Honeybee!

Work without hope draws nectar in a sieve,

And hope without an object cannot live.

- Samuel Taylor Coleridge

June 27/Day 178 - Ready to bloom

Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature.  ~Gerard de Nerval

June 25/Day 176 - Sunrise

“We can only appreciate the miracle of a sunrise if we have waited in the darkness”

A picture of a sunrise at around 6 am during one of our long drives..

June 24/Day 175 - Blossom

"Where flowers bloom so does hope!"

- Lady bird Johnson

The first bloom of the season. A picture of my cherry tomato plant in my balcony.

June 23/Day 174 -Intertwined!

“Build a little fence of trust around today; Fill the space with loving deeds, And therein stay. Look not through the sheltering bars Upon tomorrow; God will help thee bear what comes of joy and sorrow.”

-Mary F.Butt

June 21/Day 172 - Ferns

Clicked these ferns in a cherry farm during the weekend!

June 20/Day 171 - The Cherry tree

June 18/Day 169 - Grunion Run in Santa Monica

The Grunion Run takes place during the months May, June and July along the coast of Southern California. We went to watch the Grunion Run in Santa Monica beach around midnight. We had a glimpse of a few grunions. This picture was taken at around 12 am.

California grunion are a species of marine fish found primarily along the coast of Southern California and Northern Baja California. They are justifiably famous for their unique spawning behavior. Grunion spawn completely out of the water and lay their eggs on many sandy beaches in California. Shortly after high tide, on specific nights, sections of these beaches sometimes are covered with thousands of grunion dancing about on the sand. The popularity of these grunion runs means that some nights there are more people lining the beaches than grunion in the run. (Source)

June 15/ Day 166 - A lonely pigeon

A lonely pigeon roaming around near my class.

June 5/Day 156 - Cactus

A different variety of cactus taken along the Hollywood trail...

June 4/Day 155 - Honey Bee on a Rose!

I was lucky enough to click this picture just when the honeybee came buzzing around and sat in this beautiful red rose.

June 2/Day 153 - On a gloomy day!

Birds flying high on a gloomy day at the beach!

May 31/Day 151 - Full Moon

A view of the full moon from my balcony :)

May 30/Day 150 - Along the trail!

It was the memorial day long weekend and we had friends over. Spend the day along the trails in Hollywood. These were the flowers in some random wild shrub along the trail.

May 29/Day 149 - One more strawberry!

I have been posting way too many strawberry pictures here. Hopefully this will be the last one! Again, taken at the Strawberry fields in Pomona, California.

May 28/Day 148 - Strawberry Picking

 We are lucky to get juicy, ripe strawberries throughout the year at farmer's markets here in Southern California. Some farms allow you to come in to the strawberry fields, pluck them straight from the strawberry plant and enjoy to your heart's content. You could also take them back home along with you. We had a great time at the strawberry patch during the weekend, plucking and eating strawberries!

May 25/Day 145 - Spring produce from the market!

I could not resist buying this box of strawberries which were so fresh and juicy from our local farmer's market. I also bought four of these little plants to add to my little balcony garden. From the left clockwise, husk cherry tomatoes, thai chillies, japanese eggplant and thai basil.

Will post a picture of my little garden soon!

Here is what I made with these delicious strawberries.

May 24/Day 144 - Yellow!

Some seaside plants with beautiful yellow flowers..

May 23/Day 143 - The lone log!

The lonely log at the beach. Taken at the half moon bay located in the bay area..

May 21/Day 141 - A seaside flower

A flower found along the beach at Half Moon Bay in the Bay area.