The iconic Grape Crusher statue
The facade of the Gordon building in downtown Napa. Built in 1929, it housed an ice cream parlor and candy shop through the 1950's, and eventually became a book store. Now it patiently waits for a new purpose.
After years of severe drought in CA, the '16/'17 rain season finally brought reprieve. This is the Napa River viewed from downtown Napa after several severe storms.
Wild mustard bloom
Hot air balloons over the valley.
Atlas Fire from Imola Bridge. October 2017.
Atlas Fire from Imola Bridge. October 2017.
Smoke hovers over the Valley from the wildfires in October 2017. All told, the fires consumed over 150,000 acres of land in Sonoma and Napa counties alone.
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The Napa Valley
In 2015 I moved to Napa to start a new career. It has been a homecoming of sorts, as I grew up in nearby Sonoma, and now I've been learning to love and appreciate the area as an adult.
