Showing posts with label mountain smog. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mountain smog. Show all posts

Sunday, May 10, 2009

My Mother's Day to Me and Thee

In honor of Mother's Day I'm posting a few last photos from last week's explore to this Blog. They represent two of the three of my favorite subjects: trees and horses.

I love trees. There is almost no vegetation let alone trees in the fenced spaced called 'my the back-yard'. So I relentlessly photograph images of trees. Sometimes the absence of trees at the rental house makes my heart ache. My computers slide shows are heavily loaded with photos all three of my "favorites": my delightful grown children, trees, and horses.
As for horses - I don't own or lease one. But I would be thrilled with either option. Wonderful animals. Instant stress relief just to groom one.

To slightly parapharse: "there is no poem as lovely as a..."
I'm off to exercise and then explore the Lost Hills. Read about the area in a book entitled "Black Gold", written in the 1940's the author described the earliest of California's oil prospectors. McKittrick was one of the towns mentioned. Will take a look and post photos during the week. It is going to be in the 90s here today so all this needs to be done before the sun is too strong or all you will see is the smog - in fact that may already be a problem as we've had several hot days. Then there is the problem with parts of Santa Barbara (on the coast) burning - don't know how much smoke has blown over the mountians. It all makes for a thick soup in terms of air quality. Then there will be a Mother's Day brunch at work for the Residents. New photos during the week...

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

6000 feet




The view changes from where one stands on the road and the time of day. As the day progresses the smog climbs the mountains with you.


Sunday, April 5, 2009

Day trip to Sequoia National Park

Entering the Sequoia Park on a Sunday. The haze is smog not fog. That mountain is 12,000+ feet at the summit ~ an indicator of the invasive nature of snog created in the Central Valley. The Valley is at and below sea level. The smog rises as the temperature of the Valley rises and the winds blow pollutions down from Sacramento and Fresno. Still the majesty of the Park is breath taking and inspiring.