Free Range Kids

Reminds me of the movie, Stand By Me, only these guys are heading to the skate park.

Diner Tabletop in Morning Light

Yellow Skunk

Pomo Bluffs

A cool escape from the hot interior.

Geranium Explosion

Flower Power

Sprouting against all odds.

Mixed Greens

In the Frank R. Howard Foundation garden.

Onions at Their Peak

In the Frank R. Howard Foundation garden.

Pumpkins on Their Way

… growing in the Frank R. Howard Foundation garden.

Purple Cabbage

Near the site of the new hospital under construction, the Frank R. Howard Foundation oversees a beautiful garden, formed with the work and vision of volunteers and now partly staffed by the hospital itself. Most of the vegetables go to the hospital. Additional photos to come…

Whitesboro Grange

Formerly a school house, the grange provides a social gathering place on the Navarro Ridge near Albion.

Wild Pacific Rhododendron

Love In A Mist

Mourning Dove Coos to the Moon

Railroad Cat

Jerusalem Sage

As the sun approaches summer equinox, late in the day it reaches below the trees and around to the garden north of my house.

Snowballs and Roses

Colorful Characters

Bookshop Window Seat with Haiku

Mendocino Village Water Tower

In the 1960s, an artist who settled in the village established a coin-operated laundry on the ground level of this water tower building. I remember going there with my mom, and sitting in the sheltered garden behind it, admiring the mounds of nasturtiums.

Mendocino Headlands in Bloom

Dusting Off the Sidewalk in Mendocino

Old Piles at River's Edge

Veil of Blossoms in Mendocino Village

Country Road Farm Stand

Sheep Grazing in the Shade

Ranch Entrance Bridge