Into the Woods

This is one of my favorites from my Northern CA series.  This shot was taken at the Santa Barbara Botanical Gardens along one of the perimeter trails. 

Arbor Trail

River Song

Swift and silent and strong
        Under the low-browed arches,
    Through culverts, and under bridges,
    Sweeping with long forced marches
    Down to the ultimate ridges,--
        The sand, and the reeds, and the midges,
    And the down-dropping tassels of larches,
        That border the ocean of song.

Kate Seymour Maclean  

More from Northern California

Mount Shasta from Crag View Drive

Middle Fork Kaweah River

Northern California - Mountains, Forest and Water

Uprooted

Boulder Creek Falls

Boulder Creek Falls II

On The Trail to Moro Rock

Mountain Stream

River Pool

Autumn Falls

Autumn Lake

Waterfall Dreams

On Top Of Moro Rock

Autumn's Gold

    

    Along the tops of all the yellow trees,
        The golden-yellow trees, the sunshine lies;
        And where the leaves are gone, long rays surprise
    Lone depths of thicket with their brightnesses;
    And through the woods, all waste of many a breeze,
        Cometh more joy of light for Poet's eyes--
        Green fields lying yellow underneath the skies,
    And shining houses and blue distances.

    By the roadside, like rocks of golden ore
        That make the western river-beds so bright,
        The briar and the furze are all alight!
    Perhaps the year will be so fair no more,
        But now the fallen, falling leaves are gay,
        And autumn old has shone into a Day!

~ George MacDonald

Rancho California RV Resort

Spent the weekend in our new RV at the Rancho California RV Resort just east of Temecula.  Here are a few morning shots of one of the lakes at the campground.

Floral Arrangement

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From the Golden State

Fishing the Amber Waves

Torrey Pines Beach

Urban Cathedral
Under the Pacific Coast Highway

SunSplash

Ocean Beach

La Jolla Cove

Contemplating the Dive

Gnarly

Gnarly II

BeachNook

Around San Diego

I've been out of commission for a couple of weeks and am slowly getting back into shooting.  I went out and about San Diego on Saturday and came out with a few shots I am happy with.

Saturday morning at the dinghy dock.

San Diego bay has some transient anchorage where people can moor their boats for a few weeks (some stay longer it seems).  This little dock is for the dinghy's they use to get to and from their boat and whatever they need to do on land.  Saturday seems to be a fairly busy day here.

Spring House

This stone structure encloses a spring for the inhabitants of the Rancho de Los Penasquitos adobe house.  Below is the barn on the property.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rancho_Santa_Maria_de_Los_Pe%C3%B1asquitos

Barn at Sunset

Miniature Works of Art

I went to a car show last weekend at Balboa Park.  The models ran the gamut from 1917 Fords to 2010 Mustangs, Camaros and Challengers.  While it was fun to look at all of the cars, I became enamored with the hood ornaments on the 40s and 50s models.  I realize that most of today's sleek designs are not conducive to sporting a little statuette on the hood, but these little pieces of art were the hit of the show for me.

Eastern Sierras

Morning Among the Aspens

Convict Lake

Fishing at Convict Lake

High Above June Lake

Sunset at Lower Twin Lakes

Ghost Town

Just got back from a quick trip to the Eastern Sierras in California.  Got a few shots from Bodie to show.  Bodie was a thriving mining town during the gold rush of the late 19th century.  As with most booms there is always a bust and when this town went bust everyone seemed to leave in a hurry.  There are some very interesting artifacts that have been left behind.  From the later settlers there are even some horseless carriages laying in ruin.