Tag Archives: The Sea Ranch

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Several coast photographers got fantastic photos of the recent Northern Lights which occurred on January 19th. Mel Smith photographed this from his home in Point Arena.

Rozanne Rapozo caught this magic near her home on The Sea Ranch.

Kate Bloch used The Sea Ranch chapel to set off the lights in the sky - beautiful!

Ben Angwin's photo of the aurora, which also shows the Milky Way, will be in the Independent Coast Observer tomorrow, in my Mendonoma Sightings column.

Thanks to Mel, Rozanne and Kate for allowing me to share their wonderful photos with you here.

We had a storm yesterday which brought 0.65 inches of rain, the first rain in nearly three weeks. It was a gentle rain with not much wind - just the way we like it!

 

 

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I was in awe of last night's sunset. The reds were magnificent and it lasted for well over fifteen minutes. Rozanne Rapozo took several photos from her home on The Sea Ranch and I thought this one looked like a painting. But she assures me it was the actual sunset!

I took this photo from inside Rick's and my house in Anchor Bay as the sunset was getting going.

Thanks to Rozanne for allowing me to share her photo with you here.

The vibrant sunset was letting us know a storm was headed our way. It's rather unusual in that it's coming in from the south. Most storms come in from the north. Batten down the hatches!

Happy New Year to you and yours!

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I'll let Rozanne tell her story:

I had been looking forward to photographing the last Super Moon of 2025. So I set my alarm for 4am with the hope we would have a clear night.  As it turns out. I needn’t to have worried, since when the alarm went off, my bedroom was filled with moonlight shining through the windows.

I checked the weather and noted it was going to be cold; I spent a nanosecond thinking about how tempting it was to remain in a nice warm bed. Then, got up, dressed, fed the cats who thought it was time for breakfast, made my coffee and set off for Galleons with a view of Arch Rock.

Walked out to the bluff, set up my gear and then waited for the Moon to move into position so I could catch the reflection on the water.

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By the time that happened, the temperature had dropped to under 40 degrees and a cold wind came up!

Needless to say, the wait was worth it.  But when I started to pack up and put my gear away, my hands were so cold I couldn’t fold up my tripod!!   Luckily it fit in the back seat of the car and I headed back home to a cozy fire and hot coffee, feeling very good about my shots and that the weather Gods cooperated.

Thanks to Rozanne for allowing me to share her photo with you here!

Happy holidays to all! We've been having a LOT of rain, over eight inches since Dec. 19th. More coming in tonight, Christmas Eve. Hope Santa is able to fly in the rainy weather!

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Eric Zetterholm was the first to photograph this Black-tailed buck near The Sea Ranch golf course.

The Buck looks healthy except for those twisted antlers. I queried CDFW. I heard back from Krysten Kellum, Information Officer. She wrote, “CDFW’s Statewide Deer Coordinator Brian Leo tells me: I believe this sometimes happens due to hormonal imbalance, sometimes due to testicular injury or disease. It could also result from damage to the pedicle. Since the antlers are deformed on both sides and the deer appears to be otherwise healthy, my guess would be testicular injury or some other cause of hormonal imbalance.” I learned testosterone is essential for the normal antler cycle of growth and shedding.

It will be interesting to see what happens to this buck's antlers next year.

Thanks to Eric for allowing me to share his photos with you here.

It's raining, it's pouring...

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We had an odd storm come through on Wednesday 9/24, odd in that it moved from east to west. That gave the perfect conditions for a rainbow at dusk.

First is the beauty taken by Paul Brewer in Gualala.

And this beautiful rainbow taken by Cathleen Crosby at the south end of Gualala.

And finally Roxanne Holmes caught magic at Shell Beach at The Sea Ranch.