Focusing on the Beauty
Keeping healthy and sane with local daily hikes and neighborhood walks during this period of social distancing….
Category: Photos
Yellow: Bishop Ranch Regional Preserve
Autumn: Bishop Ranch Regional Preserve, San Ramon, CA
Photography 101: Glass
The challenge? WordPress Photography 101: Glass
Photography 101: Treasure
While drinking my morning tea, just a few minutes after I looked up the photography theme for today, my son
Rainy Day: Angles
More images of plants in my front yard… Sunlight: After the Rain Photography 101: The Natural World *** The challenge?
Weekly Photo Challenge: Angular
For more photos from this trip to Devils Postpile National Monument, see Photography 101: Experimenting with Composition *** The challenge?
Swarm: Ladybug Clusters
It’s that time of year, when the ladybugs return to Redwood Regional Park in Oakland, California. I haven’t hiked out
Photography 101: Moment
To capture a fleeting moment….. but aren’t they all? The challenge? WordPress Photography 101: Moment
Photography 101: Architecture
The Living Roof at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco… The challenge? WordPress Photography 101: Architecture
Weekly Photo Challenge: Achievement
Reaching the intended destination of any hike is an achievement. The best reward? Gorgeous views all to ourselves. Interested in
Autumn: A Pop of Color (Yellow)
The challenge? WordPress Photography 101: A Pop of Color
Photography 101: A Pop of Color (Red)
Playing with background color… A pop of red on this finch… The challenge? WordPress Photography 101: A Pop of Color
Photography 101: Mystery
The challenge? WordPress Photography 101: Mystery
Sunlight: After the Rain
Just as I hit the publish button on my last post (Photography 101: Warmth), the sun burned through the clouds
Photography 101: Warmth
It’s a beautiful, much-needed, rainy, overcast day here. I’ll keep my eye out today for an opening in the clouds
Photography 101: The Natural World
Playing with vertical, horizontal, and diagonal lines… Our Front Yard Photos taken November 12th, 2014 The challenge? WordPress Photography 101:
Photography 101: Landmark
The challenge? WordPress Photography 101: Landmark
Photography 101: Connect
The challenge? WordPress Photography 101: Connect
Photography 101: Experimenting with Composition
Devil’s Postpile National Monument, California Photos taken October, 2014 *** The challenge? WordPress Photography 101, Weekend One: Experiment with Composition
Weekly Photo Challenge: Minimalist
This can must’ve been here two years ago when I shot these photos of my son (Silent Saturday: Minaret Vista),
Photography 101: Solitude
The challenge? WordPress Photography 101: Solitude
Photography 101: Bliss
Bliss: complete happiness, great joy, paradise, or heaven. The challenge? WordPress Photography 101: Bliss
Photography 101: Water
Crystal Lake, Mammoth Lakes, California Photo taken October, 2014 The Challenge? Photography 101: Water
Weekly Photo Challenge: Descent
Sentinel Dome, Yosemite Photo taken July, 2014 WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge: Descent
Photography 101: Home
The challenge? Share an image that means home. The view from my front yard. Photo taken November 3, 2014 The
Floral Friday: California Poppies
As promised, more California Poppy photos… Photos taken April 2nd, 2014 Dublin, California
All is Good!
We’re still here, getting out and about as much as we always have. All is good! I’ve simply been preoccupied
Silent Saturday: Spring…
Photos taken February 15th, 2014 Redwood Bowl, Oakland, California
Las Trampas: Bollinger Creek Loop Trail
Looking for a great trail to hike with young kids in San Ramon? At under two miles, with a variety
Treasures: A Nature Basket
My son collects soooo many sticks, rocks, feathers, nuts, and other cool stuff during our outings that his “treasures” have
