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I got out of my car at Sycamore Grove Park in Livermore and saw this little guy hanging on to the roof of my car.
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Why this goose got annoyed with this turtle is a mystery. The turtle didn’t move before, during or after the goose’s outburst. But it was also the day for turtles to sun themselves out of the pond and there were about 30 lining the island’s shoreline. Featured in Funny Critters! and LMAO ART – your funniest work.
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Bale Grist Mill in the California wine country. Built in 1846. / Found this old grist mill and couldn’t resist it! :) See this also in color:
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Bale Grist Mill SHP / State Historic Park / The park is the site of a water-powered grist mill that was built in 1846. It was once the center of social activity as Napa Valley settlers gathered to have their corn and wheat ground into meal or flour. The owner of the mill was Dr. Edward Turner Bale. He received the property in a land grant from the Mexican government and lived near the site until his death in 1849. The mill remained in use until the early 1900s. The mill and its 36-foot water wheel are protected as a state historic landmark and have been partially restored. A trail connects the historic park to Bothe-Napa Valley State Park. Additionally, the park includes the site of the first church in the Napa Valley as well as the Pioneer Cemetery. The gristmill and granary were built with local materials, Douglas firs and coast redwoods. Some timbers were cut to length with the bark left on, while others were roughed out with hand tools. The timbers were notched and held in place with wooden pegs as well as nails and screws. The foundation of the structure is native stone. The mill was powered by a waterwheel, with water diverted from Mill Creek nearby. A ditch carried the water from a millpond to a wooden flume, which brought the water to the top of the waterwheel. The first wheel did not provide enough power during dry summers and was replaced by a larger one, similar to the one at the mill today. Farmers brought grain to the mill where it was placed into the boot of an elevator to be mechanically transported upstairs where it was cleaned by various types of equipment. The slow turning of the old grind stones and the dampness of the mill’s site gave the meal a special quality for making cornbread, yellowbread, shortening bread and spoon bread. As old timers put it, “When meal comes to you that way, like the heated underside of a settin’ hen, it bakes bread that makes city bread taste like cardboard.”
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Old gears found at the Bale Grist Mill in the California wine country. Also available in Black and White: /
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Joshua Tree National Park
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Forest creek, Tamalpais State Park -California.
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Landscapes.
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All photos from Joshua Tree National Park, California. 2006 – 2008.
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Image captured in Yosemite National Park of reflections on the Merced River on a crisp January morning. Lower Yosemite Falls winter flow can be seen in the distance. All content & images © Stephen Vecchiotti. You may not use any images in any way without written consent from artist. All Rights Reserved.
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Scene of the Fountain at Prado Garden, Balboa Park, San Diego, California / A mosaic fountain dribbles in the courtyard entrance to this model of Spanish architecture in Balboa Park’s House of Hospitality. / / / Scene of the Fountain at Prado Garden, Balboa Park, San Diego, California / A mosaic fountain dribbles in the courtyard entrance to this model of Spanish architecture in Balboa Park’s House of Hospitality. / /
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View of Half Dome, Vernal Falls and the surrounding peaks and domes of the Sierra Nevada as seen from the top of Sentinel Dome, captured in Yosemite National Park, California. All content & images © Stephen Vecchiotti. You may not use any images in any way without written consent from artist. All Rights Reserved.
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Yosemite Valley is absolutely breathtaking and one of the most beautiful places on this earth. Majestic domes and peaks rising thousands of feet from the valley floor are a true natural wonder and a must to see with your own eyes. This image captures beautiful spring reflections of the stunning Cathedral Rocks and Spires in Yosemite National Park, California. All content & images © Stephen Vecchiotti. You may not use any images in any way without written consent from artist. All Rights Reserved.
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You Don’t Bring Me Ducklings, / You won’t even quack me. / I feel so big and funny / That you make me so sad every day, I remember when… You used to want to duck me. / Now you only pluck me. / And after plucking me late at night: When it’s good for you, duck / And you’re feeling alright / You just go waddling / Into the night. You Don’t Bring Me herring / You are so uncaring! / You Don’t Bring Me Ducklings Any More. PS Yes, I know they aren’t even both ducks, one being a juvenile Great Blue Heron and the other being a Mallard Duck. They were having a most illicit affair that broke into the public’s eye only when the heron turned to the mallard and… At 10:52am on the morning of June 27th, 2009, these lyrics placed #2 on Google’s search engine for the original song, You Don’t Bring Me Flowers Anymore – right behind Barbra Streisand’s version & right before Neil Diamond’s version, the songwriter and co-singer of the duet! If that’s not hysterical, NOTHING is. LOLOLOLOL!
