23 April 2010

for the beauty of the Earth

for someone who has lived her entire life in the desert, a lot California - more specifically, Grass Valley - feels like a different country. last weekend our friends introduced us to this gorgeous, lush, pine-filled area of the Sierra and the wild flowers were in bloom.


Yuba River (where we spotted a bobcat) | Tom's future is bright


newt pond waterfall | Sierra newt with gold eyes


cat's ear | wild carnation


old covered bridge (Ash eating an apple)


dudleya | pretty face | purple Chinese house


lupine and ladybug


hiking up the grass stairs | if you get tired enough...


snakehead? | blue dick | white globe lily


Tom plays with a lizard tail (still moving) | hand prints


purple Chinese house pods


playing on the sand bar of the Yuba River


tree squirrel | a strong wind blew the kids over while napping


a 'vista point' on the way home

8 comments:

Jennifer said...

Your photos are beautiful! I especially love Ash climbing (with great gusto) up the stairs.

Beautiful. It makes me excited to go hiking!

The KGB Family said...

Nice! All I can say is that I want a new camera. Your pics. are great.

Katie Elaine said...

so pretty! I love the purple Chinese pods photo.

Kylie said...

Love it! You guys look like you're having so much fun. :)

ash said...

First off, you are a superb photographer, hands down. I feel like I'm saying that your photos are wonderful every post. And it's true. Second off, your kids are the cutest, especially on that sand bar. Tom is loving it and Ash is a great tree squirrel. You and English are looking dashing yourselves. What a nice place you live, where you can take trips like this.

jo said...

Fun. You guys are having some awesome adventures. I mean, wiggling lizard tail at 1? Life doesn't get much better than that I think.

Heather said...

Looks like a cool place! Your children are so cute.

Sblogger said...

Beautiful pictures Kel! Looks like fun times!