Dead Oak on Ridge. Calero Park. January 13, 2006. © © Copyright G Dan Mitchell.
After work today I had just enough time to drive south of town to some of my favorite oak-covered hills and climb to the first ridge as the sun went down.
Category Archives: Photographs: Central California
Oaks on the Prospect #3 Trail
Solstice Tree
Lone Tree on the Winter Solstice. Almaden Quicksilver Park. December 21, 2005. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell.
Taken on my (almost) annual Winter Solstice hike during light rain near the Reduction Works site at Almaden Quicksilver. As is typical in central California, while the calendar says “winter” the conditions seem to suggest “fall, winter, and spring” all at once.
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Arching Oaks
Arching Oaks and Fog. Almaden Quicksilver Park. December, 23, 2005. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell.
Taken a year later, 50 feet away, and pointing the other direction from the image posted yesterday – but on a very similar foggy winter day.
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