Yosemite and More

Went to Yosemite Valley a couple of weeks ago with some great people. I can actually say I haven't had that much fun in a very long time. Stories were told, s--t was given and laughing was heard. THE FOLLOWING IS USED WITHOUT PERMISSION. I don't care. There's a lot of water flowing right now, the dogwoods were in bloom and people were everywhere. The Merced River was a little angry with all the water flowing down it. As I said the Dogwoods were in full bloom. I took a lot of photos and had to restrain myself when deciding what to post. Here's a 'few' I decided on. Definitely one of my all time favorites. I've seen a lot of Dogwoods over the years. This particular tree really grabbed my attention. I don't remember seeing such a large display on a single tree before. I liked this one in black and white. Something about the single flower against the grey and black background. If yo...

WOW, didn't realize I hadn't posted since March. I've been a few places but have avoided editing. We'll start with my fairly recent visit to Northern California. On the way up to see my brother in Mt. Shasta I stopped in Redding at the Sundial Bridge and Botanical Gardens. The Sundial Bridge is an iconic architectural feature in the area.  Thought black and white did a better job of highlighting the lines. The botanical gardens has all kinds of plants and flowers. It's a great place  even if you're not a photographer. Somewhat unfortunately they were doing a lot of work in the garden and  areas where fenced off. Also I was just a bit early for many of the blooms  but not for the mosquitoes. Manyof the exhibits were labeled, this one wasn't but I thought it was a real cool looking flower.  Couldn't decide which version I liked so you get two photos of the Shasta Daisy. On my way ...