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Wordpress weekly photo challenge: Focus - Sweet pea flower in Idyllwild, California

Sweet pea, you’re so pretty

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The small town of Idyllwild, California, is famous for its strawberry creek and its strawberry plants all over town. But after visiting the town a couple of times, I’ve figured out sweet peas also are a popular sight all over. The blooms are either bright pink or white and you’ll often see patches of both colors blending in together.

Sweet pea flowers are very simple but they’re also very pretty. Nature really knows how to make the best out of every plant.

Sweet pea flower in Idyllwild, California

Cluster of pink flowers blooming on a tree

Beautiful tree blossoms, if I just knew what they were

San Diego County is home to many native and non-native plants and trees. Besides the dense California sage brush, the many types of cactus, and the annoying, ugly eucalyptus everywhere you look, you can be lucky and find some gems, especially during blooming season.

I still have a to take a great picture of a jacaranda tree (it will have to be next May or June) but in the meantime, I’d like to share these beautiful tree blooms. I actually have no idea what type of tree this is but I love the bold pink flower clusters that cover it in the spring.

May 2013 update: thanks to one of my visitors, I found out this tree is called a purple robe locust. Just beautiful!

Beautiful pink flower clusters on a purple robe locust

Here is a close-up of this tree’s pink flowers. Simply gorgeous.

Cluster of pink flowers blooming on a tree in San Diego

September 7, 2012February 7, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Bloom Photos, California Photos, Flower Photos, Tree PhotosTags: bright pink flower clusters on tree, photography, photos, photos of blooms, photos of flowers, photos of trees, purple robe locust, purple robe locust blooms, purple robe locust flowers, san diego trees, tree with pink flower clusters, tree with pink flowers Leave a comment

Lemons and oranges

I love photographing fruit, especially when it’s ripe on the tree. The more colorful, the better, especially with a nice background.

A few months ago, I spent a little time taking pictures of lemons and oranges. Here’s what a ripe lemon looks like in the California sun and a beautiful blue sky as the background.

I’m not as pleased with the photo of the oranges I took but I think this one came out OK. This orange looks nice and ripe, ready to eat!

September 5, 2012February 7, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: California Photos, Fruit PhotosTags: california lemons, california oranges, lemon photo, orange photo, photo of lemons, photo of oranges, photography, photos, photos of fruit 3 Comments

Cee’s fun foto challenge: One fat squirrel

Squirrel relaxing in the sun

Here’s a cute squirrel relaxing on a rock in the sun, lazily waiting to be fed some stale bread I’d brought with me. What a life.

Click on the photo of the squirrel for larger size.

July 27, 2012February 7, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Animal Photos, California Photos, PhotographyTags: animals, idyllwild california, photography, photos, photos of squirrel, relaxing squirrel, squirrel, squirrel on a rock, squirrel photos 1 Comment

Wildflower blooms in the spring in Southern California

Wildflower blooms in Southern California

I spotted these beautiful spring wildflower blooms in Dos Picos Park, Ramona, California, Spring 2012. The weather wasn’t perfect (it was cloudy most of the day) but it gave the park an eerie light, which made for some very nice photos of wildflower blooms. Almost out of this world.

Click on the photos of wildflower blooms for larger size.