Snow Bikes

I collect vintage Honda motorcycles and sometimes have to leave them outside, under cover. But this latest storm blew the covers off and topped the bikes in a fluffy blanket. Brrrrr!

ACTION ITEM: Stay warm

Spider, man

This is the horror that awaited me last week when I climbed into my GMC. Thing is, living in the country means every animal thinks they have squatters rights to everything. Every. Thing.

ACTION ITEM: Check first.

My Bob Ross Moment

 

Captured this image of the North Yuba River while on my way to a site survey near Downieville, CA. Not inventive or unique, but pretty nevertheless.

ACTION ITEM: Enjoy

Officially Tired of Summer

Every year, right about this time, I am officially and thoroughly done with summer. I do not like heat, sun, sweat, or sand – yeah, I’m a real delight at the beach 😉

ACTION ITEM: I work hard – really hard – throughout the summer to see the brighter side of my least-favorite season. Such as cool mornings, outside on the deck, with a cup of coffee.

Now We’re All Sick of Bonnie Tyler

Here’re the kids this morning, watching the eclipse (about 81 percent here in the foothills):

Bonus awesome: The light peeking through the oak leaves make dozens of pinhole cameras. I propped up an old whiteboard so you could see the eclipse reflected in those glimpses of light between the leaves:

ACTION ITEM: Don’t look at the sun!

My Town

I live in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, where this kind of nonsense is common:

ACTION ITEM: Mind the rattlesnakes.

Here There Be Faeries (slightly NSFW)

I was out having keys made when my eyes caught a blur of color in the dry grass.

I looked closer and there they were.

It’s amazing how much of life happens when we’re too busy to notice. There’s a saying in photography to “move your feet”, meaning find a new perspective on the image you’re capturing – go higher, lower, from behind a tree – move your feet.

ACTION ITEM: Look closer today. Move your feet.

 

If This Is Tauranga I Don’t Want to be Tau-right-a

The Tauranga wharf, early morning (just before the Trinity Wharf Hotel breakfast buffet), from a recent working trip to New Zealand (on the eastern coast of the North Island)

ACTION ITEM: Order the Eggs Benedict

Where’s a Good Dike When You Need One?

This is what it looks like when you’re working in The Netherlands and you want to check in on the weather back home:

A Day At Play in Western Nevada County

 I participated in this year’s “A Day At Play” event sponsored by our local newspaper, The Union, in which readers are encouraged to supply photos and videos depicting locals enjoying a day out and about. The final assembled submissions will be printed/posted Saturday July 1. In the meantime, here’s a sneak peak at the photos and 10-second video I submitted: