On the Hill Overlooking Santa Ysabel

I shot this photo last year from the hill that you have to climb when you are hiking the Santa Ysabel Preserve from Highway 79 on the west side.

Another Cowles Mountain Photo

Here's another photo of people hiking up Cowles Mountain on New Years Day.

Hiking Up Cowles Mountain

Here is a photo I took on New Year's Day on Cowles Mountain. I took this once I reached the top. The view there is of Santee, Lakeside and you might be able to see Ramona, too. It was a little foggy that day.

Julian Side Streets

This is a photo I took while on one of the side streets in Julian, CA. I also posted this on Gather.com, too, along with a Google map.

Santa Ysabel Preserve

I went early on a Sunday morning there for a hike. Here is a photo at the top of the ridge a few miles from Highway 79.

They're creating a staging area off of Highway 78 for this preserve, but it's not open yet. It looks like it will be nice.

Cahuilla Reservation

This is a photo I took on my last trip to Coachella Valley. I was driving up out of the valley on highway 74 to a little hiking trail on the Cahuilla Reservation in the Santa Rosa Mountains.

Santa Ysabel in Summer

This is a 35mm photograph of an area where one fire was burning recently, but it may be out by now. This was taken with my Pentax and a 50mm lens.

Continuing on with Volcan Mountain

I'm still working on this, little by little. Today, a fire started in the area of the subject of the painting, well, really a few miles down the road. This area, near Julian, CA, has had a lot of fires in recent times.

Progress on current large painting

Hi! I had to take my car in for an all day repair, but I was able to do some work on my current large painting project. Of course, I mean large for me because I usually do works smaller than 8 x 10 inches. This is 16 x 20 acrylic on canvas.