sunset/

We have been having a very typical San Francisco July lately. This means that I have pulled out the space heater and my big wooly sweaters because it is freaking cold. June was fantastic. July has been brutal. Once a week, I drive down to the S. Bay to see my family and get some sun. This image I shot on my drive back up north. Even though I know that it means I'm heading back into the cold, I never tire of the way the fog looks tumbling over the mountains from the coast. It is always a breathtaking sight.

sunsets/

A California image even though I am in nyc at the moment. This one I shot last week on my NorCal coastal excursion.

Have a lovely weekend friends and happy Friday the 13th - such a good luck day!!!

sea ranch lodge/

One more from Sea Ranch Lodge. Sunsets have been sooo gorgeous in California for the past month. We need rain desperately at this point (it is bone dry!), but what a gorgeous winter it has been.

sea ranch/

I ran away from home last Friday night. I finally found a 24 hour stretch and I grabbed it and drove away!  Hwy 1 to Sea Ranch and a stay at the Sea Ranch Lodge was just what I needed. This shot was late afternoon just after I check in. Such a peaceful place. 24 hours was just not enough, though...

christmas gifts/

This year's holiday season has been a bit of a weird one for me. I usually get in the holiday spirit, but this year, I have felt like I am in a bubble. I definitely sense that the year is ending but the whole Christmas gift thing I have not participated in. You see, my family decided just to do charitable donations as gifts this year (except for my niece and nephew, who were FULL ON in the holiday spirit!!). I have to say, it was rather nice. I was grateful just to be with my family, and know a tree would be planted and a hive of bees given to someone needy. And then I started driving home. This was the sight as I got into my car. The crows were cawing to each other as I drove away and those cloud formations? It was just stunning. And as I continued on my way back to San Francisco, it just was getting prettier and prettier. There are perks to a "Spare the Air" day. Pink sunsets is one of them. Finally I couldn't take it anymore. I pulled off the freeway and drove along the reservoir for awhile. And just on that stretch of road I watched the sky turn a brilliant pink, the first star of the night, the tiny sliver that is the moon tonight (barely perceptible if you aren't looking for it), and a bunch of deer having their evening meal including a gorgeous buck. Seeing all these things in the space of an hour felt like the most stunning Christmas gift of all. How lucky am I?

sunset/long island

This is what I was rewarded with at the end of my shoot on  Long Island last Friday. Not bad at all...

ocean beach/san francisco

Last Saturday, after a day of rain where I worked in my studio all day (yes, I know...all work and no play....I know....) I was heading home and my eye was drawn to the west. There was light! It had been so long since I saw proper sunlight that I just turned my car and starting driving towards it. This is what I found at Ocean Beach that day. Gorgeous post-storm beauty.

Have a lovely weekend, everyone!

sunset at fort miley/

It seems to strange to start the week with a sunset but yesterday's sunset at Fort Miley was truly spectacular. I had to share this...

the american south/uncle pat's

Sunset at Uncle Pat's childhood home in the wilds of Sharon, GA.

sunset

What is going on in the sky out in Davis? Look at this - completely otherworldly. I love it out there!