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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Circles and Curves

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This week’s Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge theme is circles and curves. Nature is full of circles and curves so here are a few of my selections for this theme. Remember you can click on each photo for a larger view.

Is there anything more round than a full moon?

Cee's Fun Foto Challenge: Circles and Curves - full moon — Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Circles and Curves – full moon

OK, oranges are pretty round too.

Cee's Fun Foto Challenge: round orange — Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: round orange

Lemons aren’t round but they show plenty of curves.

Cee's Fun Foto Challenge: the curves of a lemon — Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: the curves of a lemon

This protea pin cushion flower has beautifully curved petals.

Curvy petals of the protea pin cushion flower

I love the round and curvy shapes of these raindrops on a spider web. You can see more of these raindrops here and here.

Raindrops on spider webs over river rocks

Sea jellies are round and curvy as they swim around.

I love these little round berries (more photos of these berries here). Two months later and the berries are still on the shrubs.

The round red berries of the Cotoneaster Lacteus

I’ll finish with the newest baby panda at the San Diego Zoo. I love those beautiful circles around the eyes!

Let’s Be Wild Weekly Photo Challenge – Spring

I’m participating in the online adventure travel and photography magazine LetsBeWild.com’s Wild Weekly Photo Challenge for bloggers. This week’s Challenge is: Spring.

Spring happens a little differently in San Diego. The early signs of spring come very early, usually by the end of February, and by the time the end of May is here, everything turns yellow and brown from the hot sun rays. As a sign of renewal and rebirth, spring is my favorite season. Here are a few photos of what spring in San Diego looks like to me. Remember you can click on each photo to see a larger image.

I was lucky to be picked as an honorable mention winner for my photo of California poppies for this challenge.

Blue skies and colorful flowers are common in the spring.

Photo of colorful California wildflowers

I love the many California poppies we see all over.

California wildflowers - poppies — California wildflowers – poppies

Ramona lilac is a local plant and it features beautiful, but unscented, clusters of small lilac blooms.

California wildflowers grow just about anywhere they can find some water.

This lupine bloom was standing on its own in a local park. I love the color purple that comes with spring.

California lupine at San Diego Mission Trails Regional Park

These pear blossoms start early at San Diego’s Balboa Park, usually by early February. You can view more photos of these ornamental pear blossoms here.

Close-up of the pear blossoms in Balboa Park

I took this photo of dew just last week. Dew usually happens before spring starts here. After that, our mornings are too warm. You can view more photos of dew here.

I featured these flowers in yesterday’s Macro Monday post. Tiny flowers are a great indication of early spring in San Diego.

March 19, 2013February 7, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Bloom Photos, California Photos, Flower Photos, Photography, Photos of San Diego, Plant PhotosTags: Balboa Park pear blossoms, blooms, California pictures, California poppies, california wildflowers, lilac flowers, lupine, morning dew, pear blossoms, photography, photos, photos of blooms, photos of flowers, ramona lilac, Ramona lilac blooms, San Diego Balboa Park, spring in San Diego 3 Comments

Travel theme: delicate rain drops on rose tree leaves

Macro Monday: Raindrops on leaves

Today I’m taking part in Macro Monday at Lisa’s Chaos. I decided to feature raindrops on leaves because we’ve have a lot of rain these past couple of weeks. They’re probably the last rainstorms we’ll get before late next fall, so I may as well embrace them.

Here are a few photos of raindrops on a rose tree with small leaves. I think I displayed one of these photos in a previous post, but I wanted to share a few more. Perfect for Macro Monday! Remember you can click on each photo to see it in a larger format.

This is probably my favorite photo. I love how the raindrops seem to line up on the edges of the leaves, with some larger drops to balance out the many tiny drops.

I took this photo the same day. It shows some of the same leaves but from another angle and with some other leaves below them.

Macro Monday: Raindrops on the leaves of a rose tree

Below is the same rose tree but after a different rainstorm, and different leaves. I love how the raindrops reflect so many things.

March 11, 2013February 7, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: California Photos, Photography, Plant Photos, Water photosTags: Macro Monday, photography, photos, photos of raindrops, raindrop photos, raindrops on leaves 4 Comments

Macro Monday: pink powder puff tree - Calliandra Haematocephala

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Pink

This week’s Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge theme is “the color of your choice – pick one color”. I thought of picking blue, then purple, then yellow, then red, but finally I settled on pink. Why? Because I’m a girl and I like pink. And living with two boys, I live life without pink, except for the clothes in my closet. Pink can be soft or bold, in your face or more subtle. Either way, you can’t go wrong with pink.

So here’s a splash of pink for you in slideshow format. You can click on any picture to view all of them in a larger format.

What’s your favorite color?

Macro Monday: Succulent with pink flower blooms

Travel theme: delicate rain drops on rose tree leaves

Macro Monday: pink powder puff tree – Calliandra Haematocephala

Wordpress weekly photo challenge: the hue of you – lampranthus productus iceplant

Pink sky at sunset in San Diego

challenges of photographing a great sunset

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Red hibiscus flower

Sunday Post: Ongoing – bee on a wild rose in Idyllwild

Pink water lily and lily pads at the pond in Balboa Park, San Diego

Pink water lilies at San Diego’s Balboa Park

WordPress weekly photo challenge: Reflections – Water lilies at Balboa Park in San Diego

Cee’s fun foto challenge: all one color – bright pink flowers

Let’s Be Wild Weekly Photo Challenge – Water – raindrops on a bougainvillea flower

Bee on a wild rose

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

Cluster of pink flowers blooming on a tree

Beautiful pink flower clusters on a tree

March 6, 2013February 7, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Bloom Photos, California Photos, Cloud photos, Flower Photos, Landscape Photos, Photography, Photos of San Diego, Plant PhotosTags: California pictures, Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge, photography, photos, photos of blooms, photos of flowers, photos of pink, photos with pink, pink clouds, pink flowers, pink lily pads, pink pea flower, pink photo challenge, pink rose, pink water lilies 14 Comments

Macro Monday: the flowers with no name

Today I’m taking part in Macro Monday at Lisa’s Chaos. I recently visited the San Diego Botanic Garden and got the opportunity to photograph a lot of blooms. Below are a couple of flowers I was able to capture on camera. The thing is, I have no idea what type of flowers they are, and they weren’t labeled. What can I say? I’m a photographer and clearly not an horticulturalist.

For each flower below, I’ll show you what the plant looks like, as well as a macro of the flower itself. If you know the name of these plants, please share your knowledge in the Comments section. Remember you can click on each photo for a larger view.

The first plant looks like a succulent but that’s how far I can go. That soft pink flower is very pretty.