Spider Webs, Pine Branches, Fog - Lake Lagunitas

Spider Webs, Lake, Fog - Lake Lagunitas  2025

Pine Branches, Fog - Lake Lagunitas  2025

Last December.

Lake Lagunitas - December Fog

Oaks, Fog - Lake Lagunitas  2025

Branches, Lake, Fog - Lake Lagunitas  2025

Always nice to be there when it's super foggy!

Madrone Leaves, Branch

Madrone Leaves, Rain - Lake Lagunitas  2025

Madrone Branch - Lake Lagunitas  2025

Bottom photo taken using the iPhone's wide-angle option.

Monday Hooded Merganser Blogging

Hooded Mergansers - Lake Lagunitas  2025

"The bird is striking in appearance; both sexes have crests that they can raise or lower, and the breeding plumage of the male is handsomely patterned and coloured."

Mt. Diablo

Mt. Diablo, Sunrise (from Sky Oaks) - Marin County  2026

In 2013 I was able to take a photo of Mt. Diablo from an airplane. Wow!

San Francisco Sightems - 2004

Reliable Laundromat - San Francisco  2004

Parking Structure - San Francisco  2004

Early digital photos taken with a 4 megapixel Olympus camera. Newly converted to black and white.

December Fog - Lake Lagunitas

Trees, Lake, Fog - Lake Lagunitas  2025

Redwoods, Ferns, Fog - Lake Lagunitas  2025

I always welcome fog-enshrouded days. Very atmospheric!

BTW, if one does an internet search on "enshrouded" all you get is computer game references.

Steps (December)

Stairs, Fog - Lake Lagunitas  2025

Stairs, Oak Leaves - Lake Lagunitas  2025

These stone steps are at the beginning - or end - of the hike around Lake Lagunitas (depending on the direction you take). They remind me a little of those granite steps you frequently find on Sierra Nevada trails, but those are usually quite a bit longer.

Oaks (December)

Oak, Fog - Lake Lagunitas  2025

Oak Leaves, Branches - Lake Lagunitas  2025

Taken last December using an Olympus E-M1II camera.

Oak Leaves (November)

Oak Leaves, Lake - Lake Lagunitas  2025

Oak Leaves, Rain - Lake Lagunitas  2025

Photos taken during my weekly hikes around the lake.

Monday Deer Blogging

Deer - Lake Lagunitas  2025

Deer - Lake Lagunitas  2025

November photos, taken with an Olympus E-M1II.

October - Lake Lagunitas

Leaves, Branches, Fog - Lake Lagunitas  2025

Reeds, Reflections - Lake Lagunitas  2025

October 12th, to be exact. Olympus E-M1II photos.

Mt Tamalpais, Home Depot Parking Lot

Mount Tamalpais, Home Depot Parking Lot - Marin County  2025

December 29th, 2025. iPhone photo. I think we were there to return something. Too far in the past to remember.

November Ferns

Ferns - Lake Lagunitas  2025

Ferns - Lake Lagunitas  2025

"Bracken . . . Genus of large, coarse ferns." From the iPhone identification.

November Oaks

Oak, Fog (Lake Lagunitas) - Marin County  2025

Oaks, Fog (Lake Lagunitas) - Marin County  2025

Taken near the Sky Oaks entry station going to Lake Lagunitas. 

November Rain - 2

Rain, Leaves - Marin County  2025

Steps, Leaves - Marin County  2025

Might have been taken in two different places. Top one definitely in the schoolgrounds up the street.

November Rain - 1

Pine Needles, Puddle (Fairfax) - Marin County  2025

Puddle, Olive Tree Trunks (Fairfax) - Marin County  2025

We had a goodly amount of rain in the October-December 2025 quarter. Yay! Reservoirs are now full!

They added some extra asphalt to diminish the puddle in the bottom photo. Haven't seen yet if it worked.

Monday Salmon Blogging

Coho Salmon, Lagunitas Creek - Marin County  2025

Black and white salmon are Coho salmon. (Didn't know that!) The fish enter the creek in Tomales Bay, then swim upstream to spawn.

We visited the salmon viewing area last November with Hanna and Nolan. Lagunitas Creek was quite picturesque that day!

Lagunitas Creek - Marin County  2025

Winter Branches

Winter Branches (Fairfax) - Marin County  2025

Interesting branches up the street. They've been featured on the blog before.

[Update: iPhone confirms that the plants are willows, as we suspected. Recent photo below.]

Willows (Fairfax) - Marin County  2026

F150 / Mustang (Fairfax)

F150 (Fairfax) - Marin County  2025

Mustang (Fairfax) - Marin County  2025

Nice lookin' vehicles! Seen during our walks.

Oak and Maple Trees

Oak Tree, Sunrise - Marin County  2025

California Maple - Marin County  2025

Two iPhone photos. I'll sometimes use the iPhone even when I'm carrying a "real" camera in order to let the phone's software manage the dynamic range of the scene.

Trees, Fog

Oak, Fog - Marin County  2025

Branches, Leaves, Fog - Marin County  2025

Early morning photos taken with a Sony RX100, top in December, bottom one in November.

Moon, Clouds

Moon, Clouds - Marin County  2025

An iPhone photo from last October.

Ferns / Buckeye

Ferns (Fairfax) - Marin County  2025

Buckeye (Fairfax) - Marin County  2025

Ferns growing next to the creek in back as seen from the footbridge. They've been pretty beaten down by the recent wind and rain storms. Buckeye seen on one of our morning walks.

Monday Egret Blogging

Egret, American River - Sacramento Valley  2025

It was raining as we approached the American River to find this egret looking annoyed. 

Oak Branches / Madrone Berries

Oak Branches - Marin County  2025

Madrone Berries - Marin County  2025

Top photo taken with a Sony RX100, bottom one with an Olympus E-M1II.

Sacramento Sightems - 2

Hotel View - Sacramento  2025

State Capitol Building - Sacramento  2025

The capitol complex was a short walk from our hotel. We were a little too early to see the capitol Christmas tree lit up. They were setting it up though.

Setting Up Xmas Tree - Sacramento  2025