Flames

Classic car shows must have cars with flames laid down in an outlandishly wild metallic lacquer (much more here)

Cobra 427

Here is the fuel filler of a fabulously red 69 Cobra 427.

Fins!

No car show is complete without the quintessential fins of a 57' Chevrolet Bel Air.

Bulbous Chrome

How can anyone resist 50's era automotive chrome?

Emblem

I went to a classic car show and found tons of wonderful colors and shapes.

Blue Tube

I came across this pile of blue pipes (18" ID) in the middle of a field. The colors and random arrangement of these tubes was irresistible.

Wow

Who needs psychedelic concert posters from the 60's when nature can do this right in your own garden!

Metaphor

Isn't life just like this? You are flying down a road, and it suddenly comes to a stop, you have new choices (left, right, backwards) but you can no longer choose the direction that you had.

Water for Farming

The Central California Valley is covered with a lattice of irrigation canals to support the huge water needs of the agriculture base that is still very prevelant.

Falls

It was the last day in May and all of the falls in Yosemite were still flowing with great intensity.

Everywhere We Looked

Had an exquisite motorcycle ride through the Sierra foolthills including a picnic lunch in the Yosemite Valley. Everywhere we looked were spectacular views and the air was delicious.

Forest Floor

There are spectacular moments of color and form all over the forest floor if you look carefully enough.

Shadows in the Snow

This crooked pine tree left its shadow on the snow in such a way it almost looked like a peacock tail.

Residual Effect

As the last remaining snows begins to melt in the shadows of the Sierra forest, the residual of various dust, bark, and pine needles concentrate in spots to leave some eerie patterns of intense color.

Life Begins Anew

As the snow recedes in the high sierras, the meadows begin their cycle again. Each day the snow is retreating a few feet, revealing the once the dried meadow, last seen just before the first snow, now soggy and bare, the meadow will once again be green and grassy within another couple of days.

Corrugated Steel

It was 106 degrees Fahrenheit today in the central California valley. I can only imagine how hot it might be inside this steel structure

No Parking

Ironically, with a barn washed in colors like these, I had to instantly pull over, park, and take a picture.

Lookout

There is something strange and surreal about this silo. It almost looks like some sort of ancient lookout tower that is all that his left standing amongst the ruins of a lost culture that we know nothing about.

Brief Visit

Our stay on this planet is very brief, with no more assurance of duration or permanence than that which is given a shadow resting on the surface of a bed windblown grasses.

Snow Melt

As the winter's snow melts and the stream are full , sparkling, bubbling and cold, the sun bounces off the rich colors of the rock, showing all it has, having been freshly bathed by the frothing waters.

Salior's Delight

Amazingly colorful and dramatic evