Early evening, sunset flight up the coast. Still on the climb out from BUR. Around 10,000ft. Those are the Channel Islands off the Ventura, California Coast. Snapped through the double plexi - the sunset swam with little reflecting satellites around the setting sun.

My hubs, enjoying a sunrise and early trout fishing off the old, no longer there, wooden pier on Gull Lake, back by Indian Rock, Eastern Sierra, June Lake Loop.

May in the Eastern Sierra on the June Lake Loop, California, just off the 395. Had been snowing and the wind gusts were close to 100mph on the high peaks, with more weather coming in.

I shot this photo from the single front gunner seat, through the plexi, of a historic PBJ-1J which is the Marine equivalent of the B25 Bomber. These aircraft were built during WWII - this particular aircraft was a 23 year, a labor of love, restoration project. She now flies airshows, etc. and serves as a grand reminder of US military air history. On this particular occasion, she carried a crew of four and seven passengers - I was one of the lucky ones, to be sure! In order to access the single front gunner seat, you had to shimmy on your stomach some 5ft up a very narrow 'tunnel' and then climb into your seat. This nose section was some 65% plexiglass - could see the ground - with a swivel 50 caliber machine gun used during air combat. While awaiting take-off, you 'bake' with the sun beating directly through, tho cooled off as we went airborne. Everyone wore protection ear coverings - those engines were unbelievably loud. Was a ride of a lifetime - I was exhausted from smiling. Below are the agricultural fields of Oxnard, Ventura County, California. A wondrous ride I will never ever forget.

Pacheco Lagoon, Marin County, northern California. The lovely lone tree I have seen in countless poses and have stopped countless times. Was a foggy morning - white swans, egrets, pelicans, geese, ducks, birds, a wild animal - migration stop. The only tree on this lovely curve - so many colors, no matter the time of year - very peaceful. Has caused me to make a u-turn on many occasion - and happily so.

I fly often due to business and, I do swear, would climb up and over to get to a window seat for the very reasons captured in this photo. This was during an early evening climbout from OAK to BUR in SoCal. Into the left turn, just around 10,000ft, and down the coast, you leave San Francisco behind and glide out just to the Pacific coast before another slight left turn inland. I caught the sky between contrails and their reflection on the sea. Below is the world famous point, Mavericks, which is a surfing location in northern California outside Pillar Point Harbor, just north of the town of Half Moon Bay at the village of Princeton-by-the-Sea. After a strong winter storm in the northern Pacific Ocean, waves can routinely crest at over 8 m and top out at over 18 m. Many tries...very few can surf it. I've taken this exact route hundreds of times and never seen these conditions. This shot does not do justice to the entire sky landscape ...the lengthy contrails and shadows...best I could grab in the few seconds I had.

Old Frank Sam’s house on California's Eastern Sierra run of 395, just south of Lee Vining, CA and Mono Lake. Once part of a large ranch, Sam had two sister wives from the local Indian population, who were famous basket weavers. This house is considered one of the most photographed buildings on the 395 - everyone with their own take. Love that. What I don't like...for as long as this house has been left to its own demise, it has been left alone until recently...the once boarded up windows have had the wood removed and most all belongings have been ransacked. The hard winter of 2018-2019 took it's the toll of the roof and frame as well. Each drive up, we stop so I can grab just one more look before she begins to truly implode. It is with the respect that I always shoot from outside the barbed wire fence.

Passed a bouquet on a desk...these Peonies were just off the chart...reminded me of little coffee beans in their own little universe.

Sonoma, California Was a blistering hot day ...not a lick of wind...except in the sky overhead. I like lines and angles...and really enjoying all colors to be found within B&W. Learning as I roll along.

Healdsburg, California. Was a breezy Autumn morning walk in downtown Healdsburg. There is a very small park in the middle of the old town square - filled with huge trees - the leaves were just slowly cascading down onto the still damp grass. I look down more than I look up...saw this and just couldn't help but notice all those tiny little details and textures within one small leaf. Am into details...have been my entire life.