a mess of trout

lake mamie -- mammoth lakes

spring 2014

Good fishing today! We got our limit. I was surprised that we got as many trout.

Windy.. which helps blow away the mosquitoes  :-)

Spring Collage

collage by zme  spring 2014

       Spring brought out a lot of flowers in the garden... most have their glory

      for a few days. Was very surprised that the apples are almost ready for picking. 

     This collage was made early March. Strangely,  the plants seem to know we are

      in a drought. Tangerines, cara cara oranges and navels bloomed but developed

      few fruits. I think even those that are marble size will eventually drop

      due to the drought. We shall see.

mountain fire

copyright z m evensen .. summer 2013

Mountains and valleys are interconnected in their structure and ecosystems. This 

was  the smoke from a huge fire near Yosemite. Though we were not in danger

of being the fire's path, the smoke settled down in the Mammoth Lakes area that we 

found it hard to breathe. We retreated to Southern California for a few weeks.

Amnazing how beautiful a catastrophe can look.