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Whatever Weds. First Snow of the Season!

November 2, 2022November 2, 2022Posted in Carson Spur, Carson Valley, Nature, NevadaTagged Carson Spur, Clouds, djtriviasn, First Snow of the Season, Nikon D810, Olive Trees, Pink, Sagebrush, Snow, Sunrise, Whatever Wednesday46 Comments

It snowed in the valley and mountains yesterday evening then it rained, then it rained and snowed at the same time. That was weird. What’s that phenomenon called when it does that? Big, fat chucky snowflakes coming down while it was raining. I’d never seen anything like it before.

I woke up hoping the sunrise would be pretty and there would be snow on the valley floor, alas no snow on the valley floor and barely any on the lower PineNut Mountains, but the Carson Range and Eastern Sierras are gorgeous this morning.

It was 28 degrees F when I stepped outside to make this image, and there’s a better than 50% chance of more snow this morning. I am hoping we get a little more today but, not tonight. He-Man and I have been meeting friends off and on for over a month on Weds. nights to play trivia at a local grill/bar. We’re having a lot of fun playing. We came in 4th on our first night of playing and have made it to the leader board every time since but we’ve not yet made it to the top 3. We’re team “The Silver Foxes”.

I need to scoot and look for the clues to tonight’s questions. I hope your week is going well, and you all have a lovely Wednesday!

Nikon D810| Nikkor 24-120mm| PS CC 24.0.0

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Wordless Weds. A Crisp and Chilly Morning

October 26, 2022Posted in Carson Spur, Carson Valley, Nature, Wordless WednesdayTagged Alpine Glow, Carson Spur, Carson Valley, Cottonwood Trees, Dawn, Fall Morning, Fog, Frost, golf course pond, Houses, Reeds, Russian Olive Trees, Sagebrush, Ski Runs, Sunrise, Wordless Wednesday36 Comments

Fuji X-T3| Fujinon 16-80mm @80mm| PS CC 24.0.0

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Whatever Weds. The Blue Angels Came to Town!

October 5, 2022Posted in Aerial Views, Event Photography, Fairs Festivals Events, Fuji X-T3, PhotographyTagged Aerial Views, Air shows, Blue Angels, Fuji X-T3, High Flyers, Lunar, Moon, Smoke, United States Navy, USN65 Comments

On Thursday I heard them practicing and went to sit out back on my patio and watch them. I saw they were in camera range so grabbed my camera and made rather a lot of images. Here’s just one from my patio.

On Friday I went to a secret spot and photographed them practicing for the week-end show. Here’s one of my favorite shots. An upside down Lunar Flyby.

Flying in Moon image is #1 Capt. Brian C. Kesselring, USN, in #3 is Lt. Scott Goossens, USN, in #7 is LCDR Griffin Stangel, USN, and in #2 is LCDR Chris Kapuschansky, USN.

They’re so much fun to watch! I have oodles of images, because I went back to the secret spot on Saturday, and photographed some more. Hoping to pick up some shots I missed. So, you may be seeing images of from these 3 days for awhile.

Fuji X-T3| Fuji 100-400mm| PS CC 23.5.0

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Thurs. Doors-The Little Church of the Crossroads

September 29, 2022September 28, 2022Posted in Architecture, Churches and Cathedrals, Photography, Thursday DoorsTagged Churches, Fuji X-T3, Lamoille Canyon, Nevada, The Little Church of the Crossroads, Thursday Doors, Travel53 Comments

He-Man and I are beginning to explore a bit more of our new home state of Nevada this time we spent a couple of days in Elko County exploring Lamoille Canyon in the Ruby Mountains. While on the scenic highway I spied this beautiful little church and had to stop for a photo or two.

From the church’s website found here they say the congregation had its first church service in Lamoille in 1872, and in 1890 the Organization of the First Presbyterian Church of Lamoille was established.

In 1905 they layed the first cornerstone for the building.

Since then it has gone through some changes and even closed for a time because of a decline in population and non use. It came back though and has been restored and had a second addition added in 1983, and in 2005 the community celebrated its 100th anniversary!

This post is part of Thursday Doors a weekly challenge group. You can find many other door posts over on our host’s site found here.https://nofacilities.com/2022/09/29/big-e-2022/

Fuji X-T3| Fujinon 16-80mm| PS CC 23.5.0

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Wordless Weds. Looking Back

September 28, 2022Posted in Fuji X-T3, Hiking, Nature Photography, Travel and Tourism, Wordless WednesdayTagged Clouds, hiking, Lamoille Canyon, Lamoille Lake Trail, Looking back along the trail, Nature, Peaks, Ruby Mountains, Travel, Trees, Wordless Wednesday39 Comments

Fuji X-T3| Fujinon 16-80mm| PS CC 23.5.0

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Wordless Wednesday- Your Voice is my Favorite Song

September 7, 2022Posted in Bird Photography, birding, Wordless WednesdayTagged Birding, Birding Nevada, Birds in the Wild, Fuji X-T3, Nature, Photography, Wordless Wednesday42 Comments

Fuji X-T3| Fujinon 100-400mm| Photoshop CC 23.5

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Friday’s Feathered Friends-Northern Cardinal Male

August 12, 2022August 12, 2022Posted in Bird Photography, birding, Birds, Friday's Feathered Friends, Fuji X-T3Tagged Birding, Birds in the Wild, Fuji X-T3, Illinois USA, Northern Cardinal, Red, The Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center, Travel61 Comments

Hello! I’m back from taking a short blogging break. I have a few exciting things to share but, I haven’t been able to turn my mind to writing about them or processing my images yet. When I got home from my latest trip I came home to find #1 Grandson here for a summer visit!! He’s staying until next week then we’ll take him home. His school resumes in late August! It seems like summer is going by too fast. Already it’s dark here by 8:30 P.M.!

I’m so far behind processing and sharing images I fear I’ll never catch up, but let’s go back to my trip to Illinois which was in July this year. The day after my son’s wedding I went birding and He-Man came along for the walk, while we were at The Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center I ran into a birder and we got to chatting about birds we’d each seen so far that morning, and I asked him if he’d seen any Northern Cardinals in the area and he said he had just up the trail!! We were off on the hunt. It wasn’t long too long after that I saw a red streak fly by in the trees ahead. I raced forward, He-Man raced forward as now he too was excited and on the hunt!! I saw it dive into the bushes but, couldn’t see it then suddenly it flew up to a dead tree snag and perched!!!

I’ve been dreaming of seeing this bird for what seems my whole life…more so since I started birding more seriously in 2010. Can you see me doing my happy dance? 💃💃 I still am so excited to have finally see this beautiful bird! One day I hope to see the Female so that’s still on my list.

I saw one other “Lifer” here at this Nature Center that I’ll be sharing soon, and I’ll be telling you all about my trip to Wyoming where I met up with Janet from This, That, and the Other Thing!!

I hope this finds you all well, you have a wonderful week-end!

Fuji X-T3| Fujinon 100-400mm @ 400mm| PS CC 23.4.2

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