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PHOTO PORTFOLIO

I have an extensive library of images. Please contact me if you are looking for a wildlife or national park not listed below.

 

ABANDON AMERICA :

  • Keeler is practically a ghost town located on the east shore of Owens Lake. It was formerly known as Hawley.

  • There is something beautiful about old barns. A time when barns were erected by communities. Wood logged and hand hewed from old timber. The stories they could tell.

  • You can find them in the fields, in abandon barns and homesteads and hidden in the dense overgrown brush.

 

ARCHITECTURE: AMERICA

 

  • Millard House, also known as La Miniatura, is a textile block house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built in 1923 in Pasadena, California.

  • Hollyhock House was designed by America’s most important 20th-century architect, Frank Lloyd Wright. The house was commissioned by oil heiress and theatre producer Aline Barnsdall. UNESCO World Heritage

  • Perched atop a hill in the Los Feliz neighborhood, it is among the best residential examples of Mayan Revival architecture in the country.

  • Architect John Lautner is legendary for inventive, boundary-pushing designs. Silvertop house
    The noted Lautner-designed home is a midcentury masterpiece.

  • The inspiration for the Observatory and for Griffith Park came from Griffith J. Griffith who was the benefactor for both. The idea of a “public observatory” was a very new one at the turn of the 20th century, but Griffith developed very precise specifications regarding what should be included in the building.

  • The Getty Villa is in Malibu and is modeled on an Italian villa. The Getty Villa in Malibu is the original museum started by J Paul Getty, filled with antiquities from Greece and Rome.

ARCHITECTURE: EUROPE

  • The stained glass windows of St. Vitus Cathedral are some of the most transcendent works of art .

  • It is one of the most famous Gothic churches in central Europe and it is a UNESCO world heritage site.

  • They represented a period in time and spoke of the culture of Bohemia. They were photographed in various places in Bohemia (Czech Republic).

  • The Cemetery Church was a part of the oldest Cistercian monastery in Bohemia founded in 1142. A unique Cathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady and St. John the Baptist nearby (a UNESCO-listed sight since 1995) and a former baroque convent (a seat of a tobacco factory since 1812) were also preserved.

AMPHIBIANS & TERRESTRIAL SLUGS:

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    Pacific Tree frogs, are small amphibians with a conspicuous dark "mask" or eye stripe extending from the nostrils through the eye as far as the shoulder.

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    The largest of all North American frogs, this giant can grow to a length of 8 inches or more and weigh up to 1.5 pounds. Bullfrogs are typically green or gray-brown with brown spots and have easily identifiable circular eardrums, or tympanum, on either side of their heads.

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    The common name, “banana slug,” describes eight species of terrestrial slugs found in damp, temperate, coniferous forests along the west coast, from California to Alaska. Isolated populations occur along the coast as far south as San Diego County, and also on some moist western slopes of the Sierras. California, especially the Santa Cruz Mountains, is a species hot spot.

ANIMALS:

  • Photo from the EFBC's Feline Conservation Center, also known as The Cat House is located in Rosamond California. Home to over 70 of the worlds most endangered felines.

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    Hares and jackrabbits are leporids belonging to the genus Lepus. Hares are classified in the same family as rabbits.

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    The North American river otter (Lontra canadensis), also known as the northern river otter or the common otter, is a semiaquatic mammal endemic to the North American continent

  • The Roosevelt elk (Cervus elaphus roosevelti), is the largest of the six recognized subspecies of elk in North America.

  • Yellowstone moose are the smallest of four subspecies of moose (Alces alces shirasi) in North America. Found in forested areas and willow flats, they are better adapted to survival in deep snow than other ungulates in Greater Yellowstone.

  • Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem is one of the few areas south of Canada where black bears coexist with the grizzly bears.

  • Elk are the most abundant large mammal found in Yellowstone and are an important species within the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.

  • Badlands is home to one of the largest federal bison herds in North America. In 1963, two truckloads carrying 25 bison each traveled from Theodore Roosevelt National Park to the Badlands.

