Peachy warm pink fully open rose. Ruffled petals are tinged with a light golden glow in the morning sun. Close up shot of large rose with a few other blooms in the background, all surrounded by deep green leaves and stems.

Just needed something bright and beautiful. Nature knows.

Take care.

#bloomscrolling #roses #nature
#photography #lookingforthebrightspots

Billowy gray and white clouds reflect in calm morning lake surface. Bits of treetops pop into view at the top and to the left. A small circular ripple from a fish is faintly visible in the Lowe right corner. Mostly you’re just seeing the sky upside down.

It’s all just upside-down.

#clouds #nature #photography
#lookingforthebrightspots

The sky has a soft blue lightness with fog and low clouds starting to rise and fill in the gaps with their pink-tinged grayness. The nearby hills are starting to fade into the fog and the trees in the foreground a defined contrast to the softer shapes beyond them.

Morning fog rolls in quickly and the sky is already graying over as I make this post. I love the early morning colors more than any other time of day. There’s a softness that is only real for just a little while.

Wishing you all peace.

#nature #photography #california
#lookingforthebrightspots

Wide open peony with petals of pale peachy gold edged with deeper pinks. Literally if a peach was a peony. Center yellow stamens and bits of green leaves.

If a peach was a peony…

Life keeps lifing and I keep forgetting to post anything. Visited The Huntington a few days ago. Spring there is next level so if you find yourself in LA, add it to your list.

#bloomscrolling #photography
#huntington #california #peonies
#lookingforthebrightspots

Morning walk with sunshine. May you find some moments of peace today.

#trees #nature #photography
#california #lookingforthebrightspots

Cascade of Jasmine in bloom. White open petals and tight pink buds with bits of green leaves.

Morning walk with jasmine. Inhale, exhale.

#bloomscrolling #jasmine #nature
#photography #lookingforthebrightspots

Looking up from underneath a large wisteria vine. Purple blooms hang from their bright green stems in contrast to a light blue morning sky.

Wisteria bunches hang lazily from their branches, with calm lake water behind them reflecting the hills above them.

Morning walk with wisteria. It’s too hot here for March and it’s too early for them to be in full bloom because it’s too hot too soon (did I mention it’s too hot?) but they smell sooooooooo sweet.

#bloomscrolling #wisteria #spring
#photography #lookingforthebrightspots

Profile of a great blue heron with its neck in its classic “S” shape. Gray feathers with dark blue patch around its wings and at its crown. Sunlight illuminates the tall green and golden grasses and reeds behind it at the edge of the lake.

Morning walk with herons. I could watch them all day.

#birds 🪶 #greatblueheron #nature #photography #california #lookingforthebrightspots

Vivid pink peach tree blossoms rise in stark contrast to the bright blue sky behind the branches.

Nature heals.

Peace to you all.

#bloomscrolling #trees #peaches #photography #lookingforthebrightspots

Looking up at bright white cherry blossoms rising on their branches. Vivid blue sky above and a shining sun in the top left corner

Life goes on… bless the trees.

#bloomscrolling #trees #photography
#cherryblossoms #spring
#lookingforthebrightspots

Looking up a slope with purple wild lupine in bloom. Close up front and center of one stalk with more slightly blurred in the background. Green leaves surround the bottom and tall trees and bits of blue sky create a backdrop.

Morning walk with lupine in full bloom. Other than California Poppies, these are my favorite wildflowers.

Sending you all peace.

#bloomscrolling #lupine #wildflowers
#photography #california
#lookingforthebrightspots

Large daffodil bloom photographed straight on with the round bright yellow center framed by its white petals. Greens leaves and other green plants create the background.

Morning walk with spring blooms… sorry, east coast… hope this helps!

#bloomscrolling #daffodils #photography
#lookingforthebrightspots

Close up portrait of super cute black and white “mixed breed” dog with sandy beach and waves beyond. His look says “help me” but he’s faking.

Took my favorite guy for a walk on the beach this morning.

He had more fun than he suggests here, I swear! He’s just drama about having his picture taken.

#dogs #beach #photography
#lookingforthebrightspots

The hills are a dark silhouette across the bottom with big billowy gray and white clouds above with blue skies beyond. The lowering sun glows through a break just above the hills and a larger cluster of clouds above creates a shape loosely resembling a large heart.

Evening walk with a break in the rain before the sun set. Grateful for this.

Wishing you all a beautiful and powerful first day of the Lunar New Year. We ride at dawn. 🔥🐎

#clouds #nature #photography
#california #lookingforthebrightspots

Soft sunshine low in the morning sky combined with mist rising in the cold air creates a muted glow with the trees on the left. Bright green grasses and a silhouetted hillside contrast with a bright blue sky with some little bits of clouds and fog scattered around.

Morning walk with sunshine. That’s all. That’s enough.

