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