  • Prairie dogs are members of the Scuiridae (squirrel) family and are related to other members of the Scuiridae family like ground squirrels and chipmunks, both of which live in Badlands National Park. The prairie dog species found in the Badlands is the black-tailed prairie dog.

BIRDS: CRANES

SANDHILL CRANES

 

BIRDS: DUCKS

  • Cinnamon Teal, Mallard, Wood, Northern Shoveler, and Northern Pintail. Diving Ducks like the Redhead, Scoter, Lesser Scaup and Canvasback.

  • Northern Pintail - Anas acuta
    Slim and long-necked, the Northern Pintail has a distinctive silhouette.

BIRDS: EAGLES

  • Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
    ORDER: Accipitriformes FAMILY: Accipitridae

  • The courtship and mating of a Bald Eagle Pair in Lower Klamath Wildlife Refuge.

  • At the mouth of the Russian River where the river meets the Pacific Ocean we have witnessed Bald Eagles catching, stealing and eating there catch.

  • Photos of 1st year and 4th year. A 1st year bald eagle has no white and a dark beak. The fourth year bald eagle is large and heavy-bodied. Similar to adult but with some dark smudging on white head. Heavy yellow bill.

  • The Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge of the United States on the border between California and Oregon.

BIRDS: FALCONS

  • Gyrfalcon
    Falco rusticolus
    ORDER: Falconiformes
    FAMILY: Falconida

  • American Kestrel
    Falco sparverius
    ORDER: Falconiformes
    FAMILY: Falconidae

  • Peregrine Falcon
    Falco peregrinus
    ORDER: Falconiformes
    FAMILYPeregrine FalconFalco peregrinusORDER: FalconiformesFAMILY: Falconidae: Falconidae

  • The the hunting of wild animals in their natural state and habitat by means of a trained bird of Peregrine falcon.

BIRDS: FLAMINGO

  • A Pink and White bill with a Black tip, Yellow/Orange eyes, Deep Pink plumage with Red wing coverts, Pink legs and feet.

BIRDS: GEESE

  • Snow Goose
    Anser caerulescens
    ORDER: Anseriformes
    FAMILY: Anatidae

  • Greater White-fronted Goose
    Anser albifrons
    ORDER: Anseriformes
    FAMILY: Anatidae

  • Tundra Swan
    Cygnus columbianus
    ORDER: Anseriformes
    FAMILY: Anatidae

BIRDS: HAWKS & OSPREY

  • Harris's Hawk
    Parabuteo unicinctus
    ORDER: Accipitriformes
    FAMILY: Accipitridae

  • Northern Harrier
    Circus hudsonius
    ORDER: Accipitriformes
    FAMILY: Accipitridae

  • There are nine types of hawks in California, including the Red-Tailed, Copper's, Red-Shouldered, Sharp-Shined, Rough-Legged, and Ferruginous hawk.

  • Osprey
    Pandion haliaetus
    ORDER: Accipitriformes
    FAMILY: Pandionidae


BIRDS: HERONS & EGRETS

  • Snowy Egret
    Egretta thula
    ORDER: Pelecaniformes
    FAMILY: Ardeidae

  • Great Egret
    Ardea alba
    ORDER: Pelecaniformes
    FAMILY: Ardeidae

  • Great Blue Heron
    Ardea herodias
    ORDER: Pelecaniformes
    FAMILY: Ardeidae

  • American Bittern
    Botaurus lentiginosus
    ORDER: Pelecaniformes
    FAMILY: Ardeidae

  • Black-crowned Night-Heron
    Nycticorax nycticorax
    ORDER: Pelecaniformes
    FAMILY: Ardeidae

  • Green Heron
    Butorides virescens
    ORDER: Pelecaniformes
    FAMILY: Ardeidae

  • Reddish Egret
    Egretta rufescens
    ORDER: Pelecaniformes
    FAMILY: Ardeidae


