farmer's market

8.22.06
11 a.m.
Farmer's Market 16th & Q, Sac
(Fremont Park)

meeting up with my plein air painting friends - stretching my seeing - at least some - of course I find myself drawn to the park's huge old trees -



City sounds: traffic, conversations, little dogs barking, an airplane overhead

Smells of the market: fresh baked breads, cooked chicken, pungent lime



light breeze, cool in the shade on the green grass - flies and yellow jackets occasionally buzz by -


{Post Script 9.12.06: Left negatives in water all this time - was that three weeks? - at any rate, too long and all three were destroyed, emulsion completely disintegrated. This is how I learn my limits.}

a little hike

Aug 5
morning from top of Lower Eagle Falls
A little hiking around


Looking down on Emerald Bay


looking up to the mountains


Just above Eagle Falls

Later -
Sugar Pine Point

Pine Lodge - AKA Ehrman Mansion


mansion amongst the sugar pines


looking out over the water


out on the dock - looking south to the point


behind the north boat house - from inlet a little farther north



We arrive at Baldwin Beach about 2:30 p.m. - just in time for thunder showers - we huddle on the beach to wait it out and are rewarded after half an hour or so with sun and slightly fewer people on the beach -





looking past the marsh to Baldwin Beach & Lake Tahoe beyond




Our castle in the sand

tallac at tahoe

Aug 4
afternoon
Tallac Historic Site, Tahoe


Baldwin House


View through Pope Estate


late afternoon, from Pope Beach

east shore drive

Aug 3, 06
4 p.m.

Zephyr Cove, Lake Tahoe
sunny, warm, a few clouds
a little breezy






We all get into the snowmelt for a swim, then dry ourselves in the warm sun


wind kicks up & the waves get higher - one soaking a few things too close to the water's edge


Deidre & Phillip in the surf


6:45
Logan Shoals Vista Point


We drive north past Cave Rock to a vista point...


Looking north on the east side of the lake




Looking south to Cave Rock - the remains of an ancient volcano -


- we get back in the car & head back towards South Shore - stop for a quick close up of Cave Rock at the boat launch - nearly everone has pulled back in off the growing choppy waters.