Ocotillo at Joshua Tree National Park (SkyWatch Friday)

Dessert blooms, Joshua Tree NP, 4 April 2014

Morning Greeter

"Top of the morning to you!"

DOS ... SkyWatch Friday

Springtime in the winter.

Outside the Red Onion restaurant, Rolling Hills Est. (Jan 2014)



Walking Westward

Palos Verdes Dr. South, Rancho Palos Verdes (April 2012)

Photo from the entrance to the Wayfarer's Chapel,

nearly the same spot as for yesterday's post.

I Spy (From Home to Work) ... No. 1

At Ridgegate's Gatehouse, 9 March 2011

Do you take time to smell the flowers take photos along the way to your daily destination?

Close... (SkyWatch Friday)



Sunset at The Getty, Los Angeles (5 Feb 2012)

... it's not really a bird, and it's not really in paradise, but I'd call it close.

A-MAZE-ing Coloring (at The Getty)

I spotted the lovely new blooms in the Getty gardens just at closing time.

 I think this view deserves to be re-visited very soon.

A rose with love...

... to my Valentine.

Wednesday Doorways ...

... on a typical Southern California winter's day.

Sunlit Sunflower

...in our dining room.

A Bright Spot

We've had two gloomy days in a row, and I needed a bit of color.

Pretty as a Picture

Isn't it lovely? ... Spotted somewhere in Long Beach on a cloudy day.

September Theme Day: Perspective

Groundhog's perspective - by Convict Lake Market, Eastern Sierra (August 2011)

Looking up at our balcony, Rancho Palos Verdes

 Click here to view thumbnails for all participants for City Daily Photo theme day.

Blazing Star ...

... on the Convict Lake trail.

Making COOLPIX

 Playing with my brand new Point & Shoot, metalic red camera -
COOLPIX L120 (in Easy Auto mode!)
Just love it!

On our balcony in Multi-shot 16 shooting mode... fun x 16.

White on White ...

... or a promise of a rose garden -- kept.

A Cure for June Gloom?

We are in the "mist" of June gloom every morning...it's the marine layer that covers LA basin in the morning hours of late spring and early summer, usually burning off by noon. This particular morning was almost a "white-out".

Curvilinear walls ...

... with  bougainvillea.

PV mall

If A Picture Is Worth a 1000 Words...

 ... what is a 1000 pictures worth?

According to Blogger, today is my 1000th post!

I took these photos today on our back patio. The unsightly cactus plant blossoms every May and produces these amazingly beautiful flowers, which are almost impossible to capture right.

Hope all the moms had a wonderful Mother's Day.

Happy Easter