Macro Monday

These are macros of lemon blossoms, in my side yard. In the top photo, you can see the lemons starting to develop at the base of the blossoms. Now, go visit Lisa, to see who else played today.

Straight Out Of the Camera Sunday

These were taken at the San Diego Zoo. I'm not a birder, but I think this is an Oriole. I almost used them for Watery Wednesday, but thought they were perfect for SOOC. No tweaking, just cropping.

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Do you ever take a photo that you love; it comes out so well, (straight from the camera), that you're not tempted to do anything with it. It's wonderful and you want to share it. I've decided to start a new meme - Straight Out Of the Camera Sunday. I'll host it here, each Sunday. So put your thinking cap on, scroll through your files and decide what to post. The subject is open, no weekly theme, just have fun.

What are the rules? On any Sunday you can post any photo you like (it must be one of your own) that hasn’t been tweaked or altered in any way (cropping is OK).

In other words Straight Out Of the Camera.

Also, please link back to Murrieta365. Thanks, Jan.

Brenda Photo Challenge

Lynn of Musings from the Texas Hill Country has graciously accepted the next Challenge so if you're ready? Here we go! The theme is Shadows

I'm showing some shadows from our trip to the San Diego Zoo.

Top right and lower left, taken from the Skyfari, aerial tram. We rode it four times, what fun. The others are a Black Neck Swan and a Malayan Tapir.

Be sure to visit every one here.

Sky Watch Friday

Gargoyle on the side of a building at Highland and Hollywood Blvd, on Tuesday.

The skies in Southern California can be pretty boring in July, and the rest of the summer, too. Above is Oden looking down from the deck at my Aunt Vicky's.

Your Skywatch Team: Klaus Sandy Ivar Wren Fishing Guy Louise.
To visit other participants go to Skywatch Friday.
You'll see beautiful skies from all over the world.

Shiney things.

I love Harleys, especially the bare ones, with out all the windscreens, saddlebags, microwaves and kitchen sinks. This is the kind I rode on, back in the day, with my friend Richard. Believe it or not, we rode without helmets, for 10 years, every chance we had; in the days before helmets were mandatory. Loved it.

A new Thursday meme, hosted by Picture This....

Window Views

While we were in Hollywood, last week, I spied these windows from our hotel room. They are part of a very interesting apartment building, right on Highland Blvd. Below, you can see both windows, and there relationship to each other. That red tower is part of the same building!

Check out all the other Window peepers, here.

Color Carnival.

Today is my birthday. These are some "colorful" photos of my family, taken on July the 3rd at my Aunt Vicky's house. Some people couldn't make it this years, there were only 40 of us.

Have you heard of Martha's Color Carnival? It's new to me and I thought I'd join in.

Watery Wednesday

I had no "fresh" water photos, this week, so these are of Bermuda, last montn. No wonder we love it there.

Have a great Wednesday.
Check out the other Watery People here.

Ruby Tuesday

It's Ruby Tuesday time, again. Check out all the other Ruby hunters, here.

These are Hollyhocks from my garden.

These are Volunteers, I've never planted any Hollyhocks, but each year I'm blessed with wonderful Hollyhocks; courtesy of the wind and/or birds. Last week I harvested some of the seeds, and if you'd like some, just email me your snail mail address. I can't tell you what color(s) the seeds may produce, but they will be beautiful.