Enough bristlecone pines to shake a stick at

...and I have a bunch more, but I got bored with p-shop.

Mono Lake redux

Along 395 (late July 2010)

 Better late than never...

 

Amazing full moon

Owens Valley

Eastern Sierra

Lost Coast: plants and landscapes

Trail of goldfields

I don't know this mustard... my best guess is some 

species of wallflower (Erysimum)

paintbrush and poppies

Horestail and a foul-smelling mint

Cream cups and lupine

Sedum sp.

(probably)

Platystemon californicus

(California cream cups)

Calystegia sp.

(I assume)

Sedum sp.

(I think)

Impassable at high tide

Iris

Abronia latifolia

(coastal sand verbena)

Textures and critters, Lost Coast (May '10)

Well, that's more or less the contents here...

The Lost Coast is very windy

wacky conglomerate

I love driftwood....

I tried taking some pictures of the ocean through

my polarized sunglasses because the many shades of 

blue were fantastic... the results, not so much

Sponge? Coral? Something?

Sea urchin... I'll be spending a lot more time

trying to perfect this photo

I think this quail did have a full complement of legs

maybe he's grooming his feathery butt

Wild turkey being chased by a blackbird

(evidence of) black bears on the beach!

Artistic seaweed arrangement

Maybe I'll get around to editing the rest of my photos from my May Lost Coast trip soon...