What a difference a rain storm can make.
Before the rain.
After the rain.
In the Sierra Nevada Foothills of California, Calaveras County, near Valley Springs.
Before the rain.
After the rain.
In the Sierra Nevada Foothills of California, Calaveras County, near Valley Springs.
I left Southern California on Saturday by train/ bus and headed north to Calaveras County, in the Sierra Nevada Foothills. The area was part of the 1849 California gold rush. My friends have a lovely pond and trees typical of the area. Water levels are very low.
New Melones Lake on the Stanislaus River, from the Calaveras County side looking toward Tuolume County. If you look closely, you can see the normal water level marks.
A 1922 replica of the cabin in which Mark Twain wrote The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County in 1864 is across the lake in Tuolume County.
We visited Campo Seco, an old mining community established in 1849. Gold died out but copper was discovered in 1859 and was mined until 1924. Camp Seco had a diverse population representing 40 ethnic groups. Much of the stone used in the old buildings has an unusual gem color.
Water is essential to California. The Pardee Reservoir and Dam, built in 1929 on the Mokelumne River which divides Calaveras and Amador counties.
The reservoir provides water to the eastern region of the San Francisco Bay area. This photo is looking almost straight east across the reservoir.
Sunrise about 6:45 am west of Barstow, California. Near the end of my train journey.
The Sandia Mountains just east of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Late afternoon.
I discovered that if I set my phone camera to “sport” and hold it against the window, the spots on the glass and the reflections don’t show. Color enhanced with Snapseed.
Shoemaker’s Shop , Den Gamble By (Old Town), Aarhus, Denmark
Costume from Erik XIV, 1974, designed by Lars Juhl, hand woven by Else Duch, The Theater Museum at the Court Theater, Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark
The King’s costume from Erik XIV by August Strindberg. The 1974 Kaspar Rostrup production was staged at The Royal Theater in Copenhagen, with costumes designed by Lars Juhl and hand woven by Else Duch. Several of the costumes are currently displayed on the stage of The Theater Museum at the Court Theater, Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Eric XIV was King of Sweden from 1560 until he was deposed in 1568. Early in his reign he showed signs of mental instability and eventually became insane. After being deposed, he was imprisoned and possibly murdered. A 1959 examination of his remains showed he may have died of arsenic poisoning.
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