Slowly the light fades, as the day ends
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Mojave Mound Cactus
May 9th, 12
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Echinocereus triglochidiatus is a species of hedgehog cactus known by several common names, including Kingcup cactus, Claretcup, and Mojave mound cactus. The name is derived from Echino, from the Greek word meaning “hedgehog” and cereus from the Latin word meaning “large candle”.
They branch readily, over time making mounds 3 feet in diameter and 1 feet tall. This plant is native to the Southwest region of the United States and Northern Mexico.
The flowers are goblet shaped and stay open day and night, hence the name of Hedgehog Cactus. They are followed by showy red fruits.
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Yellow Carpet of Field Mustard
May 7th, 12
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Brassica rapa, commonly known as the field mustard will grow almost anywhere, under a large variety of conditions, and are cultivated for agriculture, cultivars that include turnips and canola, but the ones I saw are wild and invasive. They can be as tall as or taller than you, and produce hundreds of seeds per plant!
Last Saturday, my family went to Santa Barbara to explore some wild flowers. We took the back roads, and along the way we stopped at some vista points for some scenic and landscape shots. The wildflowers are almost gone.
One of the great finds was the Neverland Ranch, owned by the late King of Pop. We never saw it, only the guard house.
Some fans wrote on the stones surrounding the beautiful white and red roses.
On the way home we stopped at Solvang, for some lunch. That’s how fruitful our day was. How was yours?
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Hotel Reflection by the Cove
May 4th, 12
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Fun in the sun! The waters warm and it was low tide, too!
The shiny reflections is from this big hotel, too distant, I can’t see the name.
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Custom Fence: Dolphins
May 3rd, 12
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edited: 05/04/12: mea culpa – it looked like dolphins to me (LOL- skinny) but they are fish!
It was one hot Sunday afternoon, the day after The Channel Islands outing with my girl friends, about 30 photographers wen to the LA River for a photo shoot. I was on the bridge taking this photo overlooking the river.
The Los Angeles River (also known as the L.A. River) is a river that starts in the San Fernando Valley, in the Simi Hills and Santa Susana Mountains, and flows through Los Angeles County, from Canoga Park in the western end of the San Fernando Valley, nearly 48 miles (77 km) southeast to its mouth in Long Beach. Several tributaries join the once free-flowing and frequently flooding river, forming alluvial flood plains along its banks. It now flows through a concrete channel on a fixed course. (Source)
From the Glendale area, we drove towards the downtown LA area, for a photo shoot of the “caves” (will post about it later) which was under the 110 freeway bridge. And this is the gateway.
We ended the day at 7:00 p.m.
LA River
April 22, 2012
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