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I just used the photo below on my other blog to illustrate this week’s WordPress photo challenge theme, Kiss. Since I share photos of nature and animals on this site, I thought I’d share this photo here too.
If you’ve never seen killer whales kissing, this is what it looks like. Yes, these orcas are French kissing! And they did this for about 10 minutes the day I took this photo. Thank you, SeaWorld San Diego, for showing me that tongue kissing is so popular among marine mammals. I had no idea.
WordPress weekly photo challenge: Kiss – killer whales French kissing
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Sometimes I find it hard to believe that San Diego has been my home for a little over 15 years now. In a way, it feels like it wasn’t that long ago when I drove cross country from Connecticut to California. San Diego has grown on me as my new home over the years. Besides the worrisome wildfires, random earthquakes, and lack of greenery, there’s a lot to like about San Diego and its surroundings. San Diego is my home and here are a few things I enjoy about it. Remember you can click on each image to enjoy a larger view. San Diego is home to the big waves of the Pacific Ocean under a bright blue sky.
Beautiful waves at Coronado Beach, San Diego, California
San Diego is home to a large agricultural community, including a lot of citrus (lemons and oranges, mostly).
WordPress weekly photo challenge: Home – oranges in San Diego
San Diego is home to not just one single season year round, but also Fall and its bold colors.
WordPress weekly photo challenge: Home – changing seasons in San Diego
San Diego can even be home to frost in the winter, especially inland. This is as much cold as I can take!
WordPress weekly photo challenge: Home – frost in winter in San Diego
San Diego is home to beautiful sunrises, especially in the winter.
WordPress weekly photo challenge: Home – beautiful sunrise in San Diego
San Diego is also home to beautiful sunsets. This one is from Christmas evening 2012.
WordPress weekly photo challenge: Home – beautiful sunset in San Diego
WordPress weekly photo challenge: Home – amazing topiary at the San Diego Botanic Garden
And as of this week, San Diego is home to some beautiful pear blossoms in Balboa Park. You can view more photos of these pear blossoms in a post next week, so I invite you subscribe to this site if you haven’t already.
WordPress weekly photo challenge: Home – pear blossoms at San Diego’s Balboa Park
If you enjoy my photos and would like to purchase some, I want to thank you! Simply visit my Zazzle online shop and browse the product offerings. If there’s a photo you would like to purchase but don’t see it in my shop, please contact me by using the Contact form at the bottom of my home page and let me know which photos you are interested in purchasing, and in what format / medium.
This week’s Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge theme is earth. At first, I thought I’d skip this photo challenge theme because I couldn’t think of any photos to use. Then I read Cee’s description of earth and I figured, hey I could do that! Earth: Clay, Rock, Dust, Sand, Mud, Crystal, Powder, Shadow, Space, Darkness, Gravity, Bone, Silicon.
Below is my personal take of this theme. Remember you can click on any photo to view a larger image.
Southern California is covered with dirt and rocks, not much green overall. Cactus, succulents and short bushes like California Sage Brush are what grow best here.
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Earth – succulents growing in dirt and rocks
I enjoy painted rocks and these rocks from the San Diego Botanic Garden are a cute and subtle way to ask people to stay away.
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Earth – painted rocks
Of course San Diego is not all dirt and rocks. It also features beautiful beaches, my favorite being Coronado Beach. It is always listed as one of the Top 10 beaches in the U.S. and it deserves it.
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Earth – San Diego sandy beach
My last photo is from Idyllwild, California. I call it the face in the rock, and it’s pretty obvious why. This is as if Earth was watching us as we walk by.
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Earth – the face in the rock
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I’m participating in A Word in Your Ear’s photo challenge. This week’s photo theme is weather. San Diego weather is pretty regular, mostly sunny and warm, but we get rain sometimes (never enough), and even frost in the winter (a lot of frost this winter).
Here are a few photos that represent weather in San Diego, using the WordPress gallery format. You can click on any image to view all of them in a slideshow format. I’ve used these photos in previous posts so I’ve left the original captions. This way, if you’d like to view the original post, just search for the caption text in my website’s Search box.
Do you like the weather where you live?
Travel theme: delicate frost on leaves
Frost on leaves in San Diego
Travel theme: sky with puffy clouds
WordPress weekly photo challenge: Escape to Coronado Beach
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A lot of the photos I take tend to be close-ups so there’s either no beyond or it’s out of focus. I did go back through all the photos I’ve posted on this website so far and there actually are a few photos that feature an interesting beyond, so here we go!
Since I’m showcasing several photos of beyond, I’ve decided to use the gallery feature. You can click on any image to view all of them in a slideshow format. I’ve used these photos in previous posts so I’ve left the original captions. This way, if you’d like to view the original post, just search for the caption text in my website’s Search box.
I present you…. beyond!
Sailboats out of the San Diego Bay
Wordpress weekly photo challenge: horizon at Coronado Beach
Sunday Post: Natural Resources – water – Lake Hemet, California
Travel theme: through the forest
Wordpress weekly photo challenge: the golden hour – bright skies as the sun sets
Wordpress weekly photo challenge: the golden hour – fall foliage glows through the fog
Wordpress weekly photo challenge: horizon at Idyllwild Park, California
Wordpress weekly photo challenge: moon at the horizon
If you enjoy my photos and would like to purchase some, I want to thank you! Simply visit my Zazzle online shop and browse the product offerings. If there’s a photo you would like to purchase but don’t see it in my shop, please contact me by using the Contact form at the bottom of my home page and let me know which photos you are interested in purchasing, and in what format / medium.
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