
A boy and his cat
Galt, California 2009
He loves to carry his cat on his shoulder but most of the time the cat tries to run away from him. He is still learning to treat his cat gently and learning not to spook his cat every time he approaches the cat.

Sunset over Highway 104
California Highway 104, 2009

Rancho Seco Sunset
California Highway 104, 2009
It was evening when we drove back home from Ione this past weekend. The sunset and the colors of the evening sky reflecting on the clouds couldn’t be ignored and it was a scene any photographer worth her salt should capture with her camera. We stopped the car, and I got out to take some snapshots.
In the summer, there are not much clouds to speak of in my part of California, and taking pictures of anything with just the clear blue sky in the horizon or as the back drop can be quite boring. Clouds add interest to the sky and during sunrise and sunset they add to the “wow” factor of any picture.

Autumn Lake I
Sacramento Valley Shooting Center, 2009

Autumn Lake II
Sacramento Valley Shooting Center, 2009
I was very happy to have found this pretty lake, located at the Sacramento Valley Shooting Center, to photograph yesterday. It’s not very often that I get to see such a pretty scene like this because there are not that many trees that change color in the fall near where I live, and especially one that is near a body of water, no matter how small.

Caldecott Tunnel
California State Route 24, 2009
I took several pictures (through the car windshield) while we were driving through the tunnel and I chose this blurry one because I thought the blurred image showed the frenetic pace of the traffic going through the tunnel better than the not so blurry ones could.

Butterfly (Doris longwing)
Academy of Sciences, San Francisco 2009
At the Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, there is a feature called the Rain Forest. It’s not big, but it was interesting enough. There were butterflies and birds in the place and I had a good time trying to photograph the butterflies.
This is just one of the few varieties of butterflies found in the rain forest at the academy.