January 4, 2012
Acorn Woodpecker
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October 16, 2010
October Potter Valley Trip
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arianna (15), bella (4), boating (2), dad (7), drumming (3), harvest (3), jason (8), micah (11), pond (3), potter-valley (63), simon (3), ukiah (3)
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August 10, 2007
Newborn Calf and Ray
On a scorching August day at my parent's house in Potter Valley, a calf got through the pasture fence and rested in the shade of a great oak by the irrigation ditch. Ray helped it get back to it's mother.
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cow (1), potter-valley (63), raymond (6), summer (1)
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June 3, 2005
Colored Truck II
I tried again with the full-moon night shots, same location, same flashlights, but using the newly discovered "bulb" setting on my camera. Exposure time: 637/10 sec
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car (11), light-painting (8), night (29), potter-valley (63), truck (4)
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Plum Tree
I tried again with the full-moon night shots, same location, same flashlights, but using the newly discovered "bulb" setting on my camera. Exposure time: 176 sec
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light-painting (8), night (29), potter-valley (63), trees (22)
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May 20, 2005
Property Line
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bee (3), creatures (30), fence (1), flowers (30), insect (19), potter-valley (63)
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April 27, 2005
Colored Agave
Colored with flashlights. My sister Erica acted as lighting assistant for me late Tuesday night in the cold.
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agave (2), light-painting (8), night (29), plants (13), potter-valley (63)
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Colored Truck
Colored with flashlights. My sister Erica acted as lighting assistant for me late Tuesday night in the cold.
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car (11), light-painting (8), night (29), potter-valley (63), truck (4)
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Colored Tree
Colored with flashlights. My sister Erica acted as lighting assistant for me late Tuesday night in the cold.
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light-painting (8), night (29), potter-valley (63), trees (22)
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February 13, 2005
Reflection of the Past
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dead (26), potter-valley (63), reflection (1), shop-window (4)
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February 10, 2005
Spiral
Photo Friday challenge: rural
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dead (26), photofriday (16), plants (13), potter-valley (63), spiral (7)
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February 2, 2005
Green Valley
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colors (8), greenhouse (5), hills (4), light (5), potter-valley (63), sunset (18)
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January 27, 2005
Little Greenhouse
Photofriday challenge: youth
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clarista (7), family (33), greenhouse (5), micah (11), photofriday (16), potter-valley (63)
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January 23, 2005
Conversation Corral
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donovan (19), family (33), farm (11), hamilton (4), potter-valley (63)
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January 15, 2005
Easel
Behind my parent's house, a big easel sits on the patio overlooking the fields. There is no canvas and no paint, just an open wooden structure that I look through to the landscape. It frames the ever-changing painting of the valley and misty blue hills. Move slightly and the painting will be of an old greenhouse, grazing cows and calves, or a neighbor's barn. Move again and it will paint you a beautifully twisted oak or rows of fall-orange grape vines. A white-tailed kite may hover over the field looking for prey and then be painted over with a blue heron flying slowly by. At night the valley fills up with fog, washing fuzzy grey hues over the greens and browns. At night, the sky is painted solid black but with billions of meticulously placed dots of silver, clusters of them so close they look like a milky blur.
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art (18), farm (11), potter-valley (63)
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January 14, 2005
Vines
Vineyards are known to use a lot of chemicals, so when my parents moved right next door to one, I was a little worried. Fortunately, they recently met their viticulture neighbors and learned it's organic.
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potter-valley (63), vines (5), winery (2)
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December 12, 2004
Corral Rope
There's been a lot of debate over what this rope is doing hanging from the big old oak tree over the livestock corral. Some people say it's from a swing. I think it must have served some farming purpose, like for slaughtering animals.
Theme Thursday theme: container.
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farm (11), potter-valley (63), theme-thursday (5)
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December 9, 2004
Abandoned Greenhouse
PhotoFriday challenge: Abandoned
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abstract (8), farm (11), greenhouse (5), photofriday (16), potter-valley (63)
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Web
Theme Thurdsay theme: light.
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light (5), potter-valley (63), theme-thursday (5), web (1)
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Lizard Patio
One of the things I like about California is all the lizards basking and scurrying around.
This one had the longest tail I've ever seen on a lizard of it's size. The length doesn't come across in the angle of the photo, so you'll just have to take my word for it.
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creatures (30), lizards (4), potter-valley (63)
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December 8, 2004
Jack and Gypsy
Gypsy enjoys a sunny day by rolling in the grass and leaves on the edge of the steep hill over my parent's greenhouse. I had to grab her to keep her from tumbling down the hill.
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cat (6), greenhouse (5), gypsy (2), pet (2), potter-valley (63)
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December 7, 2004
Watching Me Get The Mail
I walked down the long driveway at my parent's house to get their mail and caught this cat in the field watching me hoping I wouldn't notice it.
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December 4, 2004
The Great Egret
Ever since I first moved from out from my parents I see egrets each time I move. I saw so many along the freeway on that first move to San Francisco that they are ingrained in my mind as a symbol of transition. I saw this one along the road in Potter Valley as I moved my stuff to my parent's house for my temporary home.
The Great Egret, the white form of the Great Blue Heron, is the symbol of the National Audubon Society.
Theme Thursday theme: animal
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birds (21), egret (1), potter-valley (63), theme-thursday (5)
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December 3, 2004
Crosses The Road
I don't know if these are some type of chicken or peacock, but they can often be seen crossing the road here.
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birds (21), potter-valley (63), road (4)
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Big As A Horse
Every time I drive to or from my parents' house I see a different animal in the road.
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pig (1), potter-valley (63), road (4)
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November 30, 2004
October Eclipse Over Potter Valley
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eclipse (2), moon (4), night (29), potter-valley (63)
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Underworld
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ditch (1), donovan (19), drain (1), erica (5), potter-valley (63), tunnels (2)
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November 28, 2004
Cradle
In Potter Valley a baby oak sprouts up in the middle of where this truck's engine used to be. The paint is covered in lichen and the body has become a habitat for who knows how many small animals, bugs, and worms.
As meticulous as I am about recycling and sustainability, the other half of my brain says not to worry too much because nature can take care of herself. It's egotistical of humankind to think we have so much power over nature that it needs to be saved by us. (But, of course that doesn't mean we should recklessly trash the place and needlessly kill off thousands of entire species. We still have to live and eat here.)
This truck may take forever in human years to turn back into earth, but in Earth's timeline, it's just a small moment.
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car (11), dead (26), earth (1), potter-valley (63), sustainable (4), trash (8), trees (22), truck (4)
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