with bobble things hanging down, this tree is self decorated for a party.

in a week I will heading out for a photographic weekend class down in death valley. seeing these shots from Edward Weston is inspiration for my trip as I plan what cameras and film to take. (image shown here is by edward weston)

stomy skies over the bay.

softness of the pencam inside captures gus (pronounced goose) in a rare moment of being nice.

another view of the blossoms. unfortunately the squirrels usually get all the nuts.

i've been nominated as a finalist in the photbloggies in two categories: photo essay and pencam blog. Check out the competition and if you like this site, vote for me!

it's spring in california and the almond tree is in bloom.

just spent a week in dulles for work. it snowed 7 inches on thursday night. my first snowfall in seven years. these were shot from my 9th floor window of the hotel.

rose bush thorns seen up close are even scarier than far away.