The Pod Opens



and the seeds begin to parachute out.

Fall Color



in poison oak leaves.

Pearly Everlasting



dried on the vine still smelling faintly of maple syrup.

Orb Spinner



This one moved in a few days ago near the back patio.

Beloved of Doves and Quail



the turkey mullein aka dove weed finish blooming and begin to die back.

Bull Pine



casts shadow on granite.

Narrow Leaf Milkweed



forms seed pods.

Tarweed



lingers into fall, yellow deepening to gold.

Migrating Geese



honking along the way.

Shades of Blue



Haze from the fire smoke hangs in the sky.

Tarweed



reaches its full glory and begins to fade.

The Tallest Tree



towers over the oaks.

Unidentified Small Flowers



hiding among the tarweed.

The Buckeye



in all its almost fall glory.

Phoebe Patrolling the Fence Line



among the tar weed.

The Road of Oaks



as summer draws to a close and fall commences.

Poison Oak



climbing up trees and illuminating them.

Dead Tree



a ghostly presence on the landscape.

Manzanita Berries



grow heavy and red.

Coffeeberries



appear to mature at various speeds. The same stalk has dark, red and golden berries among the gnawed on leaves.

Looking at the Sierra



Sky, clouds, mountains, trees, shrubs and tarweed.

Game Trail



bisects a field of tarweed.

The House



nestled among the oaks.

Autumn Sky



seen through the buckeye branches.

The White Oak



leaves are turning golden and dropping at an accelerated pace during the heat wave.

Poison Oak Leaves



turn golden twining up into a live oak.

White Oak



and dry grass dominate the landscape.

Yerba Santa



Glossy and everywhere.