BIRDS: HUMMINGBIRDS

  • Allen's Hummingbird
    Selasphorus sasin
    ORDER: Caprimulgiformes
    FAMILY: Trochilidae

  • Anna's Hummingbird
    Calypte anna
    ORDER: Caprimulgiformes
    FAMILY: Trochilidae


BIRDS: KINGFISHERS

  • Belted Kingfisher
    Megaceryle alcyon
    ORDER: Coraciiformes
    FAMILY: Alcedinidae

BIRDS: OWLS

  • Barn Owl
    Tyto alba
    ORDER: Strigiformes
    FAMILY: Tytonidae

  • Burrowing Owl
    Athene cunicularia
    ORDER: Strigiformes
    FAMILY: Strigidae

  • Eurasian Eagle-Owl
    Bubo bubo
    ORDER: Strigiformes
    FAMILY: Strigidae

  • Great Horned Owl
    Bubo virginianus
    ORDER: Strigiformes
    FAMILY: Strigidae

  • Northern Pygmy-Owl
    Glaucidium gnoma
    ORDER: Strigiformes
    FAMILY: Strigidae

  • Western Screech-Owl
    Megascops kennicottii
    ORDER: Strigiformes
    FAMILY: Strigidae

 

BIRDS: SEA & SHORE BIRDS

  • The only dark albatross of the northern Pacific Ocean, the Black-footed Albatross nests primarily on the Hawaiian Islands. It wanders widely across the northern Pacific for most of the year, and is regularly seen off the west coast of North America.

  • In this gallery you will see a variety of birds such as Sandpipers, Curlew, Dowitchers, Godwits, Killdeer, Oystercatchers, Stilts and Willets.

 
 
 

COASTAL SHORES

  • Stone Lagoon breaches its 1.5-mile ocean barrier much less frequently than Big Lagoon; years may elapse between breaks.

  • Isolated outcrops of rock standing in the ocean are called sea stacks, they are remnants of rocky headlands that were eroded by wave action.

  • From Harris Beach to Shore Acres and Cape Arago State Park you will see stunning coastal sunsets along Oregon’s southern shores.

  • The furthest northwest tip of the contiguous United State, Cape Flattery provides a dramatic backdrop to a surprisingly accessible hike.

 

MARINE LIFE

  • At the Monterey Aquariums Open Sea you have a million gallon aquarium with a 90 foot window to view the tanks inhabitants. The light from above streams rays into the aquarium offering unique reflections.

  • Common Dolphins and Risso Dolphins photographed in the Channel Islands.

  • The various species of Cirrhilabrus wrasses are found in the wild from the Red Sea through the Indian Ocean and across the Pacific to the Pitcairn Islands, as far north as Hawaii‘i and the Ryukyu Islands of southern Japan.

  • Saltwater fish, also called marine fish or sea fish, are fish that live in seawater. Saltwater fish can swim and live alone or in a large group called a school.

  • Jellyfish in captivity at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach (in Black & White) and Monterey Aquarium (Color) in California.

  • Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) are the largest shark, and indeed largest of any fishes alive today. They feed on plankton and travel large distances to find enough food to sustain their huge size, and to reproduce. Whale sharks are found in all the tropical oceans of the world.

  • Whales consist of eight extant families that live in the sea. These whales were all photographed in the Pacific ocean.

  • Octopus, Cuttlefish and Nautilus. A native of the tropical Pacific, the nautilus is an octopus' cousin. It has more than 90 tentacles — the most of any cephalopod. Cuttlefish or cuttles are marine molluscs of the order Sepiida. They belong to the class Cephalopoda which also includes squid, octopuses, and nautiluses.

 
 

AMERICAN NATIONAL PARKS

  • Arches NP has over 2,000 natural stone arches.

  • Striking geologic deposits contain one of the world’s richest fossil beds. Ancient horses and rhinos once roamed here. The park’s 244,000 acres protect an expanse of mixed-grass prairie where bison, bighorn sheep, prairie dogs, and black-footed ferrets live today.

