because of vandalism...

some lunatic actually took a saw to one to cut it off the rock.

It didn't bother me at all to have to go on a scavenger hunt to find them...

it actually added some excitement to the adventure!!!

(And for some reason, the powers that be didn't seem to 

question my motivation to find them!!!)

TheChief joined Kelly and me for some glyphs that Kelly and I missed...

We found some, but not the ones we were looking for...

We'll find them yet!!!

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