Honorable Mentions
Nancy Perkins, Sutter County A stray cat showed up at Perkins’ boyfriend’s ranch on the north side of the Sutter Buttes. The cat was skittish at first, so Perkins started feeding him in the old rice harvester, where he now hangs out. “His name is Fireball because he kept running from place to place to hide,” Perkins said.
Celeste Alonzo, Riverside County
Alonzo, past president of her county’s Young Farmers and Ranchers group, shot this picture of date palms in winter with the snow-capped San Jacinto Mountains in the background. “I’ll take random routes home just so I can see different fields, especially the winter crops—all the celery, carrots, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, broccoli,” she said. “The mountains looked really pretty.”
Lynn Sanguinetti, Tuolumne County Sanguinetti’s family has taken their cattle to graze in the Stanislaus National Forest every summer for more than 100 years. Her 5-year- old grandson, Les, insisted on helping her carry saddlebags even though she told him they were too heavy. “He’s just this little guy,” she said of Les, who likes to wear a cowboy hat and has been riding horses since he was 2. “He ropes just like a cowboy. He’s a tough little guy.”
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