Colorful canopies and people are silhouetted in the water at the Big Fresno Fair. This is a crew setting up booths on the midway and were washing down the canopies before erecting.

Fresno State showed steller defense against foe UC Davis in their 51-0 win. Here linebacker Shawn Plummer gets his hand under the facemask of a Davis player.

August 12th was the last day for the Golden Age Films program at the Fresno Art Museum. This photo shows the audience watching Odd Man Out, a black and white film starring James Mason. The program was eliminated due to lack of funding.

Wayne Scott, dressed as president Lincoln chats with folks at the Tulare Agri Center during a Tea Party event.

Jeremy "Elvis" Pearce belts out another favorite on the stage at Tulare's Agri Center during a Tea Party event.

This is the front of a car parts shop near the corner of Abby and Belmont.

This is the image of a true Lakers fan. Not some sportsteam worshiping sycophant. But just a guy who likes to be out on the lake instead of drinking beer in front of his tv and yelling at the referee who can't hear him anyway.

This was a cloud pattern that appeared over the Stanislaus overpass in downtown Fresno. It reminds me of something the Belgian surrealist painter Rene Magritte might appreciate.

A hawk takes flight after perching on a wall at Fresno State's Beiden Field during a baseball game against U.C. Davis.

Clouds loom over the west side of Fresno county with palm trees lining Chateau Fresno, just west of Kearney Park.

Early morning frost melts off slowly from the trees on the south fork of the Salmon River, in very remote and rugged country about an two hours west of Yreka in Siskiyou County.

Wildflowers starting to bloom already in the foothills off highway 168.

I lost count at 10,835 staples on this telephone pole outside the post office in the Tower District. I wonder how many staples have to be added to a telephone pole before it collapses under the load.

A couple and their dog walk across the Stanislaus overpass as the leftovers from the morning fog burns off and partially obscures the Trade Center building in downtown Fresno. Air quality for Fresno showed moderate to unhealthy levels of particulate matter. Weather forecast predicts no change in the weather for the next five days.

The Family & Food Science building is reflected in the windows of the new library at Fresno State on the students first day back from winter break.