Tag Archives: In the Wild
Hanging out at the park
I live three blocks from one of the awesomest parks ever–it has a duck pond and a library and everything. I totally love it–it’s what made me want to move to my neighborhood in the first place. So I was there last week hanging out and taking pictures, and stumbled upon this guy, who ever-so-nicely [...]
The peace of wild things
When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds. I come into the [...]
Ladybug!
The other day after I finished taking pictures of the CDF CalFire planes, I went to get back into my truck and was distracted by movement and color in the dirt. Now, I tend to get distracted fairly easily (and those of you who know me are going, “Gee, ya THINK?”) so within a minute [...]
Turkeys!
On my way home from work on Friday, I saw a large flock of turkeys. I just happened to have my camera with me (although not the telephoto lens, darn it) so I stopped to take some pictures, of course. . .
One of the reasons I love Sacramento
One of the reasons I love Sacramento is the relative proximity of everything. We’re about an hour and a half from Tahoe/snow/skiing, an hour an a half (ok, or longer depending on traffic) from San Francisco and the coast, we’re a decently large city but can easily get to the Bay Area if we want [...]
Yolo Wildlife Area
Yolo Wildlife Area, originally uploaded by Kari_Marie. Went out this morning and took pictures of the sunrise and the birds at the Yolo Wildlife Area about 10 miles from my house. I’m nowhere near being done going through everything, but when they come off my camera looking like this, I know it’s going to be [...]