Rattlesnakes, Windmills, and Waterfalls

Trails in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area in Newbury Park, CA. The trail we hiked leads to a beautiful waterfall.

"Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you." - Frank Lloyd Wright

Strawberry Capital of the World

Roadside strawberry stand in Camarillo, CA.

Fact from Camarillo Strawberry Festival website: "Strawberries are the prized harvest in Ventura County where 11,538 acres produce more than 27 percent of the state’s supply with peak season production of 10 million pint baskets shipped worldwide daily."

An ironic quote: The strawberry "is the wonder of all the Fruits growing naturally in those parts...In some parts where the Natives have planted, I have many times seen as many as would fill a good ship, within a few miles compasse." - Roger Williams, founder of Providence, RI, in 1636

Plymouth Rock

"This rock has become an object of veneration in the United States. I have seen fragments carefully preserved in several American cities. Does not that clearly prove that man's power and greatness resides entirely in his soul? A few poor souls trod for an instant on this rock, and it has become famous; it is prized by a great nation; fragments are venerated, and tiny pieces distributed far and wide," Alexis de Tocqueville

Wickenden St.

Wickenden Street, Providence, RI. Home to Amy's Place, Round Again Records and Aqua-Life Aquarium.

PVD

Prospect Park, Providence, RI. Statue of Roger Williams, founder of the city.

A Hike On A Gloomy Day

Trails in Santa Rosa Valley in Camarillo, CA. The sky was cloudy but sometimes the sun shone through.

"I am the lover of uncontained and immortal beauty. In the wilderness, I find something more dear and connate than in streets or villages. In the tranquil landscape, and especially in the distant line of the horizon, man beholds somewhat as beautiful as his own nature." - Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Nature"

Blue Skies

Washington, DC in spring.

Some quotes about DC:
"Were it not for the parks and monuments and great federal buildings that break up the monotony, downtown Washington would be a visual and architectural disaster." - Jonathan Yardley

"It is sometimes called the City of Magnificent Distances, but it might with greater propriety be termed the City of Magnificent Intentions." - Charles Dickens

Streets of the District

Prospect and O Streets, NW.

Last Weeks, First Post

The Key Bridge on the Potomac River, Washington, DC in springtime. View from the Georgetown neighborhood of DC, home to Georgetown University. Shot with a Holga Diana Mini camera.