Tag: Aspens

  • Eastern Sierra Fall Colors, Take Two

    Eastern Sierra Fall Colors, Take Two

    When I thought about putting away the fall colors and going on to SNOW, my brain started rebelling. WAIT – there are still cottonwoods hanging on to their leaves even if the aspens have dropped theirs. And, you left some nice aspen photos that deserve a showing. I traveled with some photographer friends VERY early…

  • Eastern Sierra Fall Colors

    Two days of photographing the beautiful fall leaves of the Eastern Sierra Mountains.

  • Three Favorite Songs

    Write about the three most important songs in your life — what do they mean to you? Hmmm . . . My oldest son asked me recently about a song I used to play a lot on the piano when he was a child, who knew he was listening? Playing the piano was never easy…

  • Eastern Sierras

    The weather has changed toward winter, and the proof is in the mountains. A hike at 8,000′ to catch the aspens before leaf fall and then just a week later, the change was profound. The sunny, happy yellow abounds in the mountains; not too many other colors like on the East Coast. When hiking around…

  • A Big Thank You!

    Since it is our custom in the good old USA to be polite: please know I appreciate your time and effort as you’ve ‘liked’, commented, or followed my blog. Since being chosen as an Editor’s Choice for Freshly Pressed (WordPress’s term for Editor’s Choice), I’ve been amazed at the sheer number of responses. Over 1,800…

  • Mono Lake

    I traveled twice to Mono Lake, CA, which is right next to the pass into the back entrance of Yosemite. Mono Lake was created some 700,000 years ago when a volcanic eruption 2,500 times greater than that of Mount Saint Helen’s occurred. The ash settled as far east as Nebraska and debris and ash south…