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Picture a Day #244 – Evening Sky

The sky has been incredible for the last twenty-four hours. A storm blew across the valley and settled in the foothills and mountains briefly, leaving little rain, but fantastic clouds. The sunset last night just kept getting better.  I was … Continue reading

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Picture a Day #220 – The View From Here

The view from our new place looks to the west. We are on a hill, so it is the perfect place for a sky watcher such as myself. The clouds were building over the Sacramento Valley this morning, and it … Continue reading

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Picture a Day #218 – Incoming Fog

I love to watch the fog roll over the coastal mountains into our valley at the end of a warm day. I also love to watch it roll out again!

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Picture a Day #117 – A Perfect Day for Weeding

We were supposed to get showers on Tuesday. Finally, yesterday afternoon, it started misting. Then last night it turned into more of a steady light rain. This morning was one of those on-again off-again events when it’s sunny and then it’s … Continue reading

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Picture a Day #108 – A Media Sampler (update)

Yesterday I was enjoying a fellow blogger’s post, and became inspired. Susan Geckle is creating 6×6 inch works of art to send to Rochester Contemporary Art Center’s 6x6x2012. It sounds like a fun way to get myself motivated. But what to … Continue reading

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Picture a Day #104 – Happy Friday!

Today is Friday the Thirteenth. I don’t have a huge problem with the number thirteen, but I keep a close eye on it. Because you just never know. We went on a brief excursion today, and I have to say … Continue reading

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Picture a Day #87 – Rainy Day Lunch: A Snappy Sandwich

Rainy Day Lunch conjures up images in my mind of elementary school: A classroom full of noisy, sweaty kids, dripping umbrellas, etc. Today we are having March winds and April showers simultaneously. I anticipate a short spring. I suspect that the summer … Continue reading

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Picture a Day #70 – More Corners in the Sky

After playing around with those apples yesterday, I needed to do something more. I took another look at my Corners of the Sky, and decided what it needed was some collage. I now believe that collage is the answer to almost any problem! … Continue reading

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Picture a Day #67 – Corners of the Sky

I took another look at my collage that needs shadows this morning, and while I was thinking about that, I prepared these photos of one of my other recent experiments. Here I have taken a corner study and given it … Continue reading

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Picture a Day #6

This almost looks like the aurora borealis-in orange! But it is actually raining clouds at sunset. I took this from in front of my house, looking east. It was taken at the same time as the photo in a previous post https://jmnaszady.wordpress.com/2011/04/11/changes/. Precipitation … Continue reading

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