Because fall season is setting in and the trees are changing colors, I had to do a quick drive-by at the Oceanside beach. Here it still feels like summer, only less crowded than it is in August 😎😁🤗🙏! So, here’s 40 seconds of summer for anyone who wants it!

#TidesOutTuesday #Maui #Photography Early morning on the beach at Kaanapali, people boarding a catamaran to go snorkeling or dolphin watching for the day. Eight miles across the water is the island of Lanai, waking up under a morning cloud cover.

#TidesOutTuesday #Photography #LaJolla Looking down to the beach from the top of the cliff at the Torrey Pines Glider Port in La Jolla, California. Every now and then, some of the cliff collapses and crashes to the beach below. So, choose a good spot to put your beach chair!

Hmm, let’s see… #RockinTuesday, how about a #RockinTrainRide? The Durango-Silverton train, on the way down the mountain, going back from Silverton to Durango, Colorado.

#PinkMonday #BloomScrolling #Roses #Photography Sunset is near, and as I walked through the garden to check if I turned the water off, these friendly roses were just asking ever so nicely to get their picture taken 🤗!

#BlueSkyMonday #Bavaria #Photography A classic Bavarian grassy field with wildflowers, in this case, Buttercups, I believe. Trees along a walking path and a bright blue sky with puffy clouds overhead make for a nice walk.

#BlueSkyMonday #MinimalMonday #HangGliding #Photography A hang glider sailing along the cliff above the pacific, at Torrey Pines Glider Port in La Jolla, California.

#ColorADay #Roses #Bloomscroling #Photography A pink rose for #PinkMonday!

Just as I was leaving the patio to go inside for dinner, the sky lit up with something very fast streaking across the rising moon and off into the horizon. It was a rocket launch… but I thought Elon moved all that stuff to Texas? Maybe it wasn’t one of his.

Napa is so nice! Hope you had a great time and birthday celebration 🎉! We’re getting visitors from up north, Petaluma, next week, looking forward to a fun week here in San Diego.

#Stunday #OrangeSunday #Photography #Maui People are walking along the beach, enjoying this gorgeous, but not uncommon sunset at Kaanapali, Maui. The island of Lanai is visible on the left horizon.

The early bird gets to see the best sunrise on #OrangeSunday!

#OrangeSunday #MoonRise #Photography A evening with a misty cloud cover gave this moonrise an orange glow.

#Scape #Photography #PrivateIsland A view of Lanai, taken from Maui. This beautiful island is owned by an American billionaire. Hard to wrap your head around that! The guy is likely writing this off his taxes as a business entertainment expense. And now America is giving him another tax break. Sad!

#ForestFriday #Redwoods #LostCoast #HumboldtCounty #Photography After driving for a while on this road in the Lost Coast area of Humboldt County, you got the feeling that the road got narrower, or maybe the trees got bigger… at least it was paved 🙏!

#YellowThursday #AutumnGold #Photography #SierraNevada #Fall Seasonal gold can be found in California’s Sierra Nevada in October. Aspen trees along the trail at Rush Creek show off their yellow-golden foliage this time of year. Having the sun shining on them helps 🤗👏🙏!

#YellowThursday #BloomScroling #Photography #Roses A yellow rose and a new bud, sprinkled with diamonds, generously provided by the morning dew.

#UrbanScape #Hollywood #Photography #California Looking over a some homes with lush vegetation in the Hollywood Hills to the Griffith Observatory perched on a hilltop in the distance.

#WaterFallWednesday #Yosemite #Merced #Photography A classic view of the Merced River rushing at you with Upper Yosemite Falls in the center background. I took this photo from the footbridge at Sentinel beach, I could feel the power of the river vibrating the bridge!

#RedWednesday #Photography #Utah #SnowCanyon Stunning scenery in Snow Canyon,Utah, and not just because it’s red! It’s a great place to explore!

#RedWednesday #photography A cluster of red berries on one of the decorative plants in the yard. Late summer rain made them say ‘Look at me!’

#RedWednesday #Photography #Stratocaster #Route66 A red Fender Stratocaster is advertising a souvenir shop on the other side of the street from the famous corner in Winslow, Arizona.

#TidesOutTuesday #Maui #Photography #Vacation A year ago we celebrated retirement with a trip that was meant to mostly chill by the beach! It worked out perfectly. Our ground level room had a great view, but better yet, I could get from the patio into the water in under a minute 👍🫶👏😂🤗!

#TidesOutTuesday #BlueTuesday #Photography #LagunaBeach A perfect day for the beach! September/October are perfect for visiting this area. Most summer tourists have left, and so has the gloomy weather that can prevail from May into July, and sometimes even August! Laguna Beach, California.

#TidesOutTiesday #BlueTuesday #Photography #NaPali #KalalauTrail Up on the Kalalau trail at the NaPali coast on Kauai. The trail is scenic, but not easy and often wet and slippery. The best way to enjoy this gorgeous, steep and lush stretch of coastal cliffs is probably by boat.

