Showing posts with label plants. Show all posts
Showing posts with label plants. Show all posts

Friday, May 20, 2011

Today's Flowers, Scenic Sunday, Blue Monday, Mellow Yellow / Wisteria in the Bay Area

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I so enjoyed the wisteria in the San Francisco Bay area on my recent visit.
These were among the grape vineyards of  Livermore, California USA.

This is from another perspective of the top photo.  
It was breezy so I tried a slower shutter speed to play with motion blur...1/15 second.

Monday, May 17, 2010

That's My World Tuesday, Ellipsis Monday Photo Shoot / Sides, The Cajon Pass and Lone Pine Canyon, California USA

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This beautiful Mojave Yucca grows on the side of a hill in Lone Pine Canyon near Wrightwood, California USA.
This is part of the high desert region of southern California.

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 Lone Pine Canyon is THE place to enjoy these majestic desert plants right now.  
The floor of the desert is covered with them as well as the sides of the mountains.
You can barely see them growing on the hillside at the left side of the photo.
I wish I had an even bigger lens to capture that distance.

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The freight trains travel through the passes (along the sides of the mountains) of another high desert region, not far from the above photos.
This area is also the home of many many Mojave Yuccas.
You can see power lines climbing the sides of the mountains here.
My husband is NOT fond of this photo because the lines are visible!

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The freight train has passed, but, another will roll through here very soon...about every 15 minutes.

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The hillsides are carpeted with such amazing color right now!

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The blooming Yucca is everywhere out here.

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...just a little closer.


The theme is side or  sides.

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Scenic Sunday, Blue Monday, Midweek Blues / Lytle Creek, California USA

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The Mojave Yucca are blooming profusely out at Lytle Creek in southern California USA.
I took this photo this past Tuesday.
The blue sky was a truly beautiful bonus for an all ready perfect day out in the wilderness.

Lytle Creek has a lot of water in it right now.
My little grandson spent some time throwing rocks in it.
He could spend the entire day right in this spot, until all the rocks were in the creek!