  • The viewpoint at Inspiration Point consists of three levels that provide varied spectacular perspectives of the main amphitheater. From here, visitors look toward the Silent City with its many rows of seemingly frozen hoodoos set against the backdrop of Boat Mesa.

  • Sunset Point offers vistas of some of the most famous and breathtaking of Bryce Canyon's hoodoos.
    Just below the overlook on the northern edge, Thor's Hammer stands alone. Striking in form due to its isolation from other hoodoos, Thor's Hammer is a favorite among visitors.

  • Farview Point is appropriately named, with spectacular views of famous landmarks that make up the Grand Staircase. From north to south you can see: the Aquarius Plateau (Pink Cliffs), the Kaiparowits Plateau (Grey Cliffs), Molly's Nipple (White Cliffs).

  • Yovimpa Point is one of the places you can get a good look at the sequence of rock layers called the Grand Staircase.
    From Rainbow Point, visitors can look northward and clearly see the Pink Cliffs out of which the Hoodoos have been sculpted.

  • Natural Bridge is one of several natural arches in Bryce Canyon and creates a beautiful scene at this viewpoint.

  • Canyonlands National Park in southeastern Utah is known for its dramatic desert landscape carved by the Colorado River.

  • Capitol Reef National Park was established primarily to preserve geologic features, such as the scenic rock domes and narrow canyons.

  • In this below-sea-level basin, steady drought and record summer heat make Death Valley a land of extremes.

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  • Dinosaurs once roamed here. Their fantastic remains are still visibly embedded in the rocks. Today, the mountains, desert, and untamed rivers flowing in deep canyons support an array of life. Petroglyphs hint at earlier cultures.

  • The Grand Canyon story begins about 2 billion years ago when igneous and metamorphic rocks were formed. Uplift of the Colorado Plateau was a key step in the eventual formation of Grand Canyon.

  • The North Rim is over 8000 feet (2438 m.) in elevation. Hiking across the Grand Canyon from South Rim to North Rim is a total of 21 miles (34 km). Bright Angel Point Trail, 0.5 mile (0.8 km) round-trip trail, leads out the spine of the ridge to Bright Angel Point.

  • Rising above a scene rich with extraordinary wildlife, pristine lakes, and alpine terrain, the Teton Range stands as a monument to the people who fought to protect it.

  • Majestic figures of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln, surrounded by the beauty of the Black Hills of South Dakota.

  • Monument Valley, a red-sand desert region on the Arizona-Utah border, is known for the towering sandstone buttes of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park. The park, frequently a filming location for Western movies, is accessed by the looping, 17-mile Valley Drive.

  • Paradise is famous for its glorious views and wildflower meadows.

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  • Zion National Park is a southwest Utah nature preserve distinguished by Zion Canyon’s steep red cliffs. Zion Canyon Scenic Drive cuts through its main section, leading to forest trails along the Virgin River.


BIRDS: PELICANS & IBIS

  • American White Pelican
    Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
    ORDER: Pelecaniformes
    FAMILY: Pelecanidae

  • Brown Pelican
    Pelecanus occidentalis
    ORDER: Pelecaniformes
    FAMILY: Pelecanidae

  • White-faced Ibis
    Plegadis chihi
    ORDER: Pelecaniformes
    FAMILY: Threskiornithidae

  • White Ibis
    Eudocimus albus
    ORDER: Pelecaniformes
    FAMILY: Threskiornithidae

 
 

BLACK & WHITE

  • From coastal shores to death valley sand dunes, Sierra Nevada Mountains to flowers in black & white. In the photographic world, black and white is an art form of its own.

  • The farmer’s barn had to be built wisely because invariably it housed his greatest assets. This agricultural building was more important than his own house. Without a way to protect farm animals or store crops, early settlers had few ways to survive.

  • Lone Pine, named for a towering pine that stood over the town in the 1800s, views of Mt. Whitney’s 14,496-foot summit steal the show.

  • I decided not to do these images in full color and created a gold tint infused into the black and white image.

