The "Sand" Fire

A fire broke out late Friday afternoon in Amador county in almost the exact location we were visiting (wine tasting with friends) earlier that day.   It quickly grew into a huge plume as photographed with my new Christmas/Birthday lens!   A wide-angle.!

The plume and everything to the left is smoke!

Week-end Snaps

We had a relatively low-key long week-end that included a rare trip to wine country (Amador County) affording a few picture opportunities. Here are a few of them (clicking on them enlarges):



Ok - this is actually a sunrise shot from our back-yard from a week or two ago...













And this is actually a snap from my bike loop. It is looking into El Dorado County at the border with Sacramento County.









This one could have come from Italy with the Olive trees set against the vineyards. The pine trees scream Shenandoah Valley though..










My Girls!



















Grazing steer...