Independence Pass: A road over the Great Divide
Independence Pass is a mountain pass in Colorado; a pass through the Rocky Mountains in the state. That’s not all. There’s another fact that needs to be underlined here: it…
Found in Solvang: Thumbelina
Remember Thumbelina? The central character of Thumbelina – the story of the girl who was no bigger than the size of a man’s thumb? I found this cute painting…
Ridgefield Wildlife Refuge: So Verdant, So Rich
People come to Ridgefield Wildlife Refuge for the birds. It is like a paradise on earth for birds and birdwatchers, alike. It is also an area that is green…
Mission Walls on Mission Mall
This week for Monday Mural let me show you some mission murals from San Luis Obispo. San Luis Obispo is a city on California’s Central Coast and is home to one…
Shiny Reno and its old-world glamour
For a while we had been thinking of making a trip to Las Vegas. But something inside me kept saying it is not quite right to go see Vegas before…
Found in Saratoga
In the fall, we had been to Saratoga, CA to see some fall colors at Hakone Gardens, a Japanese Garden in the city. Later as we drove through Saratoga Village,…
A glimpse of Donner Lake
Donner Lake is one of California’s alpine lakes. This lake that lies on the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range can be seen from Interstate 80 as it passes through the high…
Bird’s eye views of San Francisco
I don’t know a single person who has visited San Francisco and not fallen in love with ‘The City by the Bay.’ And I’m sure there will be plenty of visitors…
Door art: Snow-sports-checklist at Squaw Kids
Now that it’s winter and there’s snow in the Sierra, let me take you to some artwork I found at a ski resort in the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Squaw…
A sunset from Berkeley’s Waterfront
Some images from a summer evening at Berkeley’s waterfront. Watch the sun go down and the changing moods of the sky as the sun makes its way down.