Photo taken at: South Coast Botanic Garden
Star flower of some sort.
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Smoke from the Sand Fire in Santa Clarita
Smoke from the Sand Fire in Santa Clarita
Smoke cloud from the fire in Santa Clarita.
Smoke cloud from the fire in Santa Clarita.
Distant smoke cloud from the fire in Santa Clarita, seen through backyard trees.
Distant smoke cloud from the fire in Santa Clarita, seen through backyard trees.
Lamppost and clouds
#Lamppost and clouds
Crenshaw Line Metro rail construction
Photo taken at: Proud Bird
Crenshaw Line Metro rail construction. Near LAX and The Proud Bird, the bridge spans 111th alongside Aviation Blvd. In the mirror (yes, I know I need to clean it) you can see the raised section that will connect the bridge from the existing Green Line Aviation Station over Imperial Hwy to this one. Just past the intersection, the track dives down below ground as it passes the end of the runway, after which it climbs up again to the future train station at Century Blvd.
Hawthorn hedges are flowering again.
Hawthorn hedges are flowering again.
Friday afternoon sundog
Hedge
Found a new T-shirt! Oh wait, wrong Flash
The day started out great and just kept getting better…
The day started out great and just kept getting better… #flattire
Creepiest picture of palm fruit I’ve ever seen, c/o Google Photos’ auto-filter.
Creepiest picture of palm fruit I’ve ever seen, c/o Google Photos’ auto-filter.
Near as I can tell they’ve stopped watering the back half of the park…
Near as I can tell they’ve stopped watering the back half of the park, but you can really tell where the runoff collects.
Green! Purple! This jacaranda is almost done blooming…
Green! Purple!
This #jacaranda is almost done blooming and has dropped most of its flowers in favor of leaves, but there are a few clusters still clinging to the branches.
Red jade. I need to look up what makes the leaves turn red & whether it’s a sign of trouble for the plant.
Red jade. I need to look up what makes the leaves turn red & whether it’s a sign of trouble for the plant.
Lizard duo. There were at least three hanging around on and around this olive tree…
Lizard duo. There were at least three hanging around on and around this olive tree, sunning themselves and keeping an eye on the unpredictable humans following them.
LEGO Flash and Green by Matt Armstrong on display at LEGOLAND
Twilight crescent
Twilight crescent
Raindrops, glass and stone.
It’s been a banner spring for a lot of other flowering trees and bushes, but the jacarandas are just getting started.
It’s been a banner spring for a lot of other flowering trees and bushes, but the jacarandas are just getting started.
The last few years have been really dry – since I moved to the area, actually – that this year’s half-normal rainfall seems to have kicked all the perennials into high gear. Most of the flowers are winding down (or being trimmed off) now that the rain is done, and I’d started wondering if I’d missed the jacarandas or if the change this year had meant they hadn’t flowered. And there was my answer: A tree with leaves, flowers, and buds forming. I hadn’t missed them after all, they just run on another schedule than everything else around.