Donna Bussinger hiking at the Cronan Ranch Regional Trails Park, Pilot Hill, California.
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Sherri X-CÂ Skiing with Cocoa at China Wall OHV Staging Area, Foresthill, California.
Donna & Maya Bussinger looking through the window of the cabin at Cronan Ranch Regional Trails Park, Pilot Hill, California
Thanks to PhotoShop CS3, we were able to get one good photo from the two that I took of this scene.
In most cases, I take at least 1 horizonal and 1 vertical of everything I photograph. It's always a good idea when you have a good scene in front of you to take more than 1 photo of it. You may never have a 2nd opportunity. This time it was absolutely vital that I did take the 2nd photo.
This is what happened. The horizontal photo was really good of Maya (girl) and the vertical photo was better of Donna (Mom). Now, here is where PhotoShop CS3 came to our rescue. We were able to cut Donna's face from the vertical shot and replace her face in the horizontal with the good one. This is something we have never tried before until now. We are really pleased with the results.
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Donna & Maya Bussinger hiking at Cronan Ranch Regional Trails Park, Pilot Hill, California.
A hike on one of the newest trail systems in our area was the perfect way to spend New Year's Day!
Jeff & I have known about this park for a couple of years or so (opened in 2005), but we hadn't checked it out until this week. We spent the afternoon hiking with our friend Donna and daughter Maya, at highly recommended Cronan Ranch Regional Trails Park. If you are looking for a great place to hike, run, mountain bike and horseback ride (to name just a few) in the Sierra Foothill's, this is the place! [click to continue…] 
Cross Country Skiing off of highway 20, Nevada County, California.
Happy New Year Everyone!
It's hard to believe another year has blown by. When I was growing up my Mother always told me "The older you get the faster the years go by." She was right!
This photo was taken a couple of years ago. We have only been skiing once since that time. That was last year. Two of the things I want to do more of this year is to ski and snowshoe. I remember saying the same thing last year. It's a good thing the one day we did ski last year was one of the best EVER!
Other things on the list for 2009 are to do a winter paddle on nearby Lake Clementine, get more regular with my Yoga workouts and playing the guitar. Then there is that one thing that lands on nearly everyone's list; losing weight. This by no means is a complete list. But, these are definitely some of the most important ones on my list. I hope I'm not writing this same list a year from now!
What is on your list for 2009?
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Jeff having fun on his new Quad, Auburn, California
I was hoping to post a photo of snowfall in Auburn today. But, the temp needs to drop a couple of degrees or so, for the rain to turn into snow. It did snow on and off here yesterday, but not enough to stick. Right now, chain control is only about 5-miles away, so things could change any minute. We also hear that a couple more "low snow" storms are on their way.
Who knows? Maybe we will even be able to use the snowplow that came with Jeff's Quad to plow our driveway, during this series of storms! That's not likely, but if that need should ever present itself, we will be prepared.
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Jeff trail riding his new Quad in rural Auburn, California
You might remember reading a few months ago about us selling "Blue Thunder," our Toyota Landcruiser after owning it for 25 years. Well, Jeff did better parting with it than I did, because he had another goal in mind. He wanted a Quad.
A couple weeks ago, we took it to an area near where we live for a photo shoot. We had scouted this area out a few times before the timing was right. I wanted to see dust flying behind him, which I wasn't going to get soon after a rainfall. I also wanted great backlighting and fall colors.
Waiting a couple of weeks until those elements all came together really paid off. We ended up with over a 100 keepers from this shoot. Although I'm not into the sport myself, I will have to say this was one of the most exciting photo shoots I've ever done!
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Sue Hadley enjoying "A Day at the American River," Weimar, California.
Tomorrow is Sue's Birthday. Since she was here the day of this photo shoot on the American River, I thought this would be a good time to post this photo of her.
Keep up whatever you are doing Sue. You look great! We won't tell everyone how old you are, but you certainly don't look it!
Happy Birthday Sue!
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Jeff & Cocoa (Dirt Road Dawg) heading out for an afternoon paddle, at Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park.
Jeff and Cocoa preparing for our kayak adventure, at Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park, California. Notice Mount Shasta on the left.
