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America, Flowers, Photography

Just Some Snapshots 18

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Taken in and around my front yard.

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Dream

 

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Allen’s Hummingbird

 

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Ruby-Throated Anna’s Hummingbird

 

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Allen’s Hummingbird

 

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Navigating Through a Dream

 

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Allen’s Hummingbird

 

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Albumen look.

 

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Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
Flowers, Photography

Just Some Snapshots 16

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Although it’s February and climate experts said we’d have a helluva El Niño, it hasn’t really appeared.  Even if it starts to rain here and there from now, the deluge they’ve been warning us Southern Californians about for half a year will not materialize.

So the drought will continue…

In the meantime, I thought I’d take advantage of the clear blue skies and took some snapshots out in front.

Some winter hummingbirds.  They love the tree aloe blooms in my neighbor’s yard:

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Just a sprinkle:

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And there’s a bazillion of these Kalanchoe Lavender Scallops Variegata (Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi) blooming:

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This little succulent bloom is at the tip of thin, bright green stalks and is about maybe 1/3″ in diameter.  The photo below shows the blooms in different stages of opening.

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Flowers, Photography

Just Some Snapshots #12

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It appears Spring has come a couple of weeks early to Southern California…  Some photos of blooms from around my home.

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Tiny buggers invade this succulent bloom.
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Clematis
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Cineraria
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Red bud blooms.
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Aloe bloom
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Shrimp plant
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An early Portulaca grandiflora blooms from my cutting
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Clematis
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Cineraria in B&W
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A real bad hair day
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Cineraria begins to bloom
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Aloe blooms
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Cineraria
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My cigar…but not my yard.