Twilight and Blossoms, Mendocino County

nobody@flickr.com (Rita Crane Photography) — Sun, 20 May 2007 07:19:28 -0700

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OceanRudy: thanks for your interest!! ~ HERE ARE LOCATIONS OF MY CURRENT SHOWS as per your request:

Gallery of the Senses, Main Street, Mendocino ( www.perfumemendo.com ) : Venice and Florence. Also "Scenes of Mendocino".
MacCallum House Inn & Restaurant ( www.maccallumhouse.com ) : ongoing shows throughout the year
Moosse Cafe, Mendocino ( www.blueheroninn.com ) : ongoing - Fishing Villages of Languedoc
Scharffenberger Cellars Tasting Room, Anderson Valley ( www.californiachampagnes.com/wineries/scharffenberger.html ): "Mendocino Through My Eyes" (part of a group show of Three Rivers Studios.)

Description: Here is a taste of my home place for you! About 25 miles from the turn in the highway that takes me to my home by the Pacific I was driving along this former old stagecoach road in northern California. It is now Anderson Valley's Highway 128 that takes you to the majestic Mendocino Coast. I was returning from a very productive but tiring trip overseas and came quietly across this scene at twilight. It felt as if my home place - the rural county that I love - was welcoming me back. I couldn't believe my eyes, nor could I resist jumping out of the car in the last light of day...jet lag and all... and getting a few exposures with the aid of a tripod. It was actually almost dark, but with some PS adjustment I've made the entire scene a bit brighter. Years ago homesteaders lovingly planted fruit trees around this little house, and although they are long gone, the faithful trees pay tribute to the family's efforts year after year, in a glorious celebration of spring.

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Twilight and Blossoms, Mendocino County