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.
Nyhavn Sunset, Copenhagen, Denmark
For my sister Lisa who is an 8-year survivor.
Join Terri’s Sunday Stills: Make Mine Pink, in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month
It was a sunny but brisk day in Copenhagen. Perfect for a late afternoon canal tour.
Departed from Nyhavn, or new harbor. Now a trendy and tourist area, it used to be a bad section of town.
The Opera House, a gift to the country from Denmark’s richest man.
The National Theater
One of the kings liked Amsterdam so he built canals.
There are lots of low bridges.
You can climb the spire of Our Savior’s Church. Spot the tiny people.
Three entwined dragons top the Borsen, a 17th-century stock exchange. The dragons represent Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.
Back to Nyhavn.
Arrived this afternoon for two weeks in Copenhagen, Aarhus, and Stockholm. Staying around the corner from Nyhavn.
Detail for one of two identical Baroque fountains in Rossio Square (Pedro IV Square) in Lisbon, Portugal. I blinked and the water started to flow.
