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A word a week - smiley face in the clouds

A Word A Week Challenge – Face

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Today I’m participating in the A Word A Week Challenge. This week’s theme is “face”. I encourage you to click on each photo to see a larger view. If you like what you see, please subscribe to this blog to receive updates of the new photos I post, usually 3 to 5 times a week.

Nature can display faces in so many ways and places. There’s the cute face of the mama panda bear.

A word a week - face of a giant panda bear — A word a week – face of a giant panda bear

The big bug-eyed face of the orange dragonfly.

A word a week - face - orange dragonfly with big eyes — A word a week – face – orange dragonfly with big eyes

There’s the face of the tiger longwing butterfly (Heliconius hecale) with his rolled-up proboscis.

A word a week - face with proboscis of a tiger longwing butterfly — A word a week – face with proboscis of a tiger longwing butterfly

There are the faces of two brother grizzly bears enjoying some intimate moment.

A word a week - faces of two brother bears — A word a week – faces of two brother bears

There are the faces of animals carved in the wood on purpose.

A word a week - faces of animals carved in wood — A word a week – faces of animals carved in wood

And the face of a woman that Mother Nature drew in this tree trunk for us to notice.

A word a week - face of woman in tree trunk — A word a week – face of woman in tree trunk

Mother Nature also likes to use rocks to make faces.

A word a week - face of man in a large rock — A word a week – face of man in a large rock

These hidden faces of a man and a dog (profile angle) are some of my favorite faces to spot in nature. Can you see them?

A word a week - face of man and his dog in rock cliff — A word a week – face of man and his dog in rock cliff

And finally even the sky can show you faces, like this smiley face in the clouds!

May 23, 2013February 7, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Animal Photos, Cloud photos, Photography, Rock photos, Sky Photos, Tree PhotosTags: A Word A Week Challenge, A Word A Week Challenge – Face, carved wood, face of panda bear, grizzly bears, Heliconius hecale, hidden face in rock, hidden face in tree, hidden shapes in clouds, nature photography, orange dragonfly, photography, photos, smiley face in clouds, Tiger longwing butterfly 6 Comments

WordPress weekly photo challenge: Escape

Today I’m participating in the WordPress weekly photo challenge and this week’s theme is “escape”. You can click on any photo below to see it in a larger format.

There are many ways to escape but I think my favorite is through books. Nowhere else can you visit faraway lands and people, real or imaginary, at any moment in time. My latest escape? The Guardians of Childhood book series by William Joyce. Wonderful adventures!

WordPress weekly photo challenge: Escape with the Guardians of Childhood

Living in San Diego, there are many places I can escape to. The first one I think of is the beach.

I can also escape to the mountains.

WordPress weekly photo challenge: Escape to the mountains of Idyllwild

I can escape to a magical fairyland by going up these stone steps.

WordPress weekly photo challenge: Escape to a magical fairyland

Or escape deep into the beautiful details of nature.

WordPress weekly photo challenge: Escape in the details of an orange dragonfly

Oh, and now that I got myself some new Pirelli tires, I can escape really fast. Zoom zoom!

WordPress weekly photo challenge: Escape with Pirelli tires

May 17, 2013February 7, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Animal Photos, California Photos, Landscape Photos, Ocean photos, Photography, Photos of San Diego, Tree Photos, Water photosTags: Coronado Beach, Guardians of Childhood william joyce, mountain landscape, orange dragonfly, Pirelli tires, stone steps, Wordpress weekly photo challenge, WordPress weekly photo challenge: Escape 14 Comments

Close-up of the pear blossoms in Balboa Park

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Spring

This week’s Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge theme is the season of spring. Spring is my favorite season, especially in San Diego. I love witnessing the rebirth of nature and noticing all the beautiful colors popping up around town.

I’m using the gallery format to feature my photos of spring. You can click on any photo below to open the slideshow. To view any photo in a larger format, just scroll down while in slideshow mode and click on “view full size” on the bottom right on the page. Enjoy!

Yellow rose about to open

Wordpress weekly photo challenge: an unusual POV – Orange rose at Balboa Park in San Diego

Purple and whote Ramona lilac in bloom

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Walking down the trail

Trail bordered by Ramona lilacs

Macro Monday: Small purple wildflowers

Travel theme: delicate rain drop on grass

Close-up of pink manuka flowers

A word a week – violet wildflowers with dew drops

Close-up of the pear blossoms in Balboa Park

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

Raindrops hanging from a thuja tree branch

California wildflowers – poppies

Photo of colorful California wildflowers

May 17, 2013February 7, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Bloom Photos, California Photos, Flower Photos, Landscape Photos, Photography, Photos of San Diego, Plant Photos, Tree Photos, Woods PhotosTags: blooms, California pictures, california wildflowers, Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge, Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Spring, dew drops, nature photography, pear blossoms, photography, photos, photos of blooms, photos of flowers, photos of rain drops, photos of raindrops, ramona lilac, spring flowers 9 Comments

A Word A Week Challenge – Orange

Today I’m participating in the A Word A Week Challenge. This week’s theme is “orange”. I encourage you to click on each photo to see a larger view. If you like what you see, please subscribe to this blog to receive updates of the new photos I post, usually 3 to 5 times a week.

