Posted in Destinations, Nature, Photos, Wildflowers on April 26, 2008 | No Comments »
This is just a reminder to get out there and enjoy the beautiful wildflower blooms while they last.
This image is from the Temblor Range at Carrizo Plain National Monument. To see more wildflower photos visit our online Southern California gallery.
A great website for finding out where to go is Carol Leigh’s California Wildflower Hotsheet.
Posted in Destinations, Nature, Photos on January 2, 2008 | No Comments »
Living on the Monterey Bay has its rewards. As each year passes we watch the birds and other assorted wildlife call this beautiful place home or migrate through in the fall and spring. We look forward to fall especially - the bird migration is always a spectacular sight, followed by the arrival of [...]
Posted in Destinations, Photos, tagged photography, Sedona on December 25, 2007 | No Comments »
After a long break from blogging we are back. Work, travel and holidays kept us from posting new content, but the good news is we have many new images and articles to come.This photo was taken during our Thanksgiving trip to Sedona and New Mexico. We stayed just down the road from this well-known and [...]
Posted in National Parks, Nature, Photos, Wildflowers on August 14, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Pacific Dogwood (Cornus nuttallii) is also known as Mountain Dogwood and can be found along waterways in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, especially Yosemite Valley. As the waterfalls in the Valley burst forth in spring and swell the Merced River, Pacific Dogwoods echo back with a spectacular display.
These showy white blooms are actually modified bud [...]
Posted in Destinations, National Parks, Nature, Photos, Wildflowers on August 7, 2007 | 2 Comments »
As far back as I can remember, I have loved hiking and backpacking, and what I love about it most is wildflowers - even as a child I scoured the fields around our house looking for a little beauty to press or draw. In college I studied botany, which only fueled that fire [...]
