Pomo Bluffs

A cool escape from the hot interior.

Wild Pacific Rhododendron

Mourning Dove Coos to the Moon

Mendocino Headlands in Bloom

Old Piles at River's Edge

… Out Like a Lamb

Rain-soaked Moss

Little Lake Valley Floodwaters

A more or less annual rainy season event, the winter backwaters of Outlet Creek create the lake in Little Lake Valley.

Turkey Giving Thanks

Strawberry Tree Positive Identification

More Astral Projections

The last image shows the solar eclipse projected through fir needles, like thousands of pinhole cameras.

Astral Projections

First, for comparison, what the shadows from the oak boughs look like against my shed wall just before the eclipse began. Then, as the moon obscured the sun's rays, the tiny gaps between the leaves functioned more vividly as thousands of pinhole lenses, safely showing the progress of the event, and casting images of countless crescent suns.

Mergansers at the Reservoir

Accompanied by a chorus of frogs...

Spotless Ladybug, Spotted Clover

Highway 20 Ridge Crest Views

Turnouts at the top of the first grade going west from Willits allow for some lovely views when the weather is clear. People tend to gather here for astronomical events, away from the lights nearer to town.

Lichen and Light on the Rocks

Breezy Pastures

A cold, breezy day out in Little Lake Valley set the Old Man's Beard lichen swaying. Then, I spied a sun-bathing black bull in a meadow, with only barbed wire and brambles to separate us.

Late Winter Rain and Windfall

Outlet Creek at Covelo Road

After flowing north from Little Lake Valley, Outlet Creek turns eastward on its path to the branches of the Eel River.