Dipper Ranch

A.M. - just enough fog to outlines the hills.  Goodbye spring.

Blue oaks ( Quercus douglasii ) have large gaps in their canopy through which you can see the stars. Growing only here, blue oaks are Cali...

On a full-moon night,  the moon rises at the same time the sun sets. Half our world is sky. At least when you are in the country and hav...

Total lunar eclipse, December 10, 2011.  The green ghosting is probably some type of light bouncing in the lens. Those little white dots a...

Wet, cold and dark induce dreamy illusions as a storm envelopes Long Ridge. Denning - a personal definition - reluctance to leave the la...

Sunset 11-05-10 One day too early for the walnut harvest party The clouds are back.  I say that every year, don't I?  After the su...

This small hawk was sitting on a fence post as I motored up the drive this morning. Birds often ignore the car, even if it is moving, howev...

I took some friends for a walk on the Dipper Ranch on the day after Christmas. As we headed back to the ranch house for a spaghetti dinner,...