Tag: park

Whorls of Hedgehog Agave from Mexico Marsh mallow flowers - not quite ready for s'mores Greek Myrtle bush and flowers at the Berkeley Botanical gardens Flowers of the red hot poker (Kniphofia Uvaria) The Torch Lily or Red Hot Poker Striking red flowers and the Berkeley Hills Stopping to smell the Lily of the Nile (Agapanthus) Yellow Tecoma Stans flowers with cacti in the background Easter Lilly cactus flower, Echinopsis SP. Three Easter Lilly cactus flowers Cactus reaching up to the sky At the Berkeley Botanical Gardens in the sun Best pals! Corpse flower detail Bloom of the corpse flower Giant Corpse Flower just after bloom and corpse flower stalk. What's that smell?  It's the giant corpse flower! The Father of the Forest at Big Basin Redwoods State Park Rancho San Antonio Open Space preserve Fiery red leaves and mountains in the distance The South Bay from the Mountains Red bark tree and Black Mountain A shady resting spot on the trail Black Mountain Mountain View, Moffet Air Field and NASA from the mountains Small magenta flower in the dry grass A lizard in the leaf litter Lizard eye view Keeping a watchful eye on the guy with the camera Tiny apprehensive lizard Lizard on the trail From here you can see Hangar one, the huge dirigible hangar at Moffet Airfield Trail winding back down the hill The trail wraps around the hillside Deer browsing the bushes Lunchtime for this deer A young buck with fuzzy antlers Twisted, gnarled tree trunk in black and white At the Holden Arboretum Kissing the giant ant monster Not fazed by giant ant monster This bush provided some needed shade Descending the trail in Runyon Canyon Park Barbed wire fence against the city The edge of the trail Eucalyptus in Runyon Canyon Park Downtown LA through the smog Los Angeles cityscape from Runyon Canyon Almost to the top Cactus against the city Cactus and the LA skyline through the haze Like a scene from Sim City This is what Poison Oak looks like Squirrel eating a nut Bushy-tailed squirrel The trees are this big! Tops of the giant redwoods in Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park Beneath the Redwoods This was supposed to be a nice picture in the redwoods Standing in the hollow if a redwood A field of shamrocks Incredibly Tall Giant California Redwood Shamrocks and ferns on the forest floor No fighting! Peaceful walk in the redwood forest At the foot of a redwood View from the stone outcropping Mmm...  delicious grass Sheep grazing on Coyote Hill Reflections South east end of the bay Sheltered roots Flowers and an old dead bush Flowers and on the quarry edge Incredibly deep quarry My beat-up old bicycle Giant redwoods in Portola Redwoods State Park Balancing on a fallen tree Pescadero Creek crossing Taking a safer route Ann crosses the creek on a fallen log Crossing Pescadero Creek Hiding in the redwood Crow flying off Ann at Monte Bello Clouds boiling over the mountains Jason and Ann Around the bend Mountain bike tracks Seasonal stream Hillside in the evening light Weathered tree trunk Looking towards San Jose Low moon rising Grassy foothills Gnarled tree against the clouds Do you want to take a cheesy picture? Trail at Monte Bello Open Space Preserve Happy birthday to me Tree detail