Scary

Girl, Scary Figure (Quebec City) - Canada  2016

Scary figure, but the little girl didn't seem to be that scared . . . taken during a recent October trip.

Happy Halloween!

Mount Tamalpais

Mt. Tamalpais - Marin County  2026

Continuing the Mount Tamalpais theme. Taken last August from the Sky Oaks entrance going to Lake Lagunitas. 

Humboldt County Sightems

Hunkys (Arcata) - Humboldt County  1997

Nilsen (Ferndale) - Humboldt County  1997

Odd. Far northern California photos on the same roll of film as Nevada and Truckee photos. In the olden times you had to watch how many rolls of film you were using . . . film was expensive!

Truckee Sightems (1997)

Andy's Diner - Truckee  1997

Wood Cabins - Truckee  1997

OK, so the very bottom of the diner photo had to be added-in using the Photoshop "fill" algorithm. 

Not sure about the location of the bottom photo. Could certainly be Truckee, though . . . near the train station.

Southern Pacific - Truckee (1997)

Southern Pacific Diesels - Truckee  1997

Southern Pacific Tracks - Truckee  1997

By 1996, years of financial problems had dropped Southern Pacific's mileage to 13,715 miles (22,072 km). The financial problems caused the Southern Pacific Transportation Company to be taken over by the Union Pacific Corporation.

But as we can see, there were still Southern Pacific locomotives rolling on the tracks in 1997.

Virginia City (1997)

Fire Truck (Virginia City) - Nevada  2026

Palm Sunday (Virginia City) - Nevada  1997

Virginia City is over 6000' elevation. Palm Sunday in 1997 was March 3, so there's a definite date for the bottom photo.

Reno (1997)

Reno - Nevada  1997

Hotel (Reno) - Nevada  1997

Scenes from a mini vacation we took in 1997 . . . stayed overnight in Reno and took a day trip to Virginia City.

Monday Sheep Blogging (1997)

Sheep - Humboldt County  1997

So maybe this was taken in Nevada. Photo is on the same roll of film as scenes from Reno and Virginia City in Nevada. But also locations in Truckee in California. And a few pix taken in Humboldt County!

Going to have to go with Humboldt County, I think. Photo has a northern California look to it.

Redwoods, Clouds

Redwoods, Clouds - Marin County  2026

Redwoods, Clouds - Marin County  2026

Both photos taken from the same location (front of our house looking south). Top one taken with an iPhone 16, bottom one with a Nikon Z7II.

Mike's Birthday!

Godzilla, Mike (Tokyo) - Japan  2017

Wow!

Nolan's Birthday!

Nolan, Mike - San Francisco  2016

Wow!

Trees, Clouds (Black and White)

Trees, Clouds - Marin County  2026

Trees, Clouds - Marin County  2026

Top photo taken with an iPhone 13 Pro Max, the bottom one with a Sony RX100.

Monday Goat Blogging

Goats (Fairfax) - Marin County  2026

They were back at the beginning of last June . . . busy, hard at work.

Weston Light Meter

Mike, Weston Meter - Sierra Nevada  1978

Once I enlarged yesterday's image I couldn't help but notice the Weston light meter hanging around my neck. I've previously written a post on the meter, back in the early days of blogging when I tended to write more than a few sentences per post.

Yes, I still have the meter! Below, some recent photos taken with an iPhone.

Weston Meter (open) - Marin County  2026

Weston Meter (closed, with Zone System note attached) - Marin County  2026

Backpackers (1978)

Joe Grant, Joe Mundy, Mike Mundy - Sierra Nevada  1978

The same intrepid outdoorsmen that have been seen before, on the summit of Mt. Whitney.

This is my first time viewing this photograph! I happened to be looking at some 1978 contact sheets recently when I noticed that there were some snow scenes taken at the beginning of that year. For some reason I had developed the negatives and made a contact sheet but never printed any of the photos that had been taken. Too busy elsewhere, I guess.

Monday Marmot Blogging (1985)

Marmot - Yosemite  1985

Looking for some food that the backpackers had foolishly left out. Alas, the backpackers had actually not left any food out.

(High altitude Yosemite backpack trip.)

Winter Backpack (1978)

Trees, Mountain, Snow - Sierra Nevada  1978

Scene from a winter backpacking trip taken in January-February, 1978. I don't think I've ever printed or scanned any of the trip photos before . . . I was going through some old contact sheets, saw that there were some winter photos, and decided to power up the Epson scanner.

Recycle Center

Recycle Center - San Rafael  2026

Taken during one of my regular trips to drop off cardboard boxes for recycling.

Granite, Leaves (1996)

Granite, Leaves - Yosemite 1996

Another photo taken with a 4x5 view camera. Had to use a tripod, of course.

I'd guess that this location was somewhere in the eastern side of Yosemite Valley, on the trail to Mirror Lake, where it's shady for most of the morning.

Dogwood Blossoms, Merced River (1996)

Dogwood Blossoms, Merced River - Yosemite  1996

I wanted to find a spot where I could have the river in the foreground with some dogwood blossoms in the dark forest beyond. Took some driving and parking at various pullouts before I found this scene.

 I used a largeish Toyo Field 4x5 camera with a Nikon lens. This image is from a recent scan . . . a vertical crop from a 4x5 horizontal negative.