Valley View

I never tire of our ever changing view of the Little Lake Valley from our mountain perch. This morning when I woke up the valley was covered in a thin layer of fog. There wasn't a cloud in the sky and it was all very serene. I took several images of the whole overal scene and then moved in for some more intimate compositions. It made for a beautiful start to today.

God's precious love and blessings to all,

chris

Road Trip Through the San Joaquin Valley

Once in awhile you need a good road trip to open your eyes up to the rest of the world. Even if it is a trip on I5 which travels down the Central Valley almost straight as an arrow for hundreds of miles. Not much to see which is interesting in itself. The landscape is punctuated by cell towers, agricultural fields and equipment. Also too is the never ending procession of trucks hauling all manner of items for this vast consumeristic country of ours. Smell wise you pass by a few feed lots and dairies that will really open up your mind and make you immediately close the car windows if you just happened to have them open.It was very challenging to photgraph from the car traveling at 70 mph. The scenery just zips by so you have very little time to think and compose an image. A long but interesting road trip.

God's love and safe travels to all,

chris

Oh No! Not the Dog Again.

Today we picked up the dogs from the kennel. They went completely nuts when they saw us. Badger turned into a whirling barking dervish that couldn't decide what body part to move next. Lance being the labrador that he is just bounded out and pressed himself against me. We decided to take them to the dog park to run off some pent up energy. Here is a sequence of Badger just running for the sheer joy of it.

God's love and blessings to all,

chris

Soccer

We just got back yesterday from San Diego. We had a great time in the sun going boogie boarding every day at Ponto Beach. We went go cart racing indoors with electric go carts. I came in fourth out of twelve. I can't wait for a rematch next time we go down that way. I also photographed two of my nieces soccer games. They won one and tied one. It's been awhile since I have photographed soccer so it was quite challenging. By the second game I was getting the hang of it and capturing some pretty nice images.
God's love and blessings to all,

chris