#nature #photography #california
#lookingforthebrightspots

Morning sun glows through a large tree and reflects off the lake. Water is steamy from the cold air but the sky is clear blue. A dock is partially obscured by the reeds and leafy tree but two Adirondack chairs are visible. Relaxation in a photo.

May your weekend feel like this, even if just for a bit… rest is essential.

Take care out there.

#trees #nature #photography
#california #lookingforthebrightspots

A perfectly spun web hangs from the bridge railing (unseen), suspended over the water with distant trees reflecting in the water. A foggy sky creates a soft and muted mood.

This glorious work decorated the bridge this morning. I am afraid of spiders (I’m that girl) but deeply admire their art and skill. And with the drippy fog, just amazing.

#nature #spiders #photography
#lookingforthebrightspots

Vibrant magenta rose, with hints of golden orange in its petals, soaking wet and semi-flattened in the mud, surrounded by leaves and twigs. It is beautiful.

Morning walk after a night of wind and rain. I love this rose, I think it’s beautiful.

I also feel like I may have taken a self-portrait… (I’m okay, I promise.)

#bloomscrolling #roses #photography
#lookingforthebrightspots #nature

Standing under a large oak tree where two “eyes” in the branches (healed over spots where other long-gone branches used to fork) appear to be looking down at me.

Morning walk. I feel seen. I see you too.

#trees #oaktree #california
#photography #lookingforthebrightspots

Close up view of a green succulent with concentric petals radiating outward. The sunlight I shining in from the left and the facing green leaves reflect an almost metallic glow.

Morning walk… the low rising sun was catching these succulent leaves just so.

#bloomscrolling #succulents #photography #lookingforthebrightspots

Standing slightly downhill under a great old California Oak tree. Its canopy is much larger than the lens can capture but its twisting branches are impressive and lit by the early morning sun. An old wooden fence runs behind it along the roadside with green hill beyond.

This morning’s walk. Isn’t she a beauty?

For the love of trees.

#californiaoak #trees #photography
#lookingforthebrightspots

Close up of white narcissus in full bloom. Their orange stamens litter dust inside the whiter center petals. Greens stalks catch the rising sun in the background.

Morning walk was sunny and clear with lots of early spring blooms. Today we feature narcissus. It’s the little things.

#bloomscrolling #narcissus #photography
#lookingforthebrightspots

Pink blooms of a magnolia tree in the January sun. Blue sky creates a backdrop to full branches of pink on the right side.

Everything else pretty much sucks but LA has decided it’s spring already so we got that going for us.

A little moment of zen if you’re snowed in somewhere… hang in there, it’s coming!

#bloomscrolling #magnolias
#california #photography
#lookingforthebrightspots

Morning walk on a quiet Sunday. Nature heals, highly recommend.

#trees #mountains #clouds
#california #photography
#lookingforthebrightspots

Treetops and hills are silhouetted across the bottom of the photo while a soft pink glow rises above with a streak of pink and lavender cloud sitting low to the horizon. The color then fades into a soft lavender and periwinkle blue as it ascends into a solidly clear sky above it all.

Colors at the crack o’ dawn are worth getting up for.

May you have a peaceful day.

#clouds #photography
#lookingforthebrightspots

A single palm tree stands tall with the Pacific Ocean blue behind it. A chain link construction fence surrounds the area and the palm’s trunk and lower leaves are charred black. Its top fronds are a bright healthy green in contrast.

1 year later. Took PCH to LAX yesterday and while I’ve driven this route many times since it reopened, it’s sobering every time.

Traffic stopped so I had time to notice the fresh green fronds growing atop its charred trunk. This is hope.

#california #trees #photography
#lookingforthebrightspots

Wild Nanday parakeets with black heads and green feathers land on a tree top. Four birds in various stages of flight and landing. Billowy clouds behind with glimpses of bright blue sky.

See other photo text… same description just more birds.

I thought maybe a little diversion would be nice. So here are the wild parakeets who believe they own my bird feeder, arriving yesterday during a break between storms. They are greedy and loud but I love them so.

Also FDT. WTAF.

#bitds #nature #photography
#california #lookingforthebrightspots

View of lake with the sun just rising beyond some trees that are dark silhouettes. The sky is partly softened by fog and steam rises from the lake to meet it. Shoreline reeds in the foreground.

Morning walk with sunshine! Fog was light and burned off not long after this shot. The calm after the storm.

Peace to you all.

#trees #lake #nature #photography
#lookingforthebrightspots

Vivid green grass with tall trees, some with bare winter branches. Low fog hangs over the lake beyond with bright blue skies above.

It’s a new day. One way or another.

May you find your peace, whatever that looks like for you.

#morningwalk #trees #photography
#nature #lookingforthebrightspots

Four pelicans in flight beyond the waves. They are each in a different flight pose, close to the water, calm and blue. Lightly foggy skies beyond and above.

Merry Christmas Eve… raining too hard to take a photo today without soaking my phone. Instead here’s a calm moment from a few days ago at the beach.

#birds #ocean #california #photography
#lookingforthebrightspots