(26) Arroyo Mocho Creek
Winter Scene, Near Highway 178, CA
Blazing Sunrise, Zion NP
Pre-Dawn Winter Morning, Kernville CA
Winter Cottonwoods, Snowy Mountains, and Clouds, Eastern Sierras CA
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Scarlet Monkeyflower beside Wildcat Stream, near Lake Anza.
38-Blue Flower on Bike Path Abstract.  This began as a poor photo of a blue flower.... yet always wanting to redeem everything, I framed the poorness differently, transposed it, creating one of my favorite images....  I am reminded that "all things work to the good of God, and those who love Him"..... and how even the poorest of beginnings, even the most difficult of life's circumstances, can be transformed by how we frame them.
(37) Del Valle Shore Abstract 1 - my dog and I spend a lazy day here, alternately swimming, walking, taking photos.
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Clarkia amoena (Lehm.) A.Nels. & J.F.Macbr
Fairwell to Spring  aka Godetia

Native to western North America, found in coastal hills and mountains from British Columbia south to the San Francisco Bay Area.

It is an annual plant growing to 1 m tall, with slender, linear leaves 2–7 cm long and 2–6 mm broad. The flowers are pink to pale purple, with four broad petals 1.5–6 cm long. The fruit is a dry capsule, which splits open when mature to release the numerous seeds.
(26) Arroyo Mocho Creek
(26) Arroyo Mocho Creek
(26) Arroyo Mocho Creek
See photo in original gallery.