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Golden leaves backlit by the rising sun. Rays illuminate the leaves while calm water and silhouetted hills create a backdrop.

Morning walk. Still fall. Everything is golden.

#photography #nature
#lookingforthebrightspots

Bright yellow, orange, and red leaves viewed from below tall trees against a clear blue sky.

If you’re not familiar with SoCal seasons, it’s still fall here… until about mid-Jan when winter hits. Then spring starts mid-Feb, lasts through June. Summer is July to Oct. In Nov fall comes around again.

And hard to see, but some wild parakeets are in the tree tops.

#photography #trees

Close up of an iris in bloom. Side view of petals which are a light purple shade.

Winter iris bloom. I’m generally not a fan of purple with the exception of flowers. Purple flowers always work.

#bloomscrolling #iris #photography
#lookingforthebrightspots

Sea grasses, kelp, and rocks exposed at low tide. Glow of the setting sun on the distant horizon beyond the Pacific.

Close up of some little sea something that I can’t identify. But it’s pretty with soft turquoise and gray and white touches. Perhaps a closed up anemone?

Looking across the rocky shore with a large starfish clinging to some rocks. The low tide exposed more than usual, and the setting sun creates a shimmery pastel glow on the water.

Tidepools during low tide of the king tide with the super cold moon.

#photography #california
#tidepools #lookingforthebrightspots

I hope the next story about this will reveal where the payoff is. Someone invested in a particular crypto currency perhaps? Or invested in some particular real estate? Hope some good investigative reporters are following the money…

Two trees in a field with more trees and shrubs on the hill rising behind. Morning sunlight shines in from the left, creating visible rays filtered but the remnants of morning fog.

Morning walk, also from yesterday but a little later, the fog burning away with the rising sun. Love the softness of it all.

#trees #photography
#lookingforthebrightspots

The sun is a perfect orb glowing through the low morning fog. It’s just rising above the distant hills, though you can’t see them yet through the mist. A large old California Oak is perfectly silhouetted in the near distance, on a small rise, a little off to the right. A smaller tree is partially obscured by the fog over to the left. Wet green grasses fill the foreground.

Morning walk on a quiet Sunday. Church is where you find it.

#trees #oaktree #photography
#lookingforthebrightspots #california

Morning walk. May you have a peaceful weekend.

#photography #nature
#lookingforthebrightspots

They have a real talent for regularly reaching new lows.

All of these comments are so sad and I understand. But I also hope you can find joy again in creativity. Music and art and literature and humor are more important than ever. Now is the time to reclaim these things. Don’t let them take this from you, too.

Hawks. They’re chill but tough.

Close up of narcissus flowers in bloom. The white blooms are in stark contrast to the dark green stems and leaves; water droplets hang off every edge.

From this morning’s walk. Always a sucker for water droplets.

#bloomscrolling #flowers
#photography #lookingforthebrightspots

Sun rays streaming through the branches of a tall California Oak that leans slightly over the trail ahead. Green grasses and hills with blue skies and some thin white clouds in the background.

Morning hike on this holiday that for no good reason is still celebrated on a Thursday.

Grateful for the tall trees and quiet trails and a fine canine companion to enjoy them with.

May you have a beautiful day, however you spend it.

#trees #photography
#lookingforthebrightspots

Absolute tragedy and the shooter is responsible.

Also true that the response is an opportunistic excuse for even more racism and xenophobia. When was the last time all white guys were blamed after one of them shot up a school or a mall or killed their ex-wife? Never. They’re still buying guns.

Gray misty fog settled down into the ground with bits of nearby hills showing through the blur. Foreground trees create dark silhouette across the bottom of the photo.

Early morning mist. That is all.

#lookingforthebrightspots #mountains
#california #morningwalk

Bright morning sun shines through the thick branches and green leaves of a tall California Oak Tree. Beneath the bottom branches is a glimpse of reeds and lake water, above bits of blue sky provide the background.

Morning walk. Grateful for a sunny walk earlier this morning. This shot is passing by my favorite oak. She was glorious in the sunlight, as she usually is.

