Sutro Sam, San Francisco, California, 2013

Sutro Sam, San Francisco, California, 2013

‘Sutro Sam’ is a river otter that has found his way to San Francisco (from where is unknown, but Marin has been suggested, meaning he would have swum the Golden Gate) and taken up residence in the brackish waters of the ruins of the Sutro Baths. Recently featured on the news, he has been the subject of great curiosity, attracting modest crowds; regardless, he has been out and building a nest in an old concrete drain, from which he pops out his head from time to time.

Tricolor Field, near Silverton, Oregon, July 2011

Tricolor Field, near Silverton, Oregon, July 2011

Fields of flowers civer the rolling hillside of a flower farm outside of the the town of Silverton, on the way to Stayton-Sublimity, in Oregon’s Willamette Valley.

El Capitan and Half Dome, Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, 2010

El Capitan and Half Dome, Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, 2010

A view of two of the defining landmarks of the valley from Tunnel View, on the way into the valey from Badger Pass. El Capitan is the rockface on the left.