A West Coast Voyage After four months in Arizona this winter and spring, we chose to drive home via the West Coast. Our itinerary included stops in two wine regions, Paso Robles and Napa Valley and a drive along the Pacific Coast of Oregon. We re-entered Canada in British Columbia where we visited Jonathan, Nadja,…
Category: California
Victor Trail
This post is the follow-up to the blog about the Andreas Canyon, earlier this week. This is the second and last post with pictures taken during our recent trip to Palm Springs, California. Today I’ll be sharing some photographs taken in the course of a second hike at Indian Canyons. Starting out for our walk…
Andreas Canyon
We recently traveled to Palm Springs, California to visit with my cousin, Valorie and her family. In the course of our visit, I participated in a hike to Indian Canyons, located on the nearby Agua Caliente Indian Reservation. Centuries ago, ancestors of the Agua Caliente Cahuilla (pronounced Kaw-we-ah) Indians settled in the Palm Springs area…
Photos from the Past
I’m at it again. I’m plumbing the depths of my archives in search of the oldies but goodies. I have some I really like today. I hope you’ll enjoy them. My first photograph was taken on a road trip we took to Death Valley, California in March, 2012. Death Valley has two interesting distinctions. Firstly,…
Converts to Black & White
I’ve been trying to appreciate black and white photography a little more. I’ve been experimenting with some software that includes a very good module for converting colour pictures to black and white. Today, I’m presenting a few pictures from my archive that I’ve chosen as good subjects for conversion. I’m not trying to be Ansel…