Random Observations II

This Morning

Potted ivy topiary still life

Sign Holders in front of Church in Irvine, California

Black Oak, Highway 76

After the storm - Lake Elsinore viewed from the Ortega Highway

Death of a Butterfly

Dead Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) on textured background

Detail of building, Banning, California

Snake Avoidance Training for Dogs

Camping at 8500 feet during a thunderstorm in Big Bear, took advantage of a break in the rain to grab a few shots of our tent.

Boys and Girls Club, Temecula, CA

Hooded Oriole

Tyrannosaurus Rex sculpture by Ricardo Bracedo for the Galleta Meadows Sky Art installation. Galleta Meadows owner Dennis Avery commissioned Bracedo to create many large metal sculptures for display on the open desert property he owns in Borrego Springs, California near Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. The original sculptures represented animals that roamed these lands many years ago, later sculptures reflect the history of the area, and the most recent are whimsical.

Three red pears

Red coin operated binoculars #2027 manufactured by The Tower Optical Company on a foggy morning at Lookout Point Park, Corona del Mar in Newport Beach, California, USA. "The act of faith consisted in believing that the visible contained hidden secrets, that to study the visible was to learn something more than could be seen in a glance." John Berger

All that remains of the Amboy Shoe Tree on Route 66 after it fell over in 2010.

Red balloon against a blue sky with clouds

California Pepper Tree (Schinus molle)

Orange County Fair silhouetted against twilight sky with moon

Bandage and grafitti on a sign post at Dana Point Harbor

Basketball hoop with sticker from band "Our Own Invention"