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Point Sur Lighthouse
Point Sur Lighthouse at the Point Sur Lightstation in Big Sur We recently did a walking tour of the Point Sur Lightstation in Big Sur guided by Kathryn, a docent and good friend of Cathleen’s cousin,...
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Stairway to the Light
The stairway up the center of the Point Sur lighthouse After entering the main door to the Point Sur lighthouse, there is a spiral staircase that leads up to the top where the light and lenses are...
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Point Sur Lighthouse – The Light
The light atop the Point Sur Lighthouse Today and tomorrow, we celebrate the 125th anniversary of the Point Sur Lighthouse. The light on the lighthouse was first lit on August 1, 1889. It sits on top...
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Dizzy at the Top
If you saw my previous post of the lighthouse staircase, looking up from the bottom, here’s a view from the top looking down. There’s a bit of artistic license in this image but it was actually...
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Super Moon – October 2014
Super Moon Rising Super Moon – October 2014 rising through the clouds
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Point Sur Panorama
Point Sur from the Lightstation [To see this panorama in its fullest, extend the web page as wide as your monitor, then click on the image to enlarge it.] This panorama is from ten individual images...
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The Carpentry Shop
The Point Sur Lightstation has a carpentry shop filled with some beautiful old hand tools mounted on the wood plank wall.
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Harvest Super Moon 9-8-14
This Monday night we had a Super Moon that was also a Harvest Moon. I drove down to an area of Carmel Valley Ranch that had a good view of the mountains in the more distant valley over which the moon...
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The Wind is the Artist
The wind sculpts the Sahara Desert sand into infinite patterns. Among the amazing things in the Sahara Desert are the sand dunes and the patterns sculpted into the sand by the winds. From day to day,...
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Fork-Tailed Bush Katydid
Our Fuchsia plant is a tasty meal for this Fork-Tailed Bush Katydid This is an iPhone 6 photograph of this beautifully green colored Fork-Tailed Bush Katydid, Scudderia cuneata (Orthoptera:...
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AH NUTS!
The Fruit (Nut) of the Native California Buckeye Tree Ok, this post isn’t really about the poisonous nut that falls from the Native California Buckeye trees around where we live. It’s about how I...
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Family Generations
Multiple generations of an elephant family in Aamboseli, Kenya Elephants exhibit very strong matriarchal family behavior. They have a matriarchal head, usually an older matriarch, her daughters (3 or 4...
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Warm Memories of the 50’s
The interior of Dot’s Diner, a 1950’s diner in Bisbee, AZ In looking back through some of my older images, I came across this one. What I thought of when I saw it was how sweet it was in the 50’s and...
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Art in Construction Part 1
I am increasingly working with architectural photography. Most of the work I’ve done has been homes that were either recently built or remodeled. I enjoy this type of photography because it’s...
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Black Friday and Cyber Weekend Buys
Some of my Favorite Photo Companies for Black Friday and CyberWeekend Buys Amazon There are always so many great deals at amazon. Cameras under $100Cameras under $250 Cameras Under $500 Cameras Under...
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Before and After
I got some very nice comments about the black & white architectural photos I posted recently of the steel construction at a friend’s house in Carmel. My goal in those images was to give the viewer...
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Alone in the Forest
A wild mushroom sits alone in an Oak forest After the recent heavy rains, the ground in Carmel Valley has been well saturated. This, plus the cool temperatures has given rise to wild mushrooms or...
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2015 New Year’s Sushi
I am very happy to report that we had another wonderful Japanese New Year’s celebration. Every year, the family spends several days before January 1st preparing delicious traditional Japanese food for...
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Ikura-Salmon Egg Sushi with Raw Quail Egg Yolk
“Like fire opals lit from within, freshly cured salmon eggs are ready to be served as ikura sushi…” ref: CutterLight
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2015 Japanese New Year’s Table
(To see the most detail in this image, click on it to enlarge it!) Cast your hungry eyes upon this wonderful New Year’s feast. It’s the result of amazing family members and friends who spent several...
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