Weekly Update: Dec 13, 2017

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Every morning for the past week, this has been my view stepping outside my trailer. Man, sunrise on Monterey Bay just does NOT get old. And this is the beach I walked on almost every day. Again, never gets old. My campsite was on the bluff overlooking the beach, and this view is looking straight out from my picnic table. I did some playing around with HDR photography this week for a photo challenge, and liked how it played up the tones of the fragmites (those frond things) and deepened the overcast skies (thanks, Thomas Fire, for all that haze……

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Sunday Serenity: Anticipation

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This week, I’m perched on the edge of the water and the edge of the continent, and I’m up early every day in anticipation of the sunrise. The dark sky lightens slowly, barely changing from minute to minute until the first golden light spreads across the horizon. The sky continues its golden turn and now the water picks up the light and changes colors. And then there it is, the sun peeping over the faraway hills. The anticipation is over, the day has begun. Be happy in anticipation of what’s coming. Abraham Hicks

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Weekly Update: Dec 6, 2017

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Wait, where the heck did 2017 go? It’s already December? I know where the last three months went, it’s right here on the map: coast to coast, from September 5 to December 5, racking up 5200 miles. Not the most direct route, but a fun one with lots of family and friends along the way. Now that I’ve made it through that meandering line across the US, I’m going to enjoy California for a month. I’m back in Santa Cruz for a week or so, enjoying my west coast home and catching up with friends and enjoying the beach. Let’s…

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Lighting Up the Trees

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Golden hour is that magical time before the sun sets, where the light low across the horizon emphasizes the golden tones of anything it touches. As the sun was slowly disappearing over the hill at last night’s stop, I had enough time to take some shots. These two, and the one at the top, are the ones I liked the best. These two trees stood alone in an otherwise bare field, but with the right angle and the golden light, it’s clear they own that field. I love old trees, they are survivors. I walked almost all the way around…

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Sunday Serenity: Desert Air

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The desert day starts with sunrise, cactus a shadow that turns real as the sun slowly creeps over the mountain range to the east of my campsite. It is a harsh place, the desert. Cactus rise, and cactus fall. But tiny miracles of green give hope. Life, indeed, finds its way here. As with any place, there is beauty if searched for, contentment when found. If you sing of beauty though alone in the heart of the desert, you will have an audience. Kahlil Gibran

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