All part of my week working in Templeton with my sister-in-love — The project Hubby wants to rent a room in our Templeton house to someone. It is currently full of stuff that needs to be cleared out. He also wants to use a truck I previously used to transport books across the country to sell. It is full of other books I’ve been…

My week in photos for the last week in January — The week began with a repeat of a COVID test for my husband. I drove him to the appointment but did not want to watch the test. I’m too empathetic and almost fainted when I saw him reacting to the nose swab during his test a week earlier. That one…

Photo highlights of the events before and after getting COVID — December began peacefully enough. I started the month with gathering photos to fit Flickr themes and doing a photo walk to confirm some mapping I had done on some Flickr photos. Three days later on Thursday December 9, I had a dentist appointment to get a new crown, but it…

My week in photos: November 7- 13, 2021 — November has been an almost lost month for me in terms of Medium. I seem to have spent most of it nursing injuries or illness and using any energy I had to solve urgent and unexpected landlording and home maintenance problems. I got outside to take photos when I could…

My week in photos October 22 to October 29 — The story is mostly about the weather this week. Fortunately, I only had to drive anywhere once, to the post office to mail packages. My eye problem still makes it hard to see in the sun. I did get out to capture the sunset, though on Friday night, October 22.

My week in photos, September 24 — October 1 — I’ve had to skip some weeks for health reasons, but did want to share my almost complete week. I had to skip September 29 because I wasn’t well enough to be up. Most of the week I was also confined to my own neighborhood. On September 24 I went to…

My Week in Photos: July 2–8 — Day 1: Most of my neighbors are xeriscaping now. The weather is in triple digits and water is scarce. My neighbor across the street dug holes around the perimeter of his oak tree. He is planning to plant shrubs or small trees in the holes. …

My week in photos: July 9–15 — Day 1: When we last saw my goldenrain tree it had flowers that were just beginning to turn into light green seed pods. Now, after two weeks, the pods are growing to their full size and some are beginning to show signs of the brown color they will become. On…

My week in photos: July 30-August 5, 2021 — This week has been a bit too exciting, but there’s always enough nature to bathe my soul in afterward. The first three days were hot. I mostly stayed around home and took photos of my plants. Later in the week I photographed the remains of a fire near home and…

My week in photos: July 23–29 — Day 1: I got a haircut near our city’s transportation center, fondly called the train station by locals, on Velta Circle. As I walked toward the circle I was trying to get a better photo of the squirrel next to the oak tree below. It evaded me by diving quickly…

My week in photos: July 16–22 — The California Mid-State Fair has come to Paso Robles along with the heatwave that usually accompanies it. The crowds and heat don’t appeal to me so like the cat in the Day 7 photo, I seek shade or the indoors. I only venture out when I have to.

My week in photos: June 25-July1 —

My week in photos June 18–24 — I’ve been waiting for weeks for the bull thistle above to bloom. It finally did this week. I made the collage above so you could see the blooming progress from June 19–24. When it finishes blooming I will dispose of it.

My week in photos from June 11 to June 17, 2021 — June 11: Almost every plant I see now is in bloom. The kale plant below is in transition. You can see its flowers becoming seed pods, and it will soon explode its seeds on their way to becoming new kale plants next year. …

My Week in Photos, June 3–10, 2021 — I actually got out a couple of times this week. On Day 1 I only got as far as the mailbox. As I walked by my neighbor’s rose bush, I saw the roses were long gone, but they each left a star as they faded away. See photo above.

May 28- June 2: Out around town and home again — Green is my favorite color. It brightens my spirits as well as my world. At this time of year, I see it wherever I go, even when I shop. This week I tried to stay home and write as much as possible. The first day I got no farther outdoors…

May 20–27: snapping photos close to home — This week started well with a trip to the dentist to get my teeth cleaned and then a photo walk from the dentist’s office to downtown Paso Robles afterwards. The rest of the week I often wasn’t well. Some days when I got dizzy just moving from room to room…

Photo Observations Close to Home May 13–19 —

One April week of California Red Tier Life in 2021 — Looking forward to normal life again My photo opportunities have been limited by pandemic restrictions, but they allow more freedom now. I took most of these photos in my own neighborhood. Recent rains revived the weeds in my garden just as spring made the flowers burst into bloom. …