As the year winds down, I thought it would be worthwhile to look back and reflect on where I’ve been—and what I’ve been chasing—with a camera in hand. Taking a step back like this has a way of revealing patterns you don’t always notice while you’re busy moving forward. A Wildlife‑Centric Year It’s clear to […]
Circuitous cir·cu·i·tous /sərˈkyo͞oədəs/ adjective (of a route or journey) longer than the most direct way. “the canal followed a circuitous route” That definitely describes the route by which I got to Silver Lake for a sunset on December 15. Seeing the weather forecast calling for rain and gloom for the next week or more, I
December 2025 has been an odd duck around northeastern California. La Niña has the Pacific behaving like a cold shoulder, and up here at 4,000–5,000 feet we’ve been riding a streak of dry, unseasonably pleasant weather. One perk of all that stability has been a run of sunsets that seem to taunt me every time
This may be a bit redundant for folks following me on Facebook, but I thought I’d use this format to do a long-form post about one of the most fun and interesting things I’ve ever done without leaving home. Please note many of the stills I’ll post here are single frames from vids and/or were
It is a fairly consistent occurrence in this area that a cold front comes through around the end of May or the first of June, often dashing many folks’ Memorial Day and gardening plans. I have come to refer to this event as the “Junuary” cold front. In 2020, the front was running a bit