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  • Hiking the Sierras from South Lake

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    This week’s featured hike is a combination of two hikes from two different weeks that started and ended at the same place. South Lake is the trailhead for Bishop Pass which leads to the Pacific Crest Trail (the west’s version of the Appalachian Trail); the PCT travels a total distance of 2,650 miles through California, Oregon and Washington until…

  • Three Favorite Songs

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    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…

  • Weekend Ramblings

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    What was begun as a photographic blog seems to be turning into more words than I expected. I find that I do a lot of research, look up a lot of words, and think about what to write before I snap a photo. Being a transplant from the East Coast has led me to explore…

  • Sunsets!

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    Sunsets have always attracted me. Some people are totally oblivious to the beauty that’s presented in Technicolor on the biggest screen in the world, but it gives me such a rush; partly because there’s such a limited time to photograph it, and partly because I’m gasping with rapture because of the beauty before me. Not…

  • San Ysabel

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    During one of my ‘longing for warm weather days’ this past winter, I traveled further south to San Diego taking a back route instead of the dreaded ’15’. I love the GPS option of ‘no highways’ and would much rather take the lesser used byways. Route 79 south is a favorite of mine (although it’s…

  • Deep Springs and Santa Rosa Plateau

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    I recently left the warm (ha, ha-far from it) Southern California, to travel north to Big Pine and Deep Springs. It really was only a ‘little’ colder there. This has been the coldest winter for SoCal residents in recent memory. It really hasn’t been a whole lot warmer than Maryland! My northern grandchildren are outdoor…

  • Frost and Sunshine

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    Since I posted about wine and oranges earlier this week, I thought I’d post a couple photos of the weather we’re still having out here in the foothills even though it’s getting to the 50’s and 60’s during the day. In Temecula (the town), it’s even warmer. But the nights have been frosty, there’s still…

  • 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…