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(14 photos in gallery) During my recent one night get-away to areas further south of home in Southern California, I explored the San Diego Zoo Safari Park until it got too hot, and then headed to the beach. I stayed overnight in a hotel at the quaint town of Carlsbad and drove further south the next day. […]

(18 photos in gallery) I visited the San Diego Zoo Safari Park on Sunday, arriving near opening time of 9am. I was glad for that as the day quickly became far to hot for the animals to be active and for me to be walking about! It was a very enjoyable morning, though, and I […]

Rugged beauty and solitude describe the scene along California’s coast north of Cambria. The area is another favorite of mine. ~SueBee

Road trips. Gotta love em and their crack of dawn starts. This photo was taken en route to the back country, what’s left of it, in Orange County. ~SueBee

This shot of a colorful rose was taken at the huge rose garden at Exhibition Park in downtown Los Angeles. Per Wikipedia, “The Exposition Park Rose Garden is a historic 7-acre sunken garden located in Exposition Park in Los Angeles, California. It has been called “one of the city’s best-kept secrets”. It was added to the National […]

A Friday Foto Fix of the gorgeous central California coast near Santa Cruz. ~SueBee

The Foto Fix I’ve chosen for today was taken up California’s central coast, near Santa Cruz, during a trip I made up there in 2013. It features a really cool pirate ship kite being flown by the little boy’s daddy. It appeared to be a rather tricky kite to fly. ~SueBee

Today’s Foto Fix was taken from the Huntington Beach Pier and features a curious gull hoping for a bite to eat from a discarded plastic cup. Or perhaps, Mr Gull is being a good citizen and will take that plastic cup to the nearest trash can. ~SueBee

This set of pictures was taken a couple months ago on a particularly hot day when, like a crazy person, I decided to go for a hike. As I was nearing the dam at Carbon Canyon Regional Park, this fellow riding his horse caught my eye. Very wild west! ~SueBee

Today’s Foto Fix is of Avalon Harbor on Catalina Island. Kat and I rented a golf cart and toured Avalon while visiting there on my birthday this past July. We had so much fun, and of course, the views were fabulous! ~SueBee

This week’s Photo Challenge from WordPress is Fun! I’m entering with two photos of Kat and me having lots of fun kayaking the Pacific Ocean, off the city of Avalon on Catalina Island, on my 63rd birthday in July. We rented a double kayak and rode the swells up and down the coast. Now, that was […]

Today’s Foto Fix is one I took of my oldest daughter, Angelika, taking a picture from the Redondo Beach Pier during our recent mini vacation. ~SueBee

Today’s Foto Fix was taken on the Redondo Beach Pier this past Friday evening, as my oldest daughter, Angelika, and I enjoyed a short get-away vacation. While it seems everyone owning a smart phone has become a prolific photographer these days, taking pictures of anything and everything, this shot caught my attention. I never knew an […]

(18 photos in gallery) I took a long-overdue tour recently of a place that’s fascinated me for years, the Heritage Square Museum near downtown Los Angeles. I arrived late afternoon on a very hot day, and discovered a wedding being set up. Our tour guide ignored all the wedding hustle and bustle; I guessed it […]

This week’s WordPress photo challenge asks us to post a photo of the Cherry on Top, the icing on the cake, something adding a finishing touch to that which is already very good. I’m entering with a photo I took this morning of a beautiful caterpillar in my new garden, a caterpillar that will one day become […]

For this week’s WordPress Photo Challenge, we’re asked to share a photo showing Details. I decided to take a picture of my new zen sand garden, zoomed in to show details, and also let you know that details of my life in recent months have taken me away from the more frequent blog posting I […]

Today’s Foto Fix was taken at Los Angeles County Arboretum and features a dry streambed, not unusual for our drought-ridden area, with brightly painted stones throughout. ~SueBee

Today’s Foto Fix was taken above San Simeon, on California’s central coast. ~SueBee

WorkPress Photo Challenge this week is Look Up so I’ve entered with “look, there’s people up there!” This is a close up view of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge as I looked up and tried to figure out how those people got up there… finding no stairs and no elevator door, it was very perplexing! […]

Today’s Foto Fix was taken a few months back when I was in San Francisco. I took this picture from the rest stop after walking across the Golden Gate Bridge. ~SueBee