Through The Lens

Calistoga and Alexander Mountain

Mountains behind the town of Calistoga Grapes in the sunset on the Johnson ranch   The pickers on Alexander Mountain in one of the chardonnay […]

Night Golden Gate

Definitely had my heart beating thinking about the Zodiac story while I was getting these yesterday morning…

Big Trees And The Cabin

Carol and Greg had been talking about their Italian culinary experiences since returning from Europe, so they had us up to the cabin to demonstrate […]

Floating The American River

Who knew that you could float the American River from Folsom to Sacramento sitting in an innertube?!  I guess Andi and Jeffrey did, they took […]

Kirkwood Mountain Biking

Spent another couple of days up in the mountains this last weekend.  Weather was perfect, as usual for this time of year.  We spent Saturday […]

P-Town Birthday Shenanigans

These Irish car bombs weren’t sitting so well with me the next morning… Luke calculates how much he’s going to lie to Paul (left), and […]

Estero de Americano

Jim McGarry’s been raving about dinner’s on the beach at the mouth of the Estero since he moved to Petaluma all those years ago.  Jarrid […]

FJ40: Facelift

Progression of the rear from original rusted condition (top left) through grinding (top middle), preparation (top right and bottom left), priming (bottom middle) and the […]

G. Halls in California

The Golden Gate Bridge on my way to work (left) and the Bridge from the Presidio (middle and right) Halls on The Golden Gate Bridge […]

Arnold Tree-Felling and Fishing

Luke fishing on the Stanislaus River (left) and one of our catch (right)   Luke fishing on the Stanislaus River (left and right)   Getting […]

Adelaide, Minlaton and Sydney

We ventured Down Under for a couple of weeks for the first time in over two years for me and three years for my better […]

Wildflower

We all drove down to Lake San Antonio near King City on Friday to compete in the annual Wildflower Triathlon.  Mrs V. raised over $3,300 […]