Sonoma Valley – Streaming thru America

My Place in the World

May 10, 2018May 10, 2018Posted in hiking, landscape, National Parks, Nature, Philosophy, Photo Challenge, Photography, Poetry, travelTagged Banff, Biltmore, Bonaventure Cemetary, Charleston SC, Coachella Valley, NYC, place, Redwood National Park, Riding Mountain, Sonoma Valley, Tombstone17 Comments

Where is my place in the World?
Where is my home?

burl — Is it deep in the forest
where redwoods are burled?

gnome house — Or far in the garden
protected by gnomes?

crashing waves.jpg — Could it be by the ocean,
where waves crash the rocks?

Lake Moraine canoe rental — Or how ’bout the notion
of boats by the dock?

Biltmore Castle — And why not the castle
that touches blue air?

TSQ traffic — Or maybe the hassle
of crowded Times Square?

Banff — Could I hike to the mountains,
reaching higher and farther?

Charleston waterfront.jpg — Or lounge by a fountain
with views of the harbor?

Might I stroll through a villa,
grapes ready to prune?

Kate's — Or sip sasaparilla
at a Western Saloon?

Salton Sea.jpg — Can I conquer the valley’s
remote isolation?

Theus Bonaventure.jpg — And weave through an alley
of tombs and cremation?

My place is a harvest
of everything listed.

No one place defines me, lest
l ever existed.

California Potpourri

September 14, 2017January 15, 2018Posted in hiking, National Parks, Nature, Photography, travelTagged Carmel by the Sea, Pebble Beach, Point Lobos, San Francisco, Sonoma Valley11 Comments

After leaving Yosemite behind, Leah and I strategically home-based in Petaluma, and ventured along the California coast, from San Francisco to Point Lobos Natural Preserve and places in between.

Our collection of brief visits are best detailed through a series of images that more easily reveal the scope and variety of the scenery we enjoyed.

Sonoma Valley: Bezinger and Chateau St. Jean Vineyards

John Muir Woods: a hike on the Canopy View Trail

San Francisco: a ferry ride from Tiburon to the Ghiradelli Chocolate Festival

Carmel Beach: a stroll to Pebble Beach

Point Lobos State Natural Reserve: hiking from Whalers Cove to China Cove until sunset

We’ll be back.

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