Thought: Sit a spell and contemplate.................

People with artistic bend of mind are utterly romantic, so am I. As I saw these lone benches installed in various parks, my imaginative mind conjured images of visitors occupying them. May be an lone old woman, may be a young couple, may be a man with a dog, perhaps two young girls, likely to be a nature-lover..sat on it, contemplated, journeyed down memory lane, chatted, giggled, confided, watched birds etc. etc. What thought these empty benches induce in you??
By Gull lake...


Another by this lake....

By Devil's postpile monument.....

By the hypersaline Mono lake....

By Convict lake....

Under the sycamore, by the yellow iris......

In the park, surrounded by profuse Indian hawthorn bloom........

Under the birch canopy...

In the pine grove..

In the shadow of pine and sycamore.......

By the duck pond........

A serene, shaded place in Fullerton arboretum to relax...and...inhale the therapeutic botanical aroma...
listen to the chirps of mockingbirds and sparrows....watch the squirrels on the flame tree and bunnies under the thickets...gaze at the fluttering monarch butterflies...

Aspen and pine woods by an alpine Gull lake......

In Schulman grove...overlooking the 4,000 year old bristlecone pines...at 10,000 altitude..on a snowy, rainy day...

Somewhere in Prescott, Arizona...overlooking the desert landscape, abloom with myriad mallows..

Chaparral lake..by the edge of Lake Miramar..

By the bluffs of Sunset Cliffs......

In  Mount Laguna Recreational Preserve............

Atop a hillock at Mission trails regional park...........

In ranunculus field......

At Laguna beach...

By Jeffrey trail, Irvine..

Many more to come...