Random Sonoma Scenes!

Bodega Bay

Sonoma Coast Beach

A Tour of the “Island of Sonoma”… West County Day Trip

April is usually the time I like to go to Hawaii, but why bother when we live on the beautiful island of Sonoma County? Any time is a good time for a “Circle the Island” trip! Beginning in Guerneville, we head out to the coast, past cows and sheep, redwood trees, and views of the [...]

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Bodega Bay and Coastal Sonoma

Coastal Sonoma is spectacular, wind-swept, foggy, and exhilirating. The junction of land, water, and air is almost always energetic, and the rugged Sonoma coast rarely fails to excite the senses. The coastal community stretches from Bodega and Bodega Bay in the south to Jenner and up the coast to Sea Ranch, Elk and Timber Cove [...]

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Bodega Architecture and Quoins

The Potter Schoolhouse in Bodega is one of the few remaining buildings from Alfred Hitchcock’s filming of “The Birds”. It’s been a schoolhouse, bed and breakfast, and private residence. I’m a fan of the simple symmetry of the building with the round-top windows, corner columns, and octagonal tower. It’s a timeless building without the gingerbread [...]

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