These is my picture set taken off Hwy 138 on the way to the Poppy Reserve, this is what the foothills of the Tehachapi Mountains look like
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#3 Southern Goldfields aka Royal Goldfields, they are highly fragrant
#4 Poppies so thick, it's hard to see any of the ground below
I was skunked at Carrizo Plains for the 2017 superbloom as I got there a few weeks too late on May 2nd when everything was dead. I couldn't go earlier because I played on a tennis league which sapped all my weekends. This year, I skipped the league which freed up my weekends in the spring, so...
There is no ghost in the picture, it's a picture that my friend Kevin captured of my friend Cristina and I hiking up the last part of the dunes the previous day. It just gives you a reference for the ghost story:
Ghost On The Eureka Dunes
The Eureka Dunes are the tallest dunes in California at...
Mono no aware - a Japanese term for the awareness of impermanence or transience of things, and both a transient gentle sadness (or wistfulness) at their passing as well as a longer, deeper gentle sadness about this state being the reality of life.
I took a picture of this plant at Eureka Dunes...
After meeting and making a new friend, Jim Fox at Joshua Tree, I drove to the Kelso Dunes in Mojave the next day after the wildflower shoot. I love shooting sand dunes! The light on them is constantly changing, and I love shooting "S" curves in nature. The last time I shot dunes were in...
I was chasing wildflowers over the weekend from Anza-Borrego. A lot of roads had water on them, and I did not have 4 wheel drive to explore offroad, so I left Anza and headed to Joshua Tree. The wildflowers are currently popping around the south entrance. I got there in the afternoon, and...
There is an issue with Uploading Photos (attachjments). I am not sure what the problem is, and I am looking into it. You can still try to Create your Threads and Upload your Photos, but it is hanging up during the Upload.