Washington Park, Portland

Washington Park, Portland. I visited the park after a rainy night; it was humid, smelled very fresh and some of the mist among the giant trees lingered around for a while. It felt great to be there.

Budding Geranium Flower

Blue Poppy Anemone

Blue Poppy Anemone at the Sherman's Gardens. #365Challenge #ShermansGardens #CoronaDelMar #California #Lensbaby #Sweet50 #flower

Succulent at the Sherman's Gardens in Corona del Mar

Clivia

Oregon Fall

In the Fall of 2017, during my Portland stay, I hiked in many of the wonderful forests of the city. On one of these hikes I ran into this strickingly yellow leaf caught on a lush green fern. #365Challenge #Oregon #Portland #Fall #Forest #leaf #leaves #Autumn

Ornamental Red Torch Ginger Flower

A Field of Ranunculus

Carlsbad Flower Fields

California Lupines

Foggy Morning 4

This morning we had a very dense, localized fog hanging over our town. I visited two locations nearby and created four images of this cloudy, foggy morning. This is the fourth one.

Foggy Morning 3

This morning we had a very dense, localized fog hanging over our town. I visited two locations nearby and created four images of this cloudy, foggy morning. This is the third one.

Foggy Morning 2

This morning we had a very dense, localized fog hanging over our town. I visited two locations nearby and created four images of this cloudy, foggy morning. This is the second one.

Foggy Morning 1

This morning we had a very dense, localized fog hanging over our town. I visited two locations nearby and created four images of this cloudy, foggy morning. This is the first one.

The Magical Forest

While walking in the wonderful Irvine Regional Park one January morning, I came upon this amazing tree - one of many unbelievably huge Sycamore trees. In my picture I wanted to convey the magical feeling I had while I gazed at it in astonishment from top to bottom. What an extraordinary gift it is to me to be able to witness such aged trees in my local area!

Hungarian Windows 6

The Szentendre Skanzen Village Museum in Hungary portrays the life of village people from the 18th Century to the middle 20th Century. The tiny, simple windows are one of my favorite features on the buildings.

Pink Rose

A lovely pink rose from our Colorado garden, taken just days before we moved to California.

Red Poppy

A bright and cheerful poppy flower, blooming in late spring.

Spring Awakening

Pink Hyacinth

Crocuses, daffodils and hyacinths were the messengers of Spring in my backyard in Colorado. Alll of them are beautiful, but hyacinths are also wonderfully fragrant.

Happy Daffodils

For most of my life I lived in areas with four true seasons. Winter was never my favorite, and I could hardly wait for the first spring flowers to start blooming after the cold and bare winter. Although daffodils are not the very first spring flowers to bloom, they are definately one of Spring's messengers.

Breaking out of Winter

Blue Windflower

I spent about an hour one morning photographing our white and blue windflowers in really high winds. These plants are tiny, maybe 2 inches high. They bloom in the spring for just a few short weeks.

White Windflower

This was one of my first close up flower images taken in 2012. It was a very windy day in Colorado, and my Windflowers were dancing in the wind. :) #365challenge #flower #painterly

Ready to Bloom

The Majestic Tree

Snowdrop

Winter Trees

Surreal Sunset

A few bare trees near our Colorado home, out on the fields. They provided a wonderful foreground to this amazing sunset.

Berries for the Birds