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It’s time to go wine tasting, as if you needed encouragement. Gene Miller reports that Wine Country is back with Near Peak to Peak color being seen along SR29 and The Silverado Trail in the Napa Valley. He notes, “In addition to the colors, the smells of the various vintages and cuisine that wafted over […]
Ventura County is just ducky, right now. Its waterways are filled with migrant ducks, that have returned to overwinter in Southern California. SoCal color spotter Kathy Jonokuchi describes Arroyo Simi, in the Simi Valley, as a wash that runs through the suburbs. Presently, it is a birding hotspot, attracting Hooded Mergansers, Lophodytes cucullatus and American […]
San Ramon is one of the Bay Area cities with boulevards of color, found also in its sunrise and brilliance following a storm, as captured by Anish Sidhan on a mobile phone. San Ramon (486′) — Peak (75 — 100%), GO NOW!
On this Veterans Day, we remember those who served the cause of freedom and wish them and their families peace and comfort in this season of beauty and transformation.
Now that the wildfires are well behind us and there are breaks in the storms, autumn sunsets have returned.
Pan was the Greek god of the wild, of fields, groves, wooded glens, the nature of mountain wilds and of … sex. Well, true to the Greek god, Elliot McGucken’s “PANoramic” photograph of Yosemite Valley is just plain sexy. To make the panorama involved 13 shots with a wide angle 17mm lens on the Fuji GFX100 […]
Hardly anyone agrees on Napa Valley wines, other than they are good. The same can be said for its fall color. David Sharp submitted these images, then remarked that the Napa Valley is a mixed bag of some great fall color, but also some things just developing. Sounds like just the kind of remark made […]
These photographs have a retro feel to them, and no wonder. Lucas Yan shot them on Fuji 400H and Portra 400 film. Even the retro Chevy truck seen below is pre-digital. Lucas reports that most of the street trees in Sunnyvale (Ginkgo biloba and Chinese pistache) are […]
A lot of the superlatives said about Sedona, Arizona begin with “S” … secret, spiritual, spicy, sacred, starry and that’s just for “starters.” So, when color spotter Mark Harding said he’d just returned from there and wondered if we would post them, our reply was, “Send them.” We’re glad he did. […]
Walk along the American River and on any rocky shelf, you’re likely to find preferred seating .., the grinding holes of native Maidu women who, for centuries, would sit, chat, sing and grind black oak acorns into flour. The deepest of the grinding holes often had the best view, were most comfortable and were reserved […]