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Shaped and shadowed in snow at Sly Park Lake.
Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #108
January 4, 2022 | Categories: Cell shots , Landscapes , Seasons | Tags: challenges , snow , water , WWE | 8 Comments
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Looking ahead … uncharted … untracked … the possibilities are what we make of them.
January 2, 2022 | Categories: Cell shots , Landscapes , People , Seasons | Tags: beginnings , Silent Sunday , snow , water , winter | 5 Comments
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The old branches shrouded the stump, looking like wings of snow. Almost angelic to the bunnies or birds that could have hidden beneath, protected from cold or predators.
“Who has wrapped up the waters as a cloak?”
Changing Focus – Angels
December 28, 2021 | Categories: DSLR , Nature , Seasons , The Book | Tags: branches , Changing Focus , Proverbs , snow , trails , winter | 9 Comments
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“Have you entered the treasury of snow?”
Wishing for snow … maybe if I envision it … snow will fall and I will enter its treasury … “let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!” I live just below the snowline, too low to ever shovel but high enough to reach snow in 30 minutes. Several years back, I captured this close-up of the Ponderosa Pine 20 feet from my deck after a rare snowfall at our home. Seeing it on my desktop always makes me winter happy.
Share Your Desktop
Tuesday Twice — January 19, 2015
November 17, 2021 | Categories: DSLR , Nature , Seasons , The Book | Tags: branches , Job , Share Your Desktop , snow , Tuesday Twice , winter | 7 Comments
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“He spreads the snow like wool and scatters the frost like ashes.”
The week before, the trail was clear, and the aspen leaves blocked the sky overhead. What a change a bomb cyclone has made. This day, the snow was 8 to 12 inches deep, and golden leaves dotted the crystalline carpet.
Lens-Artists Challenge #172: A Day of My Week
November 6, 2021 | Categories: DSLR , Landscapes , Nature , Seasons , The Book | Tags: aspens , gold , hiking , leaves , Lens-Artists Challenge , Psalms , Sierra Nevada Mountains , winter | 4 Comments
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and of the sky over the neighborhood meadow. From this perspective, the grass is as tall as the cottonwood tree.
Weekend Sky #46
Sunday Stills — October sans pink
October 17, 2021 | Categories: DSLR , Landscapes , Nature , Seasons | Tags: #SundayStills , fall , gold , trees , Weekend Sky | 12 Comments
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Early evidence of warmer days grows between a rock and a hard freeze.
Six Word Saturday — March 6
March 6, 2021 | Categories: DSLR , Landscapes , Seasons | Tags: #6WS , #SixWordSaturday , daffodils , light , morning , spring , winter | 2 Comments
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Outdoor dining at Winnemucca Lake, Round Top Mountain ahead
Brian (aka Bushboy) — Last on the Cell
February 28, 2021 | Categories: Cell shots , Nature , Play , Seasons | Tags: escapes , mountains , quiet , snowshoeing , The Last Photo , winter | Leave a comment
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For every bark, there is a season.
“a season for every activity under the heavens: … a time to uproot …
… a time to tear down …
… a time to scatter …
… a time to embrace … and a time for peace.”
CFFC – Bark
February 26, 2021 | Categories: Cell shots , DSLR , Nature , Seasons , The Book | Tags: bark , bits n pieces , CFFC , Ecclesiastes , lifecycles , meditations | 11 Comments
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Serenity on ice … socially distanced … frozen and docked … and the skaters still skate.
Bushboy’s Last Photo of December 2020
January 1, 2021 | Categories: Cell shots , Landscapes , Play , Seasons | Tags: blue , boats , Echo Lake , mountains , recreation , snow , still life , winter | 16 Comments
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After the bloom … before deep winter … red-gold leaves on December’s flowering pear tree. “For every thing, there is a season ….”
December 27, 2020 | Categories: Cell shots , Nature , Seasons , The Book | Tags: beautiful , colors , December , Ecclesiastes , flowering pear , FOTD , gold , leaves | 4 Comments
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… “a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.”
December 23, 2020 | Categories: DSLR , Landscapes , Nature , Seasons , The Book | Tags: black and white , fog , James , peace , quiet , trees | 2 Comments
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For unto us a child is born … the government will be on his shoulders. And he shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
December 13, 2020 | Categories: Events , Holiday , Seasons , The Book | Tags: baby , beginnings , Bethlehem , Christmas , edited , Gnosis , Isaiah , life , love , mankind , Nativity , peace , praiseworthy | Leave a comment
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Whatever is true and pure … focus there … and give thanks.
November 24, 2020 | Categories: Cell shots , Holiday , Nature , Seasons , The Book | Tags: colors , fall , focus , gratitude , Philippians , pure , thoughts | 1 Comment
At the top of the world, little grows in the dead of winter … and yet the sun brings forth hope.
February 24, 2019 | Categories: Landscapes , Nature , Seasons | Tags: California , hiking , meditations , mountains , winter | 3 Comments
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Bridalveil Fall to Half Dome from Tunnel View
June 22, 2017 | Categories: Landscapes , Places , Seasons | Tags: California , mountains , national park , snow , summer , waterfalls , Yosemite | 2 Comments
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Yosemite’s June surprise . . . overnight snow lingers on Mount Hoffman. As seen through retreating fog from Glacier Point.
June 18, 2017 | Categories: Landscapes , Places , Seasons | Tags: 2017 , California , mountains , snow , summer , Yosemite | 4 Comments
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Is it summer or is it snow?
June 17, 2017 | Categories: Landscapes , Places , Seasons | Tags: 2017 , California , mountains , snow , summer , Yosemite | 1 Comment
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Ferris Daze of Summer
June 19, 2016 | Categories: Activities , Cityscapes , DSLR , People , Play , Seasons | Tags: California , colors , El Dorado County , fair , ferris wheel , Photography , summer | Leave a comment
Colors of summer
June 23, 2014 | Categories: Places , Play , Seasons | Tags: 2014 , bits n pieces , boats , Cameron Park Lake , colors , El Dorado County , recreation , summer , water | Leave a comment
Letting the fall flags fly
October 30, 2012 | Categories: DSLR , Nature , Seasons | Tags: aspens , buildings , colors , fall , flags , gold , Lake Tahoe , leaves , light , rooftops , trees | 2 Comments