We babysat the grandkids a lot. I always had my camera ready and always kept blogs for each one from baby age up to teens. In the course of a day I would take photos and sometimes putting some of them together told a story. Here's one of them.
Mackenzie is very serious about her job.
I already mentioned on my art blog that I had just discovered a few days back that there is a spam folder and that it should be checked out every few days. For some reason many of your comments on past posts, I just noticed, went into spam. Blogger is really challenging me lately - what with inability to comment at certain places and then putting actual real message in spam. So just to say ...I went to the folder and read your comments from past posts - thanks so much and sorry I haven't responded to them.
So, yesterday, I decided to head up to Green Valley Lake to spend some time in isolation with nature and wonderful breezes. Imagine if you will, it's a Friday - a time in any area of summer that draws tourists, that for some reason I guess Green Valley Lake remains a hidden gem. There were very few people there and from my experience going up on a weekend - that proves to be true pretty much all the time.
My area where I live is so crowded with people all around the lake in summer that you can't even find parking to get out and enjoy a walk. Some people even park half way up a curb on to the trail area.
This is the calm and beauty (and perfect breezy temps) I experienced yesterday. I was amazed to realize it had been almost 20 years (2003) since we had bought a cabin and only kept it for a few years before we sold it as I thought it was too boring up there. Geez, what an idiot I was in my 50's. Now I could totally live up there year around. I don't care about shopping anymore, unless it's for necessities and this town only has about seven businesses.
And it wasn't even a challenge to find parking. I've posted many photos in the past from here but it's always a new experience when i go.
I don't have much to blog about right now but noticed recently that in July we still have such green trees up here and on the way up the mountain. Down below, every time we go, the sky is filled with haze and towards the bottom of the mountains it starts looking really dry. We have amazing fire response up here and luckily there have only been a few fires that have quickly been put out.
I thought I would just share some photos of our drives going down and coming home. The bottom photo is how dry the mountains are closer to the bottom. We definitely need rain and snow to fill up the lakes but the forest is really so healthy looking, which is good.
The Spanish Broom has had its' season and is now losing its' blooms.
Being up in Big Bear Lake area yesterday we were driving along the hwy through Fawnskin to see if the Nature Center was open. I had my camera with me, taking photos as we passed areas along the hwy.
When I got home and was editing my photos this scene stood out. Not sure why I'm so drawn to it but it could be that green house and the trees or it could be a combination of that plus the perfect temp and feel of the day.
The Big Bear lake definitely needs a couple of real good winter seasons to get the lake back up to a good level. The shoreline grows every larger every time we go up as the lake level shrinks.
Very quiet this week as the holidays ended.