Below you'll find a list of all posts from February, 2011
Brittlebush wildflowers, Anza-Borrego State Park, California.
As you can see, we made it to the desert ok! This was captured at sunrise just a couple of hours ago in Borrego Palm Canyon.
I don’t think I have ever seen another person is this area before sunrise, especially mid-week, so I was surprised to come across another photographer. I was even more surprised when it turned out to be a friend and fellow Alaskan photographer Lynn Wegener! He was here with two other Alaskan photographers who I have met over the years- it really can be a small world!
I know a lot of people will be wondering about the wildflowers. I will give a report on Monday once I have had a chance to scout more areas, but as you can see here, there are plenty of wildflowers blooming in Borrego Palm Canyon and many areas including the hills above Borrego are fairly green. From what I have seen, I would say it should be at least a “good” year, and probably one more good rain from an great year.
Speaking of Anza-Borrgo, I thought I would mention that I only have one more spot for the second weekend of my Anza Borrego photo workshop. I do have a more room on the first weekend, and thanks to a warm winter down here, the timing should be perfect for both weekends.
Aurora Borealis over Trail Lake, Moose Pass, Alaska.
Since I captured this early this morning and will be traveling on Monday, I decided to do a rare weekend blog post.
With a lot of packing and shipping to do, I really didn’t need to be running around last night looking for Northern Lights – but I just couldn’t resist and headed out for a couple of hours a little after mid-night. You see it has been another slow winter for the Aurora Borealis, especially in Alaska for some reason – they have been getting some pretty good shows in Norway. So when I saw things were looking good on the computer, I had to go for it!
It takes a very good show to reach us down here in Seward and unfortunately this wasn’t one of them. By driving North, I was able to watch them on the Northern horizon, but didn’t have the time to go any further – I probably would have needed to go past Anchorage and Wasilla. So I made the best of it as I watched them on the shores of Trail Lake and listened to the ice cracking on the lake – actually the ice was really loud – that made it kind of eerie on such a dark, moonless night!
Ok, back to packing!
For those who are interested, you might enjoy reading about how to find the northern lights, or how to photograph the northern lights.
Sonoran Desert wildflowers, near Fountain Hills, Arizona.
You may have noticed the photo blog activity has slowed down a bit, partly because this rainy, snow-less winter has had me concentrating on office work, and has not provided me with new material for the blog. But, mostly because we have been trying to get everything wrapped up before our next trip which we leave for on Monday!
Where are we going? At first we fly to Palm Springs and then head down to Anza-Borrego where we will stay for about a month, and where I will do my Anza-Borrego photo workshop.
After that, believe it or not, we haven’t decided. With all the rain the Southwest has received, there is a good chance we will chase some wildflowers possibly to Arizona. But, we have kicked around a few other ideas and may go a different direction. For now, we have not booked a flight home – we will pick our departure city and date later which makes it kind of fun.
Janine in Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada.
Well our website is now completely updated with photos from late summer and fall including Valley of Fire State Park. Perfect timing – next week, we hit the road again!
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