After The Rains Came

On this hike over to and back from RSA, we noticed a significant dusting of snow on Mount Hamilton. We've seen this before, but it's not the kind of thing that happens all the time. Only when the weather conditions are just right.

Along the route we take, we go past the old Hammond-Snyder house.

When we reached The Pond, we saw one of the local California newts, or orange-bellied newts. They're not very swift on land, but I still had a little trouble getting a face on view for the next image.

On our way back from The Pond, I had to stop and snap a shot of the bright green grass. It had an almost day-glow brightness to it.

I believe this is an Amanita mushroom. I'm just not sure which species.

A wide shot of the field from the north side. Typically, we take the path on the other side of those Oak trees

 

Love Those Tiny Droplets

 Alright. It's been a while since I posted some of my images online. So here are a few images I've recently captured to bring this Blog up to date. I'll continue to upload more images as time goes by.

Here are a few images I took on a morning after we had some rain. Before I got back home, the rain had returned. Chasing me back inside.

Then, a few days before the rains arrived, I took some images on a hike over to and back from Rancho San Antonio. Plus a selfie because I don't think I've put any images of myself online in a while.

That's it for now. At least until we have a break in the rain. Then I'll add some more.

Here are a few images to start off the year

 No particular order here. Just some images that I thought looked pretty good. You'll again notice my obsession with tiny water droplets, water flowing, and reflections on the surface of water.

This image and the next few are some long exposure images several seconds long.

Some Images from Dec of 2025

 Most of these images were taken on a very foggy morning. Janet and I hiked over to Rancho San Antonio.

These are some slightly past tense mushrooms.

This "Face" is just a randomly occurring thing that presented itself to me.

Now this is what happens when a Dandelion seed head gets dowsed with fog.