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  • Death Valley – Day 2

    Death Valley – Day 2

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    Day 2 of my recent trip to Death Valley was a homeward driving-day. The other photographers stayed another day to capture that ever-elusive stunning dawn shot of the Mesquite Dunes. Click on Death Valley – Day 1 to refresh your memory of the first day. There were beautiful clouds – instead of the almost constant blue…

  • Death Valley – Day 1

    Death Valley – Day 1

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    If you’ve followed my recent posts, you know that this is my third trip to Death Valley in just over a month and the second trip was snow, so it hardly counts since  we didn’t actually cross the two mountain ranges to get into the valley. The park is close enough that visits in late fall, winter…

  • Death Valley and beyond

    Death Valley and beyond

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    Open on a big computer with good internet signal, if possible! Please me know if this post was too long (took too long to open all these photos). Three weeks ago and then two weeks ago, I traveled to Death Valley for half-day trips (it’s only 2 hours from me). The intent was to photograph…

  • Writing 201: Poetry, Fingers

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    Keys on a piano, a clarinet, a typewriter, a computer keyboard all played by my fingers. Fingers that sewed a sampler when baby brother was born Fingers that learned too early how to sew baby blankets Fingers that entwined curls on a curly-headed daughter, now comb her curly-headed daughter. Struggling with words, shy, bashful, unsure, Can…

  • Mule Days!

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    Bishop, California is the mule capital of the world. In celebration of the many mules that worked opening up the west, a gathering of mules and people who love them takes place every Memorial Day weekend. Many days in advance of the Tuesday opening, the Tri-County Fairgrounds fill up with RV’s and horse trailers from…

  • Eureka Sand Dunes

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    Eureka Valley was high on my list of ‘must see’ places while residing near the Eastern Sierras, as the opportunity to photograph sand dunes so close to home base was calling me. One of the entrances to Death Valley juts off the road to Deep Springs – but with a big CLOSED sign that’s been…