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Clicks from the yard…

by Kim_Johnson October 15, 2017, 8:13 pm 223 Views 10 Votes 24 Comments

Some days you don’t even need to leave the house to be inspired for a little impromptu photo session. I went out to shoot a video of the crows that gather in the trees and decided to snap a few pictures of some pretty stuff, and some pretty cool stuff.

Hope you enjoy!

#1 Looking northward

The tiny puffy bits of cloud or in this case marine layer (fog) that is beginning to dissipate.

#2 Looking westward

The ocean is under the white marine layer. As the fog lifts it stays in the valley that the creek is in.

#3 Flowers in the yard

This is shade cloth behind them. The city cut the trees that provided shade for our patio. I had to make due. This lowered the temperature 10 degrees in just a few minutes. It can get to 100 degrees here this time of year.

#4 Mexican Bush Sage

I picked this because of its color, its edible and drought tolerant. Also a native plant. Trixie (my cat) was playing with her cat ball as the camera focused on it instead of the plant. She loves to garden.

#5 Eggplant

Coming up from seeds my son planted.

#6 Looking through the Pepper Tree

Just because..

#7 You Pansy!

I got three plants on sale and put them in a hanging basket lined with peat moss. They seem to like it.

#8 Looking Northeast

Fog on the creek..

#9 Looking eastward

I love that creek the fog hangs above. A lot of my water shots are from right there. Did you know that they just found dinosaur bones right dead center of this hill...

There is also a several tiered huge waterfall just to the left of this frame. The natives named it El Salto Falls and is a sacred Native American Site.

#10 Pansy

I have dark purple ones, with white ones and dark purple centers, and a taller lavender smaller blossomed one in the back. This is before I planted them.

I like to arrange plants before I plant them, just to see if they look together.

What do you think?

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MommyofEli2013 says:

October 17, 2017 at 6:52 am

Great photos, all are very nice! 🙂

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- Kim_Johnson says:
  
  October 17, 2017 at 2:33 pm
  
  Thanks a bunch Mom.
  
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  - MommyofEli2013 says:
    
    October 18, 2017 at 7:53 am
    
    Anytime ☺
    
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lacho59 says:

October 16, 2017 at 9:14 pm

Kim I adore flowers you have a lot. With me so warm on the balcony, this summer only the castes stayed alive. The other photos are wonderful. I like those with the fog.

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- Kim_Johnson says:
  
  October 17, 2017 at 2:33 pm
  
  Most were clippings I took from my walks, but some I got on sale and year end sales. Thank you so much Elenka. I had to put up shade cloth, you might want to try that for next summer. It is getting hotter.
  
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  - lacho59 says:
    
    October 17, 2017 at 2:45 pm
    
    Will try
    
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    - Kim_Johnson says:
      
      October 18, 2017 at 2:47 pm
      
      Let me know how it goes. I can really see a difference in just a month. All the flowers are much fuller and lush.
      
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IcyBC says:

October 16, 2017 at 12:44 pm

Beautiful clicks from your surrounding! They are all so nice, and I love that succulents of yours..Never seen them before!

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- Kim_Johnson says:
  
  October 16, 2017 at 2:43 pm
  
  Thank you Icy, I love the flowers! Those succulents have a red flower, they dont bloom until spring though.
  
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lucia anna says:

October 16, 2017 at 10:50 am

Beautiful photos

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- Kim_Johnson says:
  
  October 16, 2017 at 2:40 pm
  
  Thanks Lucia!
  
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CretanTransfers says:

October 16, 2017 at 9:52 am

Seems a wonderful place!

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- Kim_Johnson says:
  
  October 16, 2017 at 2:40 pm
  
  Thank you Cretan!
  
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Norman Darlo says:

October 16, 2017 at 9:47 am

Thank you for sharing your morning! I love all those views and you have some great flowers 🙂 Pepper tree?

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- Kim_Johnson says:
  
  October 16, 2017 at 2:39 pm
  
  Thank you Norman, yes a pepper tree. They grow pepper corns!
  
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  - Norman Darlo says:
    
    October 16, 2017 at 3:14 pm
    
    Oh what a wonderful world 🙂
    
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TheOfficialAndrew says:

October 16, 2017 at 8:43 am

Lovely shots Kim! What do you use to shoot your photos?

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- Kim_Johnson says:
  
  October 16, 2017 at 2:37 pm
  
  Thanks Andrew a 20 dollar point and shoot fujifilm
  
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Deepizzaguy says:

October 16, 2017 at 6:35 am

Wonderful photos.

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ellie925 says:

October 16, 2017 at 2:36 am

Gorgeous photos!

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- Kim_Johnson says:
  
  October 16, 2017 at 2:38 pm
  
  Thanks Ellie!
  
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Albert Herdianto Widjojo says:

October 15, 2017 at 9:04 pm

A bright and beautiful morning for the special pictures!

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- Kim_Johnson says:
  
  October 16, 2017 at 2:38 pm
  
  Thank you Albert!
  
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  - Albert Herdianto Widjojo says:
    
    October 16, 2017 at 4:03 pm
    
    You are always welcome, Kim
    
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