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Bed of marigold......

Autumnal sycamore..a tuft of mistletoe..

Greenery...

A seasonal waterfall in Dana Point.....

Winter coat of riparian willows........

A giant snag........it would have provided refuge to numerous birds and other critters when alive...even in senescence too.........

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A pair of lawn mushrooms.........

Airborne crow...

A pretty sea urchin..washed ashore on Laguna beach...discovered entangled in a mass of seaweeds..

Blue sky, bare sycamore...a lone woodpecker...

The Temblor Range, covered in California goldfields...it was 2017 spring...

A whimbrel spotted at Salt Creek beach, Dana Point....

A finch feeds among bottlebrush flowers..

A fruits of yellow oleander....toxic enough to kill a human...yes, its juice has glycosides, which can stop the human heart...

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A grocery store cat we had meet in a small town in washington.......it was lying there, between the aisles, getting rubs from customers.....

The library, in an airbnb, we stayed during Yosemite visit........

A hot cup of Espresso...in raging snowstorm...

A Southern magnolia bud, yet to unfurl...pristine to my eyes...

A vase made from my own garden flowers.........

Humming bird dining on bird-of paradise nectar.....

A yucca blossom pierces into the sky...........

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Bokeh of I-15 rush hour.....

A sunflower..........

Saint Mary lake, Glacier National Park...........

A statue at Mission San Diego..........

Christmas tree, on the shore of  lake Rancho Santa Margarita...........

Shall ginger flower.......

An American robin perched on a roof......

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An encelia bloom atop a bluff near Dana Point harbor........

An ocotillo bloom...........

A pine cone on snow-piled patio fence, at our lodge in Lake Arrowhead.......

Icicles hung from the roof on a mid -February morning...........

A kitten had a beach day.......

California wildrose..

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A flock of mallard chicks, creating an arc...

A beautiful dark crimson lotus..

A luscious apple, ready to be harvested....

Pristine white Southern magnolia.....

A pair of beautiful mallards..

A cormorant...........

A red-billed gull......

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Japanese magnolia...........

Matilija poppy..............

Gulls dotting the sky....

Orchid tree flower.............

Sunset en route home....

Sunflowers back-lit...........