 
 

FOREST and MOUNTAINS

  • Giant Sequoia National Forest. Thirteen interpretive stations along the mile-long Trail of a Hundred Giants introduce visitors to a splendid grove of sequoias between 500 and 1,500 years old.

  • This dramatic landscape testifies to nature's size, beauty, and diversity--huge mountains, rugged foothills, deep canyons, vast caverns, and the world's largest trees.

  • Redwood National and State Parks are a string of protected forests, beaches and grasslands along Northern California’s coast.

  • Humboldt Redwoods spans 53,000 acres, an area almost twice the size of San Francisco. About one third, or 17,000 acres, of the park is old-growth redwood forest—the largest expanse of ancient redwoods left on the planet.

  • Armstrong Redwoods preserves stately and magnificent Sequoia sempervirens, commonly known as the coast redwood.

  • Mount Shasta, in Northern California, is an outdoor adventure destination.

  • Paradise is famous for its glorious views and wildflower meadows.

SONOMA COAST

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    Bodega Head is the prominent rocky point that has a rugged coastline that protects Bodega Harbor from the west.

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    From Bodega Bay to Jenner there are 27 beaches that you can visit. You will see stunning deep coves, hidden beach at the bottom of Pinnacle Gulch, a large state park campground and coastal dunes, and a long narrow beach that is great for beach-combing and fishing.

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    Goat Rock Beach is located between Goat Rock Point and the Russian River along the Sonoma County shore near the town of Jenner. There are resident harbor seals towards the mouth of the river mouth.

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    Jenner is surrounded by the Jenner Headlands and Goat Rock State Park. The lower Russian river empties into the Pacific Ocean at Jenner.

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    The park encompasses one of the first underwater parks in California. The shoreline of the 6,000-acre park features rocky promontories, such as Salt Point, that juts out into the Pacific Ocean.  The inland portion of the park features both grassland and forest areas.

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    A mystical 10-mile stretch of California coast and extends about 1 mile inland. With trails leading out to salty cliffs that are alive with nesting birds, sunning harbor seals and wind swept sculptured the cypress trees.

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    Bodega Harbor is a small, shallow, natural harbor on the Pacific coast of northern California. Geologically, the harbor is formed by a depression of the San Andreas Fault. The natural harbor hosts two marinas, a boat launch, two fishing ports, campground and several waterfront restaurants.

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    Fort Ross State Historic Park brings attention to the varied stories that have occurred here through the centuries, including the long formation of the coastal natural history, the centuries past and present of resident Kashia Pomo people, the Russian colonization periods (1812-1842), the Ranch era (1842-1972), and the over one hundred year era of this area as a protected resource as a State Historic Park.

STATE PARKS

  • The rugged Palo Duro Canyon, the nation’s second largest such gorge, located in the High Plains of the Texas Panhandle, is home to one of the Lone Star State's largest state parks (some 28,978 acres).

  • Goblin Valley State Park is a showcase of geologic history. Exposed cliffs reveal parallel layers of rock bared by erosion. The softer material is removed by wind and water, leaving thousands of unique, geologic goblins.

  • From the prominence of Dead Horse Point, 2,000 feet above a gooseneck in the Colorado River, where vertical cliffs meet with canyons carved by ice, water, and wind.

  • Fort Ross is located on the Sonoma Coast 25 minutes north of Jenner on Highway 1. It has a rugged coastline, with a wreck of the S.S. Pomona, "Fort Ross" a historic coastal fort, miles of hiking trails and Fort Ross winery.

  • These photos are of the coastline at Gerstle Cove Marine Reserve. Located on the rugged California coastline about 90 miles north of San Francisco on State Highway One, and 8 miles north of Fort Ross State Historic Park.

  • Humboldt Redwoods spans 53,000 acres, an area almost twice the size of San Francisco. About one third, or 17,000 acres, of the park is old-growth redwood forest—the largest expanse of ancient redwoods left on the planet.

