Clifford Beshers

  • High desert climates make for amusing juxtapositions.

  • We got another 10 inches overnight, followed by some sunshine.

    A snowy yard, with a foot of snow piled on a railing, blue skies beyond.

  • Yesterday’s snow, four inches or so.

    Fresh snow on an outdoor railing and the pine trees beyond.

  • Greybear liked hunting the shadows of hummingbirds coming to the feeder just outside the curtain.

    A cat stalks shadows falling on a curtain.

  • Winter morning sunbathing.

  • Diego being a heat sink.

  • Greybear feeling snuggly on #caturday.

  • Diego, the black cat, has discovered that he can get attention by sitting in front of the big screen TV and blocking my view.

  • Greybear, though he is getting long in the tooth, he still cuts a fine figure in the sun.

  • Patterns in the construction fencing.

  • A neighbor dropped by unexpectedly this morning. A good time was had by all, modulo a few hours of vehicle recovery.

  • Mortimer (she/hers) in a rare public appearance.

  • A teenager fly fishing in Hot Creek.

    A teen stands on a rock at the edge of a river, casting a fishing line.

  • Thirsty reeds in Hot Creek.

    Reeds grow at the edge of a river.

  • Peekaboo view of the White Mountains through Hot Creek canyon walls.

    Snow-covered mountains are visible in the distance through a gap in a rocky canyon wall.

  • Hot Creek, where fumeroles bubble.

    A stream runs through a rocky canyon.

  • Inside the concrete silo.

    Looking up inside a big concrete cylindrical structure, with rings of poured concrete levels distinctly visible.

  • Coyote Willow and the White Mountains.

    Willowy bushes fill the foreground, dusky mountains loom behind.

  • Man mimics nature.

    A man poses, imitating the tree behind him, or possibly just taking selfie.

  • The Owens River around Thanksgiving, White Mountains in the background.

    A river turns through reedy banks while mountains loom in the distance.

  • Man versus nature.

    Two silos stand next to an old, dead tree.

  • Ripple in running water,

    Something submerged in a river generates a complex wave pattern downstream.

  • Wee cat in her wool cat cave.

  • Great Horned Owl.

    An owl is barely visible in the dark.

  • Pine Creek Canyon again, with snow descending through the channels between peaks.

    Jagged mountains with fresh snow, wreathed in clouds.

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