Sunset


another view just before the sun sets.

White Oak



Hundreds of years old and a survivor of woodpeckers, mistletoe and fire.

A Sliver of a Moon Appears



as treetops sway at sunset.

Sunset



The sun can be glimpsed through the trees.

The Smallest Flowers



bloom as the summer heat lingers.

Dried Flowers, Dried Grass



swaying in the breeze.

Summer Scape



blue sky, brown and hot, during this last burst of summer.

Bull Pine Cone



with pitch clinging to its edges.

Dried Flowers



casting shadows at the end of summer.

Live Oak Acorn Clusters



mature.

Buckeye



Heavy on the branch as the buckeyes mature.

Manzanita



Grey green against rusty red. The coyotes couldn't reach this bunch.

Redbud



The flowers are dark pink, but the leaves are red.

Buckeye



Not dead, just looks that way. The buckeyes grow large and weigh the branches down.

White Oak



The acorns are growing.

Will to College



It's move in day.

Leaf Designs



What creature traced this pattern?

Summer Rain



rare but it happens in the foothills. A welcome break from the heat and dust.

Live Oak Acorn



growing on the branch.

Fungi



breaks out spilling spores.

White Oak



lushly gray green and forming acorns.

Leaves of Three



Poison oak among the live oak.

Beautiful Leaves



of poison oak.

Bay Berries



appearing singly or in clusters.

Fungi



a few spores in the burst shell.