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Teresa and I lived in Pine Mountain Club, California for about five years ending in 2005.  PMC is a private mountain community in central California in a bowl-shaped valley at 6,000 feet, surrounded by 9,000 foot peaks.  Much of the land is designated as wilderness, and maintained in pristine condition.

This particular photograph was taken in the Fall in a central meadow that acts as a watershed for the surrounding town.  I was attracted by the odd swirl patterns of the grass and reeds and by the color and brightness contrasts between the foreground browns and the background blues.