My flight home from San Diego didn't arrive until late afternoon on Thursday and it was pouring rain, so we elected to stay in a motel and drive home today instead. (It's a 3.5-hour drive from the airport to our house and it encompasses one of the most dangerous roads in Oregon. In the dark, in the rain, and when we're tired isn't the best time to be traveling.) So this morning we set out before sunrise and, en route, decided to take a few detours to see something different. The lighting was exquisite. Beautiful clouds, no rain, little patches of fog here and there, and then the coast was crystal clear, with the ocean looking a rather tropical blue and green with big waves coming in from the south.
In the first photo, I liked the strong shape of the tree and how the road leads my right up to it. The second photo is especially appealing to me because of how the tops of the trees seem to echo the tops of the hills in the distance.
The third photo shows how sometimes loggers will leave one sentinel tree remaining on a hillside, and this one really stood out way up there. And then I took a drive-by shot of trees lining a golf course. The grass of the course was in blue shadow, so it appears quite aqueous in the picture. And then finally the Oregon coast, from a vantage point just up the road from our house.
I'll be prepping and posting some of the photos from my San Diego trip once I get them off my laptop and into my "real" computer. ©Carol Leigh
A few from my downtown L.A. photo walk. Am woefully behind in transferring photos, backing up photos, and processing photos. And currently have the cold from hell, where I can't even talk. (And yeah, I know, maybe that's a GOOD thing. I can hear your snide remarks all the way over here.)
Waiting in the hotel lobby just before leaving to conduct the downtown L.A. photo walk, I was looking for photo possibilities and found this. I like the monochromatic look, the light, gauzy, airy feeling. 
We found ourselves yesterday behind a recycling truck -- packed with flattened-down cardboard. While we were stopped at a traffic light, I photographed this through the windshield of our car. Total grunge!
My flight home from San Diego didn't arrive until late afternoon on Thursday and it was pouring rain, so we elected to stay in a motel and drive home today instead. (It's a 3.5-hour drive from the airport to our house and it encompasses one of the most dangerous roads in Oregon. In the dark, in the rain, and when we're tired isn't the best time to be traveling.) So this morning we set out before sunrise and, en route, decided to take a few detours to see something different. The lighting was exquisite. Beautiful clouds, no rain, little patches of fog here and there, and then the coast was crystal clear, with the ocean looking a rather tropical blue and green with big waves coming in from the south. 
Here's part of my group at Mission San Juan Capistrano this past Saturday, patiently waiting for swallows to land on the mission walls. I didn't have the heart to tell them that that doesn't happen until March 19th... From left to right: Beverly Russell, Rich Baker, Terry Myers, and Mary Lange.
Thursday I took the train up to San Juan Capistrano to have lunch with a friend who drove down from northern Orange County. This is the first time I've taken the train and it was FUN! Comfy seats, footrests, tray tables, and BIG windows. I sat on the ocean side and took photos along the way and ick, they're really bad. But it's still interesting to see how things look from the vantage point of the train. Sunny day, sat outside to have lunch, and then wandered around the town a bit taking photos until I had to return. The best shots of the day are of some cactus, but I can't process them until I return home. Am planning on revisiting the cactus during my photo walk there on Saturday. This is a shot I took of downtown San Diego just outside the train station.
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