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Shot with a Canon PowerShot SX1 IS camera in Palisades Park, Santa Monica, California, June 2009.
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You can’t get too much closer to a duckling than a 2-bill stretch. And this duckie was just about as close as two of his rather messy beaks are long. LOL! There’s just no time to get a wash rag when the smashed crackers are on the sidewalk. He (She? Hard for me to tell without all the adult plumage for the computer to ID. LOL!) didn’t even bother to shake the water off before pecking right up to the Panasonic TZ4, that was poised about duckie-butt high on the ground. If the camera had a remote, I’d have backed away and watched the little booger knock it over, screech, and run back to the pond with his/her wings all a-flutter. LMAO! This was also time for me to make a startling discovery: aside from the feet, ducklings and I have identical legs. My knees are too dark – like his (I’m giving up on the gender joke at this point or my sore fingers will start talking smack to me, the ungrateful appendages!). My shins looks a bit like a washboard too. Everything from his tail to toes looks too small except for those knobby knees. Momma duck wasn’t claiming Junior as kin so nobody gave a quack about being too close to the strange looking creature with featherless wings, i.e. me. It was every duckie for himself and three of them bumped heads for the biggest crumbs until the pigeons got impatient and wise to the fact they weren’t gonna get a parental beaking from some protective parent. In rather enjoyed this, the bravest of the under-aged ducks in Sacramento, McKinley Park. PS The full-sized shot of this image is a bit bigger than the duckling was, it was so close to the camera. LOL! This shot was featured in the group Miniatures and Mammoths. Many thanks to the hosts & members. :-D
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This is a very sleepy mommy Mallard Duck from Sacramento. I was very, very quiet and made sure not to wake her up when I took her picture. I took it from a long way away. :-) Ms Mallard is using her softest pillow: her feathers under her wing. Her duck bill is hiding and her eyes are closed. She’s tucked in for the night! I don’t think she was snoring but I was too far away to tell. Mr Mallard was really close by and it was his turn to be awake and make sure Ms Mallard got up on time. Ms Mallard was in the park and next to the pond so she could have her morning bath and swim. Later that day, after Ms Mallard woke up and swam, I fed her crackers for breakfast because ducks HAVE to have breakfast! :-D
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Half Dome-Yosemite N. Park.
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There are many beautiful sights at Yosemite National Park, Ca. USA. / This is one of the many rivers and boulders that are spread throughout the park . I thought the green glow of the water looked nice reflecting from the rock. The water looks inviting but there was ice floating down some of them. There is a lot of history to learn there and I can not wait to return. Thanks for viewing.
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nature ignites my soul / my lungs swim in its wonderful essence / my eyes stare in disbelief / I am so small, I am inconsequential… Early evening reflections of El Captian, Yosemite National Park, California Olympus SP565 UZ
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Yesterday we took a wonderful 4 1/2 ride. We started out in Steamboat, went to California Park in Routt National Forest and after the road ended for the park, just kept going. This aspect of my husband reminds me so much of my Dad, “Let’s find out where the road goes”. Needless to say, we ended up 32 miles away from Baggs, Wyoming! LOL But the beauty of the fall colors was beyond compare,and of course I had to thank my husband for such a relaxing and wonderful drive. / Kodak Z650 EasyShare Digital F4 / / /
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And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight…. A beautiful day in California Park, Routt National Forest, Colorado. Kodak Z650 EasyShare Digital / / /
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Glacier Point, Yosemite National Park, California, USA Elevation of 7,214 feet (2,199 m), / 3,200 feet (980 m) above Yosemite Valley below. More Yosemite photos to be up loaded soon. Photo-merge 6 images with CS4 More Panoramic photos /
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Panorama of Monument Valley Tribal Park, Arizona.
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