Sequoias

It's difficult to keep the scale of these trees in my head less than a week after seeing them. 

Sequoia base

The guy in the background is more than 6' tall. I believe that this is the Lincoln Tree, which is reported to be 22' in diameter at breast height. 

Muir Woods grove

Nearly 300' up and 8' around. The mist and the forest created a cathedral. 

Coastal redwoods

I got a crick in my neck from all the looking up... Incredible trees. 

Sunset, Marin hills, fog and waves

 

Ruins of the Sutro Baths

I love the contrast between the still pool and the waves, the rocks and the flowers, the now and the long gone... 

Roses

Loved the different colors, shapes petals of the roses. Everything from climbing roses with a single set of petals to complicated blooms like this one. 

Lily in the Garden

This is from the Rose Garden in Golden Gate Park. 

Bay Bridge and San Francisco

Taken from the north end of the Golden Gate... 

Point Reyes lighthouse

308 steps down, 308 steps back up....

It's a heck of view.

Lombard Street

Coit Tower's in the distance. 

Pelicans, sunset, highway 1 near Stinson Beach

There are places on the highways north of San Francisco where the road is a single lane because the other lane has fallen away from the hillside. It makes for a more interesting drive... 

North end of the Golden Gate

The fog didn't, as Sandburg said, come on little cat feet. It lay there, swirling, dripping, undulating, hiding and disclosing, and then later faded away. 

Saguaro blooming in Tucson

This church is in downtown Tucson.

The saguaros bloom in May and then later in the summer their fruit bursts open and they appear to bloom again with the red flesh of the fruit. 

Red Mountain in the Afternoon

Every afternoon the mountain is waiting for me on the drive home.