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| Branches (vertical) - Monterey County 2024 |
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| Branches (horizontal) - Monterey County 2024 |
Last year I visited Fort Ord National Monument in spring. In January of this year I was able to get some winter photos.
Saturday, March 2, 2024
Branches (Fort Ord NM)
Friday, March 1, 2024
Oaks / Farm Buildings (Monterey County)
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| Oaks - Monterey County 2024 |
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| Farm Buildings - Monterey County 2024 |
Nice oak trees. But for me the oaks in Colusa County are slightly more dramatic. The Google route veers off of highway 101 towards the end, providing a view of some plowed fields.
Thursday, February 29, 2024
James Dean / Blackwells Corner
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| James Dean (Blackwells Corner - Kern County 2024 |
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| Blackwells Corner Sign - Kern County 2024 |
Blackwells Corner is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California. It is located 50 miles (80 km) west-northwest of Bakersfield, at an elevation of 650 feet (198 m). Blackwells Corner is at the intersection of California State Route 46 and California State Route 33, and was the last place James Dean was seen alive prior to his death in a car wreck. (Wikipedia)
It was overcast and wet when I stopped for these photos.
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
Highway 46 West
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| Highway 46 West - Kern County 2024 |
I was following Google's directions to get to Monterey: take highway 5 north, then take highway 46 west to highway 101 in Paso Robles.
I stopped for gas in Lost Hills, then drove on into some quite forbidding clouds. Eventually it started to rain, quite hard at times.
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Grapevine Sightems
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| Grapevine Hills - Kern County 2024 |
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| Rose Station & Mountain Base (Grapevine) - Kern County 2024 |
I regularly stop here for the views.
Check out the Google Street View shot of the same scene:
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| Google Mt Base Road 2019 |
Monday, February 26, 2024
Monday Gull and Cormorant Blogging
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| Gull, Cormorants - Monterey County 2024 |
Early morning down by Monterey Bay.
Sunday, February 25, 2024
Tree & Crow (Grapevine - Kern County)
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| Tree, Crow - Kern County 2024 |
After dropping Hali off at the Burbank airport I headed north on highway 5 towards Monterey. I stopped at the small community of Grapevine for some photos, getting out the largish Nikon Z7II for the first time in the trip.
Saturday, February 24, 2024
Willoughby and Fairfax
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| Willoughby and Fairfax - Los Angeles 2024 |
An iPhone wide-angle shot. We were standing in front of Oki-Dog waiting for the light to change.
Friday, February 23, 2024
Thursday, February 22, 2024
Sad Boy Graffiti: Melrose Avenue #91
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| Sad Boy - Los Angeles 2024 |
Not only is last year's yucca gone, the "boy" of "sad boy" has been covered up with graffiti.
Sad.
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Korean Restaurant
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| Soju - Burbank 2024 |
Han Korean BBQ House in Burbank. We had just left the REI in Burbank when Google's directions somehow pushed me onto a freeway going in a completely unknown direction. Luckily Hali was able to come up with a new route that placed us right in front of this restaurant!
Food was good! I didn't have any soju, however.
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| Terra Beer (Korean) - Burbank 2024 |
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
Monday, February 19, 2024
Monday Cat Blogging
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| Sadie - Los Angeles 2024 |
Sadie checking out the guest bedroom while casting a dramatic shadow.
Sunday, February 18, 2024
Rain Chain
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| Rain Chain - Los Angeles 2024 |
Finally, a chance to see Joe's rain chain in action! The rain was really coming down!
Took a photo of it last year, but it was dry then.
Saturday, February 17, 2024
Friday, February 16, 2024
Utility Box / Globalize Love (Rain): Melrose Avenue #88
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| Utility Box, Rain - Los Angeles 2024 |
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| Globalize Love, Rain - Los Angeles 2024 |
An early morning Los Angeles walk down Melrose Avenue, taken in the rain. We had brought our hiking parkas, so we were good to go.
Thursday, February 15, 2024
Los Angeles Agaves
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| Agaves, Hedge - Los Angeles 2024 |
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| Agaves, Porch - Los Angeles 2024 |
Back in Los Angeles - overcast weather, nice light.
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Harris Ranch
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| Palm Trees (Harris Ranch) - Fresno County 2024 |
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| Side Entrance (Harris Ranch) - Fresno County 2024 |
Our usual rest stop at Harris Ranch. Alas, when we arrive it's too late for breakfast and too early for lunch. But we wander around, stretching our legs.
Couldn't help noticing that the palm trees had been given quite a trimming.
Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Chevrolet, McDonalds
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| Chevrolet, McDonald's - Alameda County 2024 |
On our way down to Los Angeles for a quick January visit to my sister's. This is the McDonald's just off Santa Rita Road in Pleasanton. Nice looking Chevrolet!
I must say, though, that the hash brown thingie wasn't hot.
Monday, February 12, 2024
Monday Possum Blogging
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| Possum (Fairfax) - Marin County 2023 |
Hali noticed our visitor first and called for me. Wasn't impressed with my iPhone to be sure . . . it sat there on top of our fence for some time before ambling away.
Earlier visitors to the fence: turkeys.
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