Photo taken at: Madrona Marsh Preserve and Nature Center
Tag: trees
These tree swings are actually right next to a major street, but you’d never know it from this angle.
These tree swings are actually right next to a major street, but you’d never know it from this angle. #swings #trees #hermosabeach #shade #treeswing
Rainy day windshield
Rainy day windshield. #rain #raindrops #window #tree #blur
Rising moon behind trees and a thin cloud layer.
Rising moon behind trees and a thin cloud layer. #moon #silhouette #trees
Tree line
Tree line #silhouette #trees #eucalyptus
Carpet of Yellow Flowers
There are a lot of jacaranda trees near where I work, lining the walkways through the business and hotel parks and lining the sidewalks along the street. There are also a lot of these trees, which look so similar that I assumed they were more jacarandas until the first spring I was here, when they bloomed bright yellow instead of light purple. From what I can tell, they’re Tipuana trees, also known as Pride of Bolivia trees, and despite the similarities, they aren’t closely related.
The flowers act the same, though, dropping in thick blankets as spring turns to summer.
This particular tree, sadly, is no longer there. It was ripped out this fall, as part of a massive landscaping project to convert one of the office buildings into a hotel.
Looking up through the foliage.
Looking up through the foliage.
Blanket of yellow flower petals from a Pride of Bolivia tree
Jacaranda in bloom
Winter tree and moon
Autumn in southern California.
Autumn in southern California.
Hahn Park at Sunset
Kenneth Hahn Park sits within the Los Angeles basin, half of a cluster of hills bisected by La Cienega Blvd. The western side is an oil field. The eastern side is broken into a maintained city park and something vaguely resembling wilderness, all of it surrounded by suburbs, homes, retail outlets and light industry. Trails run up into the hills, with benches at scenic viewpoints making it possible to have a picnic lunch while you look across the basin to see — depending on which viewpoint and how clear it is that day — Downtown Los Angeles, Hollywood, Santa Monica, the South Bay or the Palos Verdes Peninsula.
This is somewhere along the trail on the western side of the hills, looking north through the valley. I believe the line of buildings in front of the Santa Monica Mountains is Wilshire Blvd.
Sunset Tree Silhouette
At Hahn Park in Los Angeles, looking west toward Santa Monica and Malibu.
Jacaranda in the park. I was struck by how clustered the flowers are on this tree.
Jacaranda in the park. I was struck by how clustered the flowers are on this tree. #park #trees #jacaranda #purple #summer
These Pride of Bolivia trees line one side of the sidewalk, jacarandas the other.
These Pride of Bolivia trees line one side of the sidewalk, jacarandas the other. When not flowering, they look so similar that I didn’t realize they were two kinds of trees until they started blooming. #yellow #trees #prideofbolivia #jacaranda #spring #hadtolookitup
Just another Friday night sunset in SoCal
Just another Friday night sunset in SoCal. #sunset #trees #palms #losangeles #silhouette
Leaving the Moon
Leaving the Moon on Flickr.
Branches (silhouette)
River of Stars
Night at the new pedestrian area at the Anaheim Convention Center, taken during WonderCon this past weekend. This walkway replaces a street that used to run between two hotels, and is anchored by fountains at either end. It turned out to be a perfect place for con-goers to gather socially during the day, and for cosplayers to hold photoshoots.
More photos on Flickr including exhibits, people in costumes, and sightseeing.
Somewhere along highway 6 between Portland and Tillamook
Waterfall 3 on Flickr.
Somewhere along highway 6 between Portland and Tillamook, Oregon. Literally less than a minute’s walk from a turnout on the side of the road.
Next time I’ve got to remember: Take a photo with the [edit] phone too just to get the GPS stamp.