Frosted Tree

Laura Walthers sent me this photo she took in her yard. She also has great photos of nature and fairies on her website. Check it out!

www.beingenchanted.com

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Beautiful California Fall

After some rains we’ve had warm weather again. I have a few pictures from a walk recently.

Here’s a small valley very close to my house in Marin. The photographer has the San Francisco Bay to her back. This was taken in the late afternoon, just as the sun was dropping below the hills on the right. I really love this valley and have enjoyed many walks on the trails. There is a particular rock that calls my name, to lean back against and connect with nature.

 

 

And just after the sun dropped behind the hills.

My sister couldn’t resist taking a couple of shots of me leaning against my rock as the slanting sunlight lit up my eyes in such an interesting way.

View looking north from the valley.

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A Beautiful Day in the San Francisco Bay Area

My sister came to visit and we worked some magic with the weather – we had early winter rains at night, then crystal clear and sunny days!  So we ENJOYED this gift to the fullest, and did a little sight-seeing close to home.  Here is the view from the Marin Headlands, where the Golden Gate Bridge reaches land on the north side of the crossing. In the distance you can see San Francisco.  It really is amazing and wonderful that this huge natural reserve and open space has been kept free of development, for the pleasure of anyone who wants to pay a visit.

Here’s a link to a short video from this day on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8usDdWz-dno&feature=context-cha

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More views of San Francisco Bay Area

We continued a bit further west – out towards the great Pacific Ocean.

And enjoyed the glorious views all the way !

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Solar Eclipse May 2012

On the day of the eclipse I joined some friends at Crissy Field in San Francisco. Here’s a link to their website: http://www.parksconservancy.org/visit/park-sites/crissy-field.html

This is a picture I got from their website.

Crissy Field had originally been an air field but is now a park located on the north shore of SF, just east of the Golden Gate Bridge. The view is gorgeous! To the northwest is the bridge with the Marin Headlands behind it. And in the afternoon the Sun sets behind the bridge. Across the bay to the north is the beautiful Marin County where I live. There were lots of sail boats and of course, Alcatraz Island.  It tends to be windy there and Sunday was no exception. Wind surfers and kite surfers were leaping and flipping away on the choppy water.

We had a delicious picnic with only a bit of sand getting into my Sauvignon Blanc. My friend’s two sons and two dogs were running and tussling with vigor. As the afternoon grew later, people brought out their telescopes, cameras and goffy glasses to view the Eclipse. I wore the goofy glasses too.

The San Francisco Amateur Astronomers set up a giant telescope with a view screen at the end. Hundreds of people watched with great excitement and anticipation.

This isn’t the best picture but I circled the image of the sun. You can see the Golden Gate Bridge in the background. The Sun was just above the bridge during the eclipse. It was quite a view!

At the time of complete eclipse everyone clapped and hooted. Everyone was so friendly. It was great to share this event with others. The light got thin and bluish. It was like the difference between nonfat milk and cream. And the really coolest thing happened with shadows! They were doubled.

And the shadows of the leaves on the trees were all sickle shaped!

What an amazing world we live in!

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Spring in All Her Splendor

A shy rose. Richard sent me this image.

Kathryn in Scotland sent me this image.

“In my woodland I have this wonderful tree:Betula papyrifera, the paper bark birch.  Its bark peels off, and when the morning sun shines through the peeling bark, it looks like it’s on fire – dazzling!”

Also from Kathryn – Looking west toward Iona Island

“This is the blue view from my window –
blue sky, blue islands, blue sea. Heavenly blue!”

Another pink rose. I love roses.

Breckenridge, Colorado

Trees at the Audobon Center in Stinson, California (with a little Photoshop)

Purple Pansies – They have such happy faces!

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San Francisco Rainbow

I bumped into this amazing photo that was taken on December 22, 2010, shortly after the eclipse and Solstice. The photographer is Lisa Bettany and here’s where I found this image. http://www.flickr.com/photos/redpilotmedia/

I especially love the shadows on the water from the buildings.

Nice job Lisa!

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Nature’s Beauty: Icebergs

Antarctica Frozen Wave Pixs – Nature is amazing!

Icebergs in the Antarctic area sometimes have stripes, formed by layers of snow that react to different conditions. 

 
Blue stripes are often created when a crevice in the ice sheet  fills up with melt water and freezes so quickly that no bubbles form. 
 

When an iceberg falls into the sea, a layer of salty seawater can  freeze to the underside. If this is rich in algae, it can form a green stripe. 

Brown, black and yellow lines are caused by sediment, picked up 
when the ice sheet grinds downhill towards the sea.

The water froze the instant the wave broke through the ice.  

That’s what it is like in  Antarctica.
Water freezes the instant it comes in contact with the air. 
The temperature of the water is already some degrees below freezing.  
Just look at how the wave froze in mid-air!!! 

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The ImagiCreation Community is global!

Check it out! Our ImagiCreation Community covers the planet. We are points of light, seemingly separated by space but nevertheless connected.

Thank you to Maribel and Diana for your translations of my articles into Spanish and Russian.

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The Magic of Flowers

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