  • Redwood National and State Parks are a string of protected forests, beaches and grasslands along Northern California’s coast.

  • The serene, majestic beauty of this Grove is a living reminder of the magnificent primeval redwood forest that covered much of this area before logging operations began during the 19th century. Armstrong Redwoods preserves stately and magnificent Sequoia sempervirens, commonly known as the coast redwood.


BIRDS: RESCUE ANIMALS

  • The Bird Rescue Center of Sonoma County Education Ambassadors.

  • Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue Animals

 
 
 

CELESTIAL:

  • Aurora over the Strait of Juan de Fuca near Jamestown area of Sequim Washington.

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    Comet NEOWISE is a long period comet with a near-parabolic orbit. Photographed at Lake Sonoma after sundown.

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    Constellation are area on the celestial sphere in which a group of visible stars forms a perceived outline or pattern.

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    Super Blue Blood Moon, Lunar Eclipses, Super Moon, and Penumbral Lunar Eclipse are a few types of Moon Celestial events

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    Gallery includes photos taken in Arches National Park, Monument Valley and Goat Rock State Beach.

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    Perseid’s, Geminid, Lyrid Meteor Shower.

  • In the Nevada desert with the Eastern Sierra Observatory for a Perseid’s Meteor Shower Party.

  • Perseid's 2023 Nevada Desert 8/12/23. Photographing the Milky Way core 34 meteors were captured from 11:00pm 8/11 to 3:00am 8/12.

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    Planet conjunctions are when two planets are said to be in conjunction when they reside north and south of one another in right ascension.

HORSES & BURROWS

  • There is a herd of Clydesdale’s in Sonoma that I love to photograph. They show great affection with each other. I also loved the variety of colors and markings.

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SOUTHWEST

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    Dinosaur NP, Arches NP, Canyonlands NP, Capitol Reef NP, Dead Horse SP, Goblin Valley SP

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    North & South Rim of Grand Canyon and Monument Valley.

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    Death Valley is a desert valley in Eastern California, in the northern Mojave Desert, bordering the Great Basin Desert.

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    The Trona Pinnacles are an unusual geological feature in the California Desert National Conservation Area. The landscape consists of more than 500 tufa spires.

 

PHOTOJOURNALISM

  • Photos of life in America. The America gallery shows the variety of life in this great country. Our political system that can bring us together or divide us. There is nothing greater then our love of a parade, a sports game, and most of all our free speech. Views of life in the country or the city are on display.

  • In Sonoma Count on Adobe Rd is this farm Brazil Ranches Petaluma 7 Dixon with folk art paintings of American flag and cows.

  • Ranch life involves dealing with horses and cattle and taking care of the land. Trucks also play a big part in ranch life, whether you're a ranch hand, caretaker or owner.

  • For the majority of enthusiasts, classic trucks are ones that are at least 20 years old. A vintage car is, in the most general sense, an old automobile, and in the narrower senses of car enthusiasts and collectors, it is a car from the period of 1919 to 1930.

  • Bodega Pastures is a beautiful 1000-acre sheep ranch located in west Sonoma County just outside of Bodega, California. Bodega Pastures Sheep are managed in an organic and humane way. A remarkable sheep ranch in the coastal hills of west Sonoma County, California

  • Hitchcock picked the towns of Bodega and Bodega Bay to serve as the setting for his thriller featuring TippiHedren, Jessica Tandy, Rod Taylor, Suzanne Pleshette and, of course, the birds.

NATURAL WORLD:

Abstracts - Beach Life - Natures Shapes - Silhouettes - Sunrise Sunsets  - Oregon Sunsets - Super Bloom 2019

TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY:

Baja Mexico - Cabo San Lucas - Catalina Island - Cook Islands - Gold Country - Hong Kong - Karlstejn Castle - Macao - Prague  - Redwoods -   Rose Parade - Sea Ranch - The Sierras  - Sutter Buttes - Bodega Bay Harbor - Twin Lakes Mammoth -

WINDOW SERIES

Prague House at the Minute -

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