by Carolyn M. Crane | Mar 19, 2016 | Back Yard Days, photographs |
My sister’s home in Orange County has long been a sanctuary for me. I have spent hours gazing at her beautiful back yard garden. I wanted to share a few captures with you. Roses in many stages of bloom. Perky petals, a light purple daisy. Two Toned. Succulents...
by Carolyn M. Crane | Sep 2, 2013 | Back Yard Days, Mining, photographs |
“Old photographs turn yellow, and times they come and go. But we can still do the boogie from the High Plains to Mexico. Some old angel from Amarillo must be helpin’ us to hold it on the road.” Terry Allen from “Flatland Boogie” One of my...
by Carolyn M. Crane | Jul 17, 2013 | Abbey Country, photographs |
“It pleases me, loving rivers.” Raymond Carver The San Pedro is one of two rivers which flows north from Mexico into the United States. Its headwaters are in Sonora and it flows about 150 miles from there to its confluence with the Gila River. It is the...
by Carolyn M. Crane | Jun 16, 2013 | Abbey Country, photographs
The San Pedro River and San Pedro House are a short drive from my mom’s home in Sierra Vista. On the early morning I visited, a couple dozen birders were also roaming about. High Country News recently reported on the San Pedro, saying this last free river of the...
by Carolyn M. Crane | Feb 17, 2013 | Back Yard Days, photographs |
Since mid December, we’ve been snowed under. When it stopped snowing it got cold, and our two feet plus froze in to a sheet of ice that’s still lingering on much of our land. And next week, more snow. We’ve taken advantage of this warm weather window...
by Carolyn M. Crane | Dec 28, 2012 | Abbey Country, photographs
Each spring and fall, sandhill cranes migrate over our home on the west slope of the Sierra. Like so many of my friends and neighbors, I run outside to hear their calls and witness their grace. So, imagine my delight on vacation here in Abbey Country, when my...
