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The pink rose growing over the white chair looked so romantic in the rain this afternoon!
04/13/2026

The pink rose growing over the white chair looked so romantic in the rain this afternoon!

A friend, Patricia Sims, gave me this orchid cactus, disocactus ackermannii. It keeps getting prettier every day! Clic...
04/13/2026

A friend, Patricia Sims, gave me this orchid cactus, disocactus ackermannii. It keeps getting prettier every day! Click on each photo to see the full picture.

I stopped along the freeway a couple of days ago to get a few pictures of this barn. The fields before had had been in t...
03/15/2025

I stopped along the freeway a couple of days ago to get a few pictures of this barn. The fields before had had been in the bright sunlight, but I was getting closer to a huge storm cloud so the lighting wasn’t quite what I hoped for. One picture was brighter than the others. This is the same picture, just cropped to highlight the barn and clouds. Click on the photos for a better view.

The dark storm clouds of the afternoon were beautiful as the sun set!
03/13/2025

The dark storm clouds of the afternoon were beautiful as the sun set!

I took this photo of Mount Lassen with almond orchards in the foreground from an overpass near Artois this morning.
02/27/2025

I took this photo of Mount Lassen with almond orchards in the foreground from an overpass near Artois this morning.

I took a drive near the Sacramento River today. Several orchards are flooded and the river is flowing as full as I have ...
02/08/2025

I took a drive near the Sacramento River today. Several orchards are flooded and the river is flowing as full as I have ever seen it. Click on each photo for a description.

The evening sky was beautiful tonight.
01/05/2025

The evening sky was beautiful tonight.

A few other birds at the refuge. My husband took the photo of the hawk in the tree, and we also saw a common egret, som...
01/04/2025

A few other birds at the refuge. My husband took the photo of the hawk in the tree, and we also saw a common egret, some red-winged blackbirds, and another hawk flying.

Some ducks and turtles at the refuge. We didn't expect to see the turtles because it was a cool, cloudy day but were pl...
01/04/2025

Some ducks and turtles at the refuge. We didn't expect to see the turtles because it was a cool, cloudy day but were pleasantly surprised!

Just before the end of the year we made it to the NWR. Here are some of the Snow Geese we saw. All these photos were t...
01/04/2025

Just before the end of the year we made it to the NWR. Here are some of the Snow Geese we saw. All these photos were taken with a telephoto lens.

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