Shadow of the stamen II


Another yellow flower in step-mom's garden.
6/29/08

Shadow of the stamen

White flower in step-mom's garden.

6/29/08

Staying on the stamen

Yellow flower in step-mom's garden.
6/29/08

Down in the fields

A tree silhouette.

Celery Lake (near Arroyo Grande, in San Luis Obispo County), at the cusp of evening.

6/28/08

Sunset in Huasna


East of Huasna, with the sun setting over the hills.
6/28/08

Terrible lizard on the prairie

In unincorporated San Luis Obispo County, miles inland from the coast, along a little-used two-lane rural highway called Huasna Road, on a private piece of property (approximately here) are these giant metal dinosaur sculptures.

This triceratops...
...and this tyrannosaur (next to an abandoned building) are merely two of several that could be seen.

No idea why they are there, or who built them, or who owns the property, but I do know we had to stop and snap a few shots.

6/28/08

Through the railing

morning, 7/21/08

Outside

7/20/08

Sun at heart

These purple flowers open during the day and close up in the evening. Despite their color, they're called Blue Dawn flowers. (Ipomoea learii)
The first two shots are of the neighbor's back yard, through the fence.

The rest are in front of a house down the street.


7/21/08

Around the poppies

Part of a barbed wire fence that isn't keeping anyone away from the fields near the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve.


Poppies, poppies, everywhere

Poppies 3

Poppies surrounded by tumbleweeds (or at least something that looks like tumbleweeds).


Poppies 2

A series of shots that feature unbloomed poppies amid the blankets of orange.

(This first one also includes some yellow blooms.)


4/12/08

Powering up the poppies

On the drive west from Lancaster, poppies start to appear long before getting to the most heavily flower-covered hills. A glimpse off the road shows them to grow just about anywhere.
Even under power lines.

4/12/08

Poppies 1

Some shots of a trip to the blooming fields of California poppies out near Lancaster, back on April 12.




Evening delight

Fireworks from this year's 4th of July. (These were all set off in the street, not from a professional show.)