Sunset over Dyer

Sunset over Dyer Mountain. Cool, or more like cold evening, I still thought this was quite pretty. So I snapped these pictures for my picture(s) of the day.

 

 

A few hundred miles away, under the same sunset in the same state, unbeknownst to me, there were identical twin girls being born in my family. My nephew and his gal Jenn gave birth to Irelynn Aspen and Lily Rose making me a great aunt for the first time and my brother and his wife first time grandparents! Although a bit premature, Irelynn and Lily each weighed more than 4 lbs.
This (as all births are) is quite an exciting event. There has not been any twins born on my side of the family that any of us know of, however by what I understand, Jenns side of the family has seen a few sets.
I have always said that this blog that for the most part really does not have anything in it that would interest the average blog reader, unless you are or have been from this area. BUT it is times like these that I can sneak in such wonderful news due to the type of blog it is.
And todays news feels really GREAT!!!
Happy Birthday to Irelynn Aspen and Lily Rose!

A Sunset over Dyer Mountain

Wow, I am starting to feel a little on the lucky side again, as I am really happy with these 2 pictures.

Yet the truth is, I think I am simply beginning (after a year and a half, YIKES!!!) to truly understand the ways this camera works and all that can be done with it.

And I do believe I have definitely learned a bit about mother nature and her light.

So I guess it is a give and take and learn and learn some more!

These 2 pictures are taken overlooking the Mill Pond

towards Dyer Mountain.

Ahhh ,

Could there be anyone out there that could not understand why I love living here as far as the natural beauty goes?

Beautiful

Old wood barn on an overcast day

Walking around, I see another old barn/shed that catches my eye for my picture(s) of the day. The weather was overcast, there was no beautiful sunset forming, the whole sky was just one big cloud so not even a chance of a nice cloud formation and my options for an outside picture were without a doubt dwindling. With that said these are my pictures on a very cloudy evening in Pinetown Ca. in Lassen County.

 

I am not being sarcastic when I say these bikes in the background, for me anyway added an element of age to this picture as you can see these are not newer bicycles.

 

Learning a little more each day, I am finding out as with this set of pictures, the contrast between the first one from the one below looks by simply just stepping back