Tag Archives: Allen Vinson

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Adrian Bennett was enjoying the afternoon with her friend, Roxanne, when Roxanne noticed something unusual about Adrian's birdhouse. A tiny green frog was peeking out the entrance hole, which is draped with spiderwebs.

I love these treefrogs. Here's a close-up photo of one, taken by Allen Vinson.

And here's a photo of a juvenile Sierran Treefrog taken by Debbie Trujillo. Sure is tiny.

Thanks to Adrian, Allen and Debbie for allowing me to share their photos with you here.

The weather today was so strange. This morning the breeze came from inland and temperatures soared. But by afternoon, the breeze shifted and brought cool fog. I had opened lots of windows with the morning warm weather, but soon had to close them with the billowing fog.

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Allen Vinson was photographing some of the sights at The Sea Ranch recently. He saw a beautiful wave with rooster tails - the top water being blown off.

The sun was just coming up behind the trees, creating beautiful sunbeams.

And Allen found one of the Mendonoma coast's many waterfall.

Thanks to Allen for allowing me to share his photos with you  here. If you'd like to see more of Allen's nature photography, here is a link: http://allenvinson.smugmug.com/

Waterfalls should be full for this weekend after today's rain. We received a solid inch of the wet stuff.

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Watching the breakers come in is mesmerizing. The power and the beauty can take your breath away. Allen Vinson photographed this wave over the weekend.

You can almost hear it!

Thanks to Allen for allowing me to share his photo with you here. To see more of Allen's nature photography, here is the link: http://allenvinson.smugmug.com/

We had a vigorous storm this morning but sunshine broke out in the afternoon. And the ocean is roaring!

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Monday, November 26th, was filled with beauty. First, the incredible sunrise. The first photo is by Barbara Spillane.

The second photo was taken by me in Anchor Bay, just as the Pacific Ocean glowed purple.

Colorful sunrises don't last very long; their beauty is fleeting. You can't say that for sunsets though. They are the gift that keeps on giving. Tricia Schuster took this first photo at The Sea Ranch - isn't it an amazing sky?

Allen Vinson must have had a similar vantage point, but his was taken earlier when the clouds glowed pink. The ocean looks very calm.

Richard Hansen captured this sight from Gualala.

And lastly, Patti Lopez framed her sunset photo with a big tree, photographed north of Gualala.

Thanks to all who allowed me to share their photos with you here.

We had a nice, juicy storm overnight, and today is filled with showers. Our seasonal creek came to life, which means waterfalls on the Mendonoma coast!

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Green flashes are photographable  mirages. While you can see one at sunrise, I'm told, here on the Mendonoma coast most of us watch for a green flash as sunset. Over the years, coast photographers have captured green flashes. I thought I'd share some with you today.

Here is a photo taken by Don Spear. The green flash only lasts for a brief moment. If you blink, you will miss it!

Jim Grant's photo shows a double green flash. When I look at Jim's photo in full screen, I can see he also captured a green flash morphing into a blue flash, which you will see in Allen's photo below.

And here Rich Kuehn has photographed the classic green flash just beginning. The setting sun appears to narrow, becoming hour-glass shaped. What happens next is the top part appears to pinch off and it becomes a vibrant green flash.

On very rare occasions you might see a green flash morph into a blue flash, as photographed by Allen Vinson.

And the rarest of all was photographed by Ron LeValley - a green flash, no, a blue flash, no a violet flash!

Thanks to Don, Jim, Rich, Allen and Ron for allowing me to share their photos with you here. If you are interesting in purchasing Ron's photo, as Rick and I did, you can find it on Ron's website at this link:

http://levalleyphoto.com/home/