After I sent out this photo, several people emailed back asking me what it was. They all used the same word, “amazing,” when told. The story begins with the leafy canopy over our house. The tall, arching trees are beaut...
How was it done?” That’s another question I’ve been hearing about the icicle photos, particularly about this one. I can’t take too much credit for this one, however; the lion’s share goes to Mister Sol. Firs...
The water had been high in the pond for days. In fact, it was up on the bank, a source of concern after last March’s flooding. It was mid-December, late in the day, cold, with an easterly wind blowing. I went down to the water’s edge t...
I visited this natural wonder years ago when its water level was at an all-time low, due to excessive water diversion by the City of Los Angeles. (A legal challenge later provided some remedy.) The rocks in the photo are not in Mono Lake...
The scene struck me as atmospheric, unworldly. I had been wanting to post this photo, taken a month ago, but just hadn’t got around to it. This is not a nimbus moon, as I mistakenly thought. The latter has a halo or corona caused by ice crys...
The great old willow on my neighbor’s property held up pretty well during Hurricane Sandy. As the 60 mph gusts roared across the pond from the east, the old tree whipped back and forth like a sapling. Ultimately, though, ...
