lily unfolding - in red

lily unfolding - b&w

lily unfolding - color

jade - "better than the crap you have at home"

sunflower in winter

oak and vines at the end of the season

first sunset of 2009 - bodega bay - ca

right before christmas

one pomegranate

pomegranates

wild artichokes

and we are near to the end of our trip and the truck won't start

but we had a great time...

we're headed home after three hours of trying to start it and being very far away from anything remotely resembling a gas station. When it started we felt like we had actually won in Las Vegas.

This trip has a happy ending!

Pretty Little Plant

Lovely Little River

We Are Headed to the Mountains

I kept looking for the perfect Joshua Tree but this ended up being the photo I liked best.

This Was the Weirdest Sign for a Grocery Store

In the saddest most depressed town we have ever seen.

It appears their only employer was a salt/mineral plant. That's it.

The Sheriff and His Deputy - Ballarat,Ca.

His Eyes Were Soooo Blue I Almost Couldn't Look at Him

This guy has the bluest eyes I have ever seen - and the biggest hands and the twirliest legs.

Ballarat Picnic

So inviting...and the only place to sit, here in Ballarat.

A gold rush ghost town that now mostly hosts off road vehicles and lost travelers looking for a place to eat lunch. 

The Manson Family's Escape Vehicle

Well this is the story - which seems plausible and makes for an interesting photo.

They say that the family was on the run from the law and got stuck in the salt flats and then took off on foot, leaving the truck. Later the residents pulled it out and used it until it broke down. That is pretty much the state of things here. Used until it broke down.