#BlueSkyMonday #Sunset #Maui #Photography A day well spent coming to the inevitable end. The sun sets, the day ends and the night begins. This was a good place for it to play out. Kaanapali, Maui, Hawaii.

#BlueSkyMonday #HotSpring #DesertCamping #Photography This hidden gem of a county park is located inside the Anza Borrego desert state park. It is old and charming, and features a hot pool that is fed by geothermal water from the San Andreas fault, as well as this beautifully situated cold pool!

#BlueSkyMonday #Maui #Photography The rainforest side of Maui. Endless views to the horizon, where the sky meets the Pacific Ocean. We were high up on Maui, at a garden that was cultivated into the rainforest, seemingly without transition or border, and with a lovely waterlily pond!

#BloomScrolling #Hibiscus This Hibiscus bundled up like winter is coming! But all we had today was some warm tropical shower activity. Maybe in the morning it will open it’s arms to the world again 🌺 🤗👏! Have a wonderful week, y’all!

#Sunset #Photography Another fine sunset here at the ranch! Hope y’all had a great Saturday and a fantastic Sunday coming your way! 😎🤗👍👏!

#BlueSkyArtShow #Angles #Photography #PalmSprings Just minutes from downtown Palm Springs, you can visit several Indian Canyons. The Palm Canyon Trail is a good choice to see dense Palm groves, and it’s where you can find this Palm forming an arch! Is a half circle an angle?

#BlueSkyArtShow #Angles #Photography #Taos A ancient building that may have played a role in popularizing the Pueblo style architecture found in many places around the south west. Taos Pueblo, Taos, New Mexico. Certainly one of the most striking buildings I’ve ever seen.

#BlueSkyArtShow #Angles #Photography A beautiful building all around, with some interesting angles even on the backside. San Francisco de Asis Catholic mission in Taos, New Mexico.

#BlueSkyArtShow #Angles #Architecture #Photography A photo of a corner, if can call it that, in the lobby of Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, California.

#BlueSkyArtShow #Angles #Photography #Architecture A building with an abundance of #Angles. Disney Hall, Los Angeles, California.

#Maui #Hana #Photography Hana Bay, in the town of Hana on the island of Maui. The road to Hana is famous, and it is well worth driving when you’re on Maui. Take it slow and enjoy all of the sights and stops on the way!

#Sunset #Monsoon #Photography #FallSeason #SanDiego No sign of fall yet in coastal San Diego. Just the beautiful clouds that are remnants of tropical storms down in Mexico, and making their way into San Diego as monsoon rains and humidity. We get fantastic clouds and sunsets out of the deal 🙌😎🙏!

#Sunset #Photography #UrbanScape #SanDiego Humid weather brought fabulous clouds to the south land yesterday. The local water tower on an adjacent hill from my home was brilliantly illuminated by the setting sun. The water tower is officially called Rattlesnake Tank.

Wishing y’all a great evening! Here in SoCal, a tropical storm is moving through, giving us beautiful looking skies and lots of lightning out in the desert!

#Colorado #Trains #Photography The 8:30 to Silverton is ready to leave the station in Durango, Colorado.

#RailRoad #Movies #TrainRobbery #Photography I loved both, Robert Redford and Paul Newman. So I watched the Butch Cassidy movie again. Found out that this very train was used in the train robbery scene! The Durango to Silverton Railroad. If you’re ever in Durango, I would recommend the trip!

#GetOutside #UrbanGaze #Hiking Just finished my morning walk along the horse path that runs through my neighborhood. Rain last night = humid today! First time I was able to walk the whole trail since knee replacement surgery. It has some hills.

#BloomScroling #BirdOfParadise #Photography Many of the bird of paradise that grow around my garden shed are sending out blossoms to look skyward in anticipation of rain tonight!

#WaterfallWednesday #Maui #RoadToHana #Photography One of many waterfalls on the eastern side of Maui. A dense rainforest covers this side of the island, and many creeks tumble down through the forest to ultimately spill into the pacific. Through the trees, you can see a car headed for Hana.

#Spider #Fall #Night Fall is definitely coming… just had my first nighttime run in with a friendly orb weaver while taking the dogs out into the yard. Luckily I saw it before walking in face first 😱🙏!

Taos Pueblo, where people live their lives in the footsteps of the people who lived here before, for the last thousand years! #TaosPueblo #NewMexico #Photography #BlueTuesday #BlueSky

I hope the bright moon will shine a light on the path to the pearly gates! RIP Robert Redford 🙏🫶

#RobertRedford #GhostRanch #Movies Looking for some connection I may have to the sad passing of Robert Redford today 🙏 All I can offer is this photo I took at the Ghost Ranch in New Mexico. It was featured in many movies, one of them was Robert’s The Milagro Beanfield War, filmed in 1988. RIP 😢🙏🫶

And what would #PinkMonday be without a pink rose 🌹?

#PinkMonday #BloomScroling #MacroMonday #Cactus #Photography All kinds of pink popping up in my cactus garden. Took these photos over several days last week, at different times of day and stage of bloom, but all are on a single plant!