Orange is far from being my favorite color but I love how nature displays it boldly. My favorite display has to be this orange dragonfly I captured a few weeks ago. It was a lucky shot for sure. You can see my photo of a blue dragonfly here.

A Word A Week Challenge – Orange dragonfly

While I visited San Diego’s Balboa Park on Sunday, I stopped by the rose garden and took several photos of the many colorful roses. You can view these beautiful (and not orange) roses in yesterday’s post. Here are a few orange roses I saw while there:

I tried to use the very cloudy sky as a background for the next photo. I kind of like the effect, although I bet this rose would be absolutely beautiful on a blue background since the two colors are opposite on the color wheel.

A Word A Week Challenge – Orange rose at Balboa Park in San Diego

And here’s a last large burst of orange roses for you!

A Word A Week Challenge – Orange rose in San Diego's rose garden — A Word A Week Challenge – Orange rose in San Diego’s rose garden

This next rose is more subtle and displays a mix of orange, yellow and light pink. I love this type of tea roses and they usually smell very good.

A Word A Week Challenge – Orange tea rose in Balboa Park rose garden

Of course, roses are not the only flowers that are orange. Here are a few more orange flowers I’ve photographed in the past, like this beautiful orange protea pincushion.

A Word A Week Challenge – Orange protea pincushion protea flower

I’m not sure what the next flower is called but I love its big fuzzy petals.

A Word A Week Challenge – Orange flower with fuzzy petals

I like the orange leaves of fall foliage. We don’t get a lot of that in San Diego, so it’s nice to spot it here and there.

A Word A Week Challenge – Orange leaves of a sumac tree in the fall

Of course, I can’t participate in an orange theme without displaying an orange, can I? Sorry, I couldn’t resist.

A Word A Week Challenge – Orange on the orange tree

May 7, 2013February 7, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Animal Photos, Bloom Photos, California Photos, Flower Photos, Photography, Photos of San Diego, Plant Photos, Tree PhotosTags: A Word A Week Challenge, A Word A Week Challenge – Orange, nature photography, orange dragonfly, orange fruit, orange leaves, orange protea pincushion, orange roses, photography, photos, photos of blooms, photos of flowers, photos of orange rose 7 Comments

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Walks, paths and trails

This week’s Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge theme is indoor and outdoors walks – anything designed for walking. All my photos are of the outdoors because that’s where I like to be best.

Once you take a trail at the back of Dos Picos County Park and pass the enchanted stone steps I showcased last week, you find yourself walking on a path bordered with many Ramona lilacs. If you hike in the spring, when the lilacs are in bloom, this is what you get to see as you follow the trail:

Cee's Fun Foto Challenge: Trail in Dos Picos County Park — Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Trail in Dos Picos County Park

And it only gets better as you walk along. Here’s a blast of green, purple and bright blue! I know, I still owe you a few close-ups of the Ramona lilacs, but at least you can see what the lilac trees look like full size. Aren’t they pretty?

Cee's Fun Foto Challenge: Trail bordered by Ramona lilacs — Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Trail bordered by Ramona lilacs

Another favorite spot where we enjoy hiking in Louis Stelzer County Park. On the day I took the photos below, the sky was completely gray but everything on the ground looked very green. In a couple of months, most of it will turn to yellow or brown, and the green probably won’t return until next January.

Here’s the trail that follows the side of the hill. This trail is fun to walk on a cloudy day, but I avoid it like the plague in the heat of summer since there’s no shade.

Cee's Fun Foto Challenge: Trail at Louis Stelzer County Park — Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Trail at Louis Stelzer County Park

Fortunately, this park offers a lot of wooded areas by the small creek. This is a great trail to walk on any day of the year. This is as green as it gets in San Diego.

Cee's Fun Foto Challenge: Green trail at Louis Stelzer County Park — Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Green trail at Louis Stelzer County Park

Like many parks in San Diego County, this park is full of coast live oak trees, which tend to feature many thick, often contorted branches. Look how this large tree branch curves over the trail to create an arch.