Photos as I Like It

Last Sunday I was traveling for work, down in Southern California, and these twinkling lights wrapped around a palm tree caught my eye. Molly's image Sarah's image

Alameda's Central Avenue is one of the towns iconic streets with it's canopy of trees, beautiful in both winter with bare trees and now full of green leaves. Molly's image Sarah's image

I headed out after this morning's rain to search for some clouds and found this great older gentleman walking his sweet old basset hound. With a crocked stick cane, a lit cigar and a bluetooth device stuck in his ear, and the dog wandering all over, this scene seemed to perfectly fit Molly's Sunday theme of a Story of Someone. And, an outtake of the clouds. Molly's image Sarah's image

After a long day of circling the Bay for several family activities, I decided to stick close to home for my Sunday capture. This is a shot down the main street near my house. I love the light in so many different areas of this image. Molly's image Sarah's image

This weekend I headed down the California Coast to Cambria. This small town is right between the SF Bay Area and Los Angeles, so it makes for a nice meeting place, plus it has Hearst Castle, Nitt Witt Ridge, elephant seals and zebras! For today's Sunday photo, I was lucky enough to see the zebras roaming in the fields along Hwy 1. These are some of the few animals left from the Hearst Private Zoo . For some additional photos from the weekend, here's another post .  And, I couldn't leave out these cute elephant seals resting and playing on the beach and in the ocean. There are several pups hanging out, eating, growing and playing while getting ready to head out to sea. Molly's image Sarah's image

I spent the weekend in Cambria, which for a sleepy town had quite a few adventures and things to see. Here are a few captures from Nitt Witt Ridge to elephant seals and Hearst Castle to zebras (for my zebra photos, go to my Sunday post) . The "Ladies Room" at Nitt Witt Ridge. The well-used kitchen at Nitt Witt Ridge. Just hanging out on the rocks. Can I go back to my nap now? Hearsts office. The Roman Pool. A guest suite sitting room.

Here's the collection of images from my final class project. With a little encouragement, I decided to switch from black and white to color. This series is all unused, decrepit buildings from the Alameda Naval Base.