Water and Ice

Miller Island Wildlife Refuge, Klamath Basin. This and other marshy refuges are going to ge increasingly in peril due to drought. We have had no significant snow this year and precipitation has dwindled steadily since 2009.

Klamath River at Miller Island Wildlife Refuge.

Klamath River at Miller Island Wildlife Refuge.

Klamath River at Miller Island.

Miller Island Wildlife Refuge, Klamath Basin. This and other marshy refuges are going to ge increasingly in peril due to drought. We have had no significant snow this year and precipitation has dwindled steadily since 2009. Here is an article about last year's water problem at the larger refuge south of the one pictured. www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2013/07/key_wildlife_refuge_hit_hard_i.html AA283 Beauty in nature.

Luck, fortune, perseverance in adversity, strength of purpose.

Luck, fortune, perseverance in adversity, strength of purpose. Biggest koi I've ever seen, some were over 3 ft. long. AA235

Luck, fortune, perseverance in adversity, strength of purpose.

Pacifica, California

Pacifica, California

Pacifica, California. AA308 Near where I used to live.

Pacifica, California.

Looking north toward Devil's Slide, Hwy 1. You can barely see the WWII pillbox bunker on top of the big rock in the distance. I lived a few miles south of here from 1996-2008 and I'll never stop missing it. AA308 Near where I used to live.