Peace to you all.

#trees #oaktrees #photography
#california #lookingforthebrightspots

Gray and white clouds rolling across the sky. Bright blue shiny through with a line of dark gray raining falling in the distance. Trees and hills silhouetted across the bottom.

Latest storm heading out. Happy for the rain we’ve gotten, over 8” in the past 8 days. Everything is turning green again… a good sign that maybe we can avoid winter wildfires this year. (FFS, please!)

Have a peaceful weekend, everyone.

#clouds #photography #california
#lookingforthebrightspots

Deja vu

8 human beings just trying to go about their business. 8 lives upended on just this one list.

For no good reason at all.

Fog hangs low over the lake obscuring everything except the closest trees on a small island just ahead. The soft reflection in the water is a perfect mirror to the standing trees and all else is quiet grayness.

Morning walk. I’ve probably posted photos like this before and it’s highly likely I will again because how can I not? The morning fog is so perfectly calming.

Peace to you all.

#photography #lake #lookingforthebrightspots

B&W photo looking up at rain-soaked roses arched over and a gray cloudy sky behind them. The leaves and branches are silhouetted in sharp contrast to the clouds and large rain drops hang from them and from the rose petals.

Morning walk. Apparently I’m a sucker for raindrops on roses…

#bloomscrolling #roses #photography
#lookingforthebrightspots

Cluster of magenta roses in full bloom, bent over with water droplets hanging on to the edges. Blurred greenery and trees in the background.

Morning walk. It’s been raining but we caught a window this morning which was nice since our dog is opposed to getting wet.

Hope you have (or have already had) a peaceful Sunday.

#bloomscrolling #roses #rainyday
#photography #lookingforthebrightspots

Morning walk. Sorry but there is no cooler tree bark than that of a California Sycamore in the rain.

#trees #california #photography
#lookingforthebrightspots

A lone coot (similar to a duck but smaller) swims in the morning light with bright pink reflected clouds glowing around it in the water. Darker gray clouds and mountain peaks are reflected upside down above it and the grassy bank creates a border across the bottom of the photo.

Morning walk. The rising sun had the clouds glowing and I love the reflection giving this little coot a colorful backdrop for its morning swim. Could just sit and watch that all day. Or rather, I WISH I could…

#birds 🪶 #nature #photography
#lookingforthebrightspots

I’d really love to be able to edit my typos! So embarrassing.

Winter and SUMMER are set in their ways.

It’s the thought that counts?

Bright red leaf in focus with other turning leaves blurred a bit. All silhouetted against a light blue sky.

I’m not sure if I love fall or spring more. They’re like the opposite but also the same.

Winter and spring are set in their ways. But fall and spring… they go with the flow, they’re flexible, ever changing.

#fall #leaves #trees #photography
#lookingforthebrightspots #nature

Bright morning sun peeking over the distant hills and sending beams of light out across the view. Trees and mountains are reflected in the calm water and the edge of a wooden dock and some reeds line the shoreline in the foreground. Imagine a variety of birds singing and squawking and chirping. It is peaceful.

Morning walk. Enjoying the early sun after the time change in these few weeks before the winter days shorten it all up again.

Wishing you all peace.

#morningwalk #photography
#mountains #lookingforthebrightspots

My super cute black-and-white mixed terrier mutt out on the trail. Behind him are rolling hills with some morning mist softening the edges.

Morning walk with my favorite little guy. He deserves an occasional shout out, I think, for making sure I get out in the fresh air every single morning, no matter the weather. Today, gratefully, the weather is perfect. Just like he is.

Happy Sunday’ing. Wishing you all peace.

#dogs #natureheals

HELL YES! Thank you for articulating so well what I couldn’t find all the words for.

I was raised evangelical-adjacent and left as a teen. But I have lots of family living the cult life just as you described in your book. Thank you for giving voice to the women who can’t speak.

Not a single Trump supporter exists who isn’t racist and/or misogynist, whether they’re self-aware enough to realize it or not. Beyond that they’re in it either because they’re part of the grift and stand to gain money and/or power, or because they are just fools.