Focusing on the Beauty
Keeping healthy and sane with local daily hikes and neighborhood walks during this period of social distancing….
Category: Flora
Yellow: Bishop Ranch Regional Preserve
Autumn: Bishop Ranch Regional Preserve, San Ramon, CA
Rainy Day: Angles
More images of plants in my front yard… Sunlight: After the Rain Photography 101: The Natural World *** The challenge?
Sunlight: After the Rain
Just as I hit the publish button on my last post (Photography 101: Warmth), the sun burned through the clouds
Photography 101: Warmth
It’s a beautiful, much-needed, rainy, overcast day here. I’ll keep my eye out today for an opening in the clouds
Photography 101: The Natural World
Playing with vertical, horizontal, and diagonal lines… Our Front Yard Photos taken November 12th, 2014 The challenge? WordPress Photography 101:
Photography 101: Connect
The challenge? WordPress Photography 101: Connect
Photography 101: Bliss
Bliss: complete happiness, great joy, paradise, or heaven. The challenge? WordPress Photography 101: Bliss
Floral Friday: California Poppies
As promised, more California Poppy photos… Photos taken April 2nd, 2014 Dublin, California
Silent Saturday: Spring…
Photos taken February 15th, 2014 Redwood Bowl, Oakland, California
Silent Saturday: Happy Flowers
Photos taken January 4th, 2014 UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley
Floral Friday: Together and Alone
Photos taken January 4th, 2014 UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley
Weekly Photo Challenge: Beginning
Photo taken January 4th, 2014 UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley *** WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge: Beginning
On Happiness: Myths Debunked
Ah, the pursuit of happiness. Isn’t that an inherent right of all Americans? Yet the majority of Americans seem to
Want to be Happier? Take a Walk in Nature
Within moments of beginning my walk around the grounds of the UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley this morning, I began
Floral Friday: Purple
Photo taken November 7th, 2013 Bay Area Discovery Museum, Sausalito
Floral Friday: Orange
Happy Friday!
Seasonal Produce: Greens
Oh, how I love the vegetables and fruits of autumn…. especially vibrant, yummy greens! I can’t eat them enough! Photos
Silent Saturday: Translucence
My 500th Post! *** Photo taken September 27th, 2013 UC Botanic Garden at Berkeley
Weekly Photo Challenge: Saturated
Photo taken September 27th, 2013 UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley *** WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge: Saturated
Silent Saturday: Soft or Spiky?
Photo taken September 14th, 2013 Dennis the Menace Playground, Monterey
Lake Chabot: August
Photo taken August 3rd, 2013 Lake Chabot, Castro Valley, California
Floral Friday: Pink
Photo taken July 30, 2013 San Mateo Memorial Park
A Masterpiece of Nature: The California Redwood
The California Redwood, 1200-1800 years old, growing taller than 300 feet, is a true masterpiece of nature. *** The tallest
Silent Saturday: Blake Garden (2)
Photos taken July 23, 2013 Blake Garden, Kensington, California *** You may also enjoy: Silent Saturday: Blake Garden (April, 2013)
Floral Friday: Wildflowers, Yosemite
The wildflowers were gorgeous Wednesday on the trail from Tioga Road to Mono Pass in Yosemite. I’ll write more about
Floral Friday: Snow Plant
Snow Plant, Yosemite Photo taken May 28th, 2013
Osage Station Park: Roses and Running
Over the past several years, I’ve tried running at just about every park in the Pleasanton through Danville area, searching
Floral Friday: Spring
Photos taken May 5th, 2013 UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley In celebration of National Public Gardens Day Related articles Gorgeous!
