Bearded Iris (voltaire’s cloak?)

Purple, bearded iris in full bloom on green background

Bearded Iris (Voltaire’s Cloak?)

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Woman with smile, plaid shirt, yellow hat, can of oats and 3 sheep on a rope

Lovely Jess and her girls

cluster of nine, deep red cherries hanging on tree with green leaves and blue sky in background

Cherries

two ripe peaches hanging on a limb with green leaves and sky in background

Peaches

Springtime at the ranch

Springtime at the ranch

Purple cornflower boom

Purple cornflower

Purple, bearded iris in full bloom on green background

Bearded Iris (Voltaire’s Cloak?)

varigated purple bearded iris in full bloom

Bearded Iris (Batik)

Azalea stamen in focus forefront with softly focused, purple azalea flower center as background

small cluster of unopened, star-like, spirea blossoms on deep field of green

Spirea

darner on orange

Lilac cluster in white vignette

small cluster of five-petal spirea blossoms on deep field of green

Ceremonial Lakota TiPi at twilight with ceremonial fire burning inside (high-contrast black and white photo)

Camelia

gazing ball

Gladioulus in bloom

Road and gate by pond

One of the gates between the valley pasture and the upper part of the ranch

Hay barn and windmill by creek

The hay barn

House on green grass next to creek with leaves and fall foliage

The main house

Dramatic clouds in deep blue sky with colorful fall trees and pine trees along a pasture

Southern sky on a cool morning after one of the first, good, fall rains.

Light dusting of snow on yard and barn

A rare snowfall

Yellow leaves, green grass and trees next to rock-lined, flowing creek

Fall by the low-water creek crossing

white bark of a sycamore tree with light dusting of snow on the ground

Winter sycamore

Pond with cattails and willows

The old frog pond

Pasture with cow, green grass, orange and yellow trees in fall, and pool at evening

Fall in the valley

Spring oak leaves

Spring oak leaves

Goatie

Goatie

170 pounds

170 pounds

157 pounds

157 pounds

124 pounds

124 pounds

A cluster of eight, varigated, 5-lobed flowers that look ilke stars in colors of pink, purple specks and white edges on a dark green background

Azalea

rows of plants in garden including 54 different growing things

Garden just getting started

purple and white storm clouds over Lake Oroville (lake bed is visibile because it is low) and yellow and green foothills in foreground

Foothill storm

side view of tubes, petals and stamens

Dalia

Dalia

Cherry Cider

Cherry Cider

Zinnia

Zinnia

Glads

Glads

Growing melon

Growing melon

Goatie and her Boy Goatie

Goatie and her Boy Goatie

Morning glory

Morning glory

Morning glory

Morning glory

Zinnia

Zinnia

Hummingbird flight

Hummingbird flight

Cute little face of boy goat kid named Boy Story

Little Boy Story

golden kernels of popcorn on an ear with silk threads draping down

Popcorn

face of an Anatolian Shepherd

Guardian

Red wine glistens like rubies on an onyx-black, glassy back pedastal (stem of the wine glass) in the night

Cheers!