Different maple leaves on the same morning, looking the other way. Due to a warm fall, leaves were happy to stay on the trees longer t...

Today I learned that there would be morning coastal fog clearing to sun, so I brought in the camera.  As promised, the boundary between ...

This is Olallie Lake in autumn.  The Pratt Lake trail follows above the shore to the right up to a saddle to the left. Consider that ...

Talapus Lake is easily accessible in the summer, and an excellent snowshoe trip in the winter. The valley on the far side leads up to R...

An endless quilt of center pivot irrigation stretches over part of Rio Grand County in Colorado.  An irrigation canal cuts through par...

Utah's Green River runs from the top left through some spectacular and dry terrain down to eventually reach the Colorado.  This is ...

The  Gran Café de la Parróquia is a 200-year old coffehouse facing the docklands of Veracruz. This is a lechero that was brought out...

This Mexican clown has spectacular make-up. Sadly, the heat was getting to the glue keeping his nose on, so he was at imminent risk of...

An elegant couple dances the  danzón in the central square of Veracruz.  A live band was set up behind us, and those are the portales o...

This is no mariachi. This is one of many members of a danzón band that filtered in and out of the cafe where I had lunch in Veracruz....

This city hall building forms one side of the lively zócalo of Veracruz.  It's from the 17th century, older than most buildings in b...

A standing shock wave is seen as a fine line leading outwards from the engine cowling of a 757-200.  It was only visible where the back...

There are plenty of  Little Free Libraries in our neighborhood.  This one began life as a miniature replica of the house behind it, but...

Granite Mountain was foggy with some late blueberries out this late September.  The sun peeked out on occasion, but it was dominantly a...

This is the little lake below what is variously described as Crystal Lake (USGS and Google) as well as Evelyn Lake (Bing, with really ...