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Camelia
This ‘Tinsie Grande’ camelia was one of the first blooms we encountered in our visit to The Huntington Gardens and Museums near Pasadena, CA. So nice to see bright colors outside at the end of January!
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Above Van Nuys
The view from our plane flying over an interesting line up of smaller jets at the Van Nuys airport.
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Above Tejon Pass
Afternoon light catches the snow and furrows of eroded hillsides near Tejon Pass during our flight heading down to Los Angeles.
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Above Central Valley
A canal snakes along the divide between geometric fields and brown hills along the southwest edge of the Central Valley.
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Above Yosemite
Flying from Spokane to Los Angeles at the end of January, our plane took us over Yosemite Valley with El Capitan’s white cliffs visible just below the iconic Half Dome.
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Frosty Weeds
Sunshine illuminated the frost on these weeds one morning, setting them aglow for a few minutes before melting the ice crystals. Beauty is often found in the most unlikely places, if you keep your eyes open to it.
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Spikes in Snow
An inch of fluffy snow can make even prickly weeds look interesting. I noticed these when walking my dog past a vacant lot in January.
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Wings of the Wind
Delicate clouds leave feathery trails in the sky as the jet stream blows these “wings” above Spokane on a cold but sunny January day.
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Tower of Triangles
Looking up into a high voltage power line tower on a sunny winter afternoon reveals a symmetrical structure of triangles disappearing into the sky. I dare you to count them all!
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High Voltage
Power lines, and the towers holding them up, look a little shaky when reflected in a puddle after a winter rain in Spokane.
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Full Moon3
Driving across Eastern Washington in mid-December, the rising full moon glowed like an orange pumpkin above the fields and farms near Moses Lake.
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Full Moon2
The pattern of clouds on a lovely November evening was lit by the full moon above and the lights of Spokane from below.
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Full Moon1
The full moon in the middle of November was peeking through the clouds in Spokane every now and then.
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Chair with a View
Sunset over the ocean offers a spectacular view for anyone who wants a comfortable Adirondack chair in Oceanside, Oregon.
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Rocks and Trees
The evening view of the Three Arch Rocks from under the Sitka Spruce in Oceanside, Oregon.
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Glowing Beach
The morning sun took a while to burn off the mist on Oceanside’s beach and the green hills above it.
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Two Tones
Sunset orange sky and steel blue water set the tone for the end of the day looking out over the Pacific at Oceanside, Oregon.
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Oceanside Panorama
From the Three Arch Rocks to Maxwell Point to the village of Oceanside, Oregon, this panorama image shows one of my favorite places. I’ve been walking this beach since I was 4 years old, and the beauty of the rocks and waves and sand and sky never gets old.
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Japanese Maple Leaves
Fall colors were visible all over the Portland area when we visited family in early November.
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Mushrooms
A squirrel’s eye view of mushrooms poking up out of the wet ground on a rainy fall day near Portland.
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Wet Leaves
The ground was covered with different fall leaves in my brother’s rainy yard in a suburb of Portland.
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Shasta
Fresh snow blanketed the slopes of 14,000-foot tall Mt. Shasta as we drove north out of the Central Valley of California. Glad that the snow stayed high up above the freeways we traveled into Oregon.
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Joshua Trees
Leaving Las Vegas and rolling through the Mohave Desert, we found a valley full of Joshua Trees. Or at least as “full” as a valley of cacti that grow at least 50 feet apart from each other can be.
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Two Greens
A cactus with little spines offers a counterpoint to the green juniper bush behind it in the campground we stayed at in Las Vegas.
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White Walls
The top of Hoover Dam has white concrete towers that are about the same color as the bleached walls of the canyon above the dam, revealing how low the water of Lake Mead has dropped below the top of the dam over the years.
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