Yosemite and More

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 ...

After the Tilden Botanical Gardens Friedhelm and I went to the  UC Berkeley Botanical Gardens. While the Tilden Gardens featured plants from California, UC Berkeley had plants from around the world. This is a Banksia Oblongifolia from New Zealand, There were a lot of odd shapes and sizes.  While a large majority of plants were labeled, sometimes it was hard to tell what label belonged to what plant or if there was a label at all. I tried using  an app on my phone but I guess in doesn't include a complete list of  flowers from New Guinea and Korea, et al. The internet was a little help if I had some idea of where to start. Here's one I really liked but didn't get the name of. As I said some interesting structures. This one is from New South Wales, Australia Most did not have a 'Familiar or Common' name.  this one did. This beautiful Fushia is from Equador. All the photos were taken with ei...