Our dogs love going to work, and I love bringing them along. Here are a few picture from this year.
Sailor
Holly
Siggy
Star
Siggy
Sailor
Holly
Ride Along Dogs!
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Category Archives: From The Field
A Beautiful Day To Be In The Woods!
The Smoke Has Finally Cleared
I was out in the Carr Fire burn area today. It’s quite devastating to see the thousands of burned acres of forest. This fire destroyed over 1600 structures, but it also killed millions of trees. We are faced with an epic fire salvage operation that will take years to complete. That will be followed by an equally epic reforestation program
Wild Wednesday … Northern Pacific Rattlesnake
While looking at a timber sale last week with a fellow forester, we walked past this big northern Pacific rattlesnake. His dog walked within inches in front of the rattlesnake and it buzzed like crazy. The dog didn’t react to the snake at all. That’s probably why the snake didn’t strike the dog. I took the picture and video with my cell phone so it’s not the greatest quality. Be careful if you hear this sound.
My View Today
I’m up in the red fir. I love this part of the world. High elevation, cool and quiet. 
That’s Shastina hiding beneath the clouds.
From the Woods
We have some cool weather moving through the Southern Cascades today. I got a rare signal in the back country. Here’s my view right now.
Forestry Friday … Burnt Snapshot
Wildfire devastated huge swathes of California. This was taken in a remote corner of the Shasta Trinity National Forest today. This burn was started by lightning strike.
Trinity Alps
That’s my view today.
The Art Challenge, Day Two … En Plein Aire
Nuthatch in a blue oak tree.
A window to the woods.
Past and Future
It’s day two! I was tagged to do the 3 pieces of art a day for 5 days, Art Challenge, by Mark Mitchell. The theme for today is “En Plein Aire.” The nuthatch is my first and only plein aire watercolor painting. Perhaps there will be more someday. The others were done over lunch while making my rounds in the woods. Just a tiny snapshots of my days. Pens are so much more portable than watercolors. I would love to see Mary at oilpastelsbymary to do the Art Challenge.
This challenge originated on Facebook, but I have moved it over to WordPress. Please check it out my new Facebook page at Tim Livingston.
From The Landing
Here’s a shot directly from the landing, today. Tommy’s loading a truck. It’s a beautiful day out west.
I’ll be back on the “Steam Donkey WIP” tonight with an update.
THE FORESTER ARTIST 