I know this is a little late, but on February 2nd the groundhog saw his shadow, which means we have six more weeks of winter! I’m loving it because I love winter! Below is an image of snow on a log that I took in Yosemite in November 2020. This wasn’t the original composition. I […]

So many great features make up Yosemite National Park. One specific seems to draw a huge number of people to it: the meadow. One of my favorite meadows is Awhanee Meadow in Yosemite Valley. Below are two images I took while on my one day excursion last November. The fog in the early morning was […]

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, […]

Below are two images I took on my last trip to Yosemite. The first is of a granite hillside near Tenaya Lake in the high country. I converted the image to black and white which I think made the image better. The second image is of two mountain climbers on the hillside. While I don’t […]

While I won’t be going to any national parks on Christmas day, I still celebrate them! Below are a few images of national park ornaments I have on my Christmas tree. The ornaments are replicas of the entrance signs for each of the parks. I’m not sure if there is one for every national park, […]

I’ve been to the Tuolumne Grove and the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias in Yosemite, but for some unknown reason, the Merced Grove seemed to elude me. So, on this last trip to Yosemite, I decided to hike the Merced Grove…and I wasn’t disappointed. Below are some images that I took while on the hike. […]