The last grip of Winter in the high peaks hangs on to remind us of the passages we have witnessed these last months. Then comes the full throttle colors of Spring, the recurring snow melt, the br...
http://moss-images.blogspot.com/2019/05/passages-and-renewal-of-spring.html
The reports say "High Surf Advisory". Everyone is giddy with anticipation. The increasing Pacific swell energy pulls me to catch the strength and power of Aleutian storms. The ocean's equivalent ...
http://moss-images.blogspot.com/2018/12/the-reports-say-high-surf-advisory.html
California, specifically the Central Coast of California, finally received some long awaited Pacific storms November 28th and 29th. Waiting and watching at the shore is always a great time. Hop...
http://moss-images.blogspot.com/2018/11/rain-finally-rain.html
“He found himself wondering at times, especially in the autumn, about the wild lands, and strange visions of mountains that he had never seen came into his dreams.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, ...
http://moss-images.blogspot.com/2018/10/the-visual-beauty-of-autumn-in-mountains.html
August, hazy flat light, heat, road time. Across the San Joaquin, Lost Hills, Bakersfield, Tehachapi, Highway 395. Trying to escape the last of the summer travelers and get into the mountains aga...
http://moss-images.blogspot.com/2018/09/the-dog-days-are-over.html
June in the high Sierra sees the start of the summer rush to get into the high country of Eastern California. Somehow, this year the crowds were late, maybe because of cooler weather, maybe grad...
Old California still exists just a short distance from home. A couple of hours and worlds apart, the legacy of three centuries past is still evident in the quiet valleys speckled with mature oaks...
Whoever said that change is the only constant had this year in mind. I'm not one to reminisce through my past 12 months, but the previous dozen have set the standard for "New Year". Luckily for ...
http://moss-images.blogspot.com/2018/01/fiscal-memories.html
Early mornings and late afternoons along the Northern coast of San Luis Obispo, calm and clear and perfect. The evening king tides of the past couple of days have added some drama to our "regular...
http://moss-images.blogspot.com/2017/12/pacific-days-and-king-tides.html
I find myself more drawn to the backroads, those two lane areas still slightly hidden from current affairs. Although I have visited many of these places through the years I still enjoy the wide o...
My obsession with the perfect vehicle created an opportunity to fly to Durango and B-line it home in two days. Between Farmington NM and Flagstaff AZ a state highway bisects what was once the gre...
http://moss-images.blogspot.com/2017/06/racing-through-southwest.html
California's Eastern Sierra is celebrating a record snowfall and the Winter rains. Camping along the lower slopes, the abundance of flowers, of water, and of gorgeous light, provide a Spring lik...
http://moss-images.blogspot.com/2017/04/four-days-in-lower-slopes-of-eastern.html
I cannot say that I have ever seen a Spring as strong and important as this. Winter was full of rain and storms and passages. On February 21st my father passed peacefully at home, and the clouds ...
http://moss-images.blogspot.com/2017/03/winter-rain-turns-spring-green.html
Recent weeks can only be described in terms of rough seas and stormy days. Continuous rain and winds from the North and South have mixed the color of the waters into a muddy chocolate coffee brew...
http://moss-images.blogspot.com/2017/01/rough-seas-and-stormy-days.html
After three years of a prolonged drought California's Central Coast is experiencing a rainy Winter. Here are some images from the first week of January. All images can be opened for a larger vi...
http://moss-images.blogspot.com/2017/01/rain-finally-rain-central-coast-gets.html
Early morning exercise along the Venice boardwalk in West Los Angeles, a place for the introverts and extroverts to share the fresh air and get some me time. 10.5 million people now live in Los ...
After returning from a three week tour of the mountains, valleys, watersheds, and parts of the coast in Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia I was trying to find a common thread to a part of ...
http://moss-images.blogspot.com/2016/09/the-other-pacific-northwest.html
Dawn patrol on a Summer morning along the Central Coast. The fog structurally defines early hours, quiets the beaches, softens the daybreak. When it lifts colors and light shine more vibrant than...
http://moss-images.blogspot.com/2016/07/dawn-patrol-july-central-coast.html
The first days of May in the Eastern Sierra were blanketed by light snows and gorgeous clouds. Four days hiking, skiing, and camping in the Owens Valley below the Eastern Sierra escarpment. Spri...
http://moss-images.blogspot.com/2016/05/the-first-days-of-may-in-eastern-sierra.html
Mid Winter is one of my favorite times to explore the low angle sunlight that softly warms our coast. Empty early mornings with the glimmering yellows on the water, late afternoons with thundero...
http://moss-images.blogspot.com/2016/03/the-beauty-of-mid-winter-lighting.html
The past few days were dominated by a large Pacific Ocean swell that slammed the Central Coast. I was able to spend two mornings on the beaches from Cambria to Point Piedras Blancas. Whether it...
http://moss-images.blogspot.com/2015/12/december-swell-energizes-central-coast.html
Just a couple of miles from the Pacific lies a little hidden gem hike along the Southern Big Sur coast. After the first few storms of Fall, redwoods, coast live oaks, tanbark oaks, big leaf ma...
http://moss-images.blogspot.com/2015/12/hiking-southern-big-sur-coastline.html
Late September and a trip to the Eastern Sierra for the Fall colors and the overhyped super eclipse moon was a great reason to go. So where do you go for the ultimate eclipse? Mono Lake, South T...
http://moss-images.blogspot.com/2015/10/eastern-sierra-fall-colors-and-full.html
Almost a year to the day without feeding the road trip bug I managed a four day venture into the Eastern Sierra mountains to a few of our favorite haunts. Four unplanned months have passed witho...
http://moss-images.blogspot.com/2015/08/august-in-eastern-sierra.html
Hello friends, Many many thanks to all of you here in California, on Facebook, and beyond who have pitched in with over $13,000 to support our Nepali friends. Chandra Gurung visited his villa...
http://moss-images.blogspot.com/2015/05/chalise-village-before-and-after.html