While in Yosemite on that turn around trip in November, I was trying to come up with some different ideas for a holiday card cover. The image I used (shown in the previous blog post) wasn’t planned. The one I planned for was of Half Dome from Ahwahnee Meadow with snow in the meadow. Well, […]

Every year I create a holiday card with one of my favorite landscape photos taken that year. Last year, while on vacation in Yosemite and the Eastern Sierra, I didn’t take an image I felt really worked for a card. I really wanted an image with snow in it and in October there was no […]

In autumn, unless there has been a rain storm, the south fork of the Merced River has basically slowed to a trickle.  It’s actually quite tranquil to sit along the pile of rocks and listen to the small amount of water making its way down stream.  I usually take one last look at the river […]

When in Yosemite, if you hike around the Wawona Meadow, there are a few interpretive plaques you can read along the trail. Below are two images of one of the plaques. It’s probably my favorite plaque out of all the plaques in the park. Read the last few lines regarding Galen Clark, which is the […]

One meadow trail I like to walk during the autumn season is the Wawona Meadow trail. This last autumn was no exception. I decided to walk the trail in the late afternoon, right before dinner. I thought since the Wawona Hotel was closed for the year for restoration there would be nobody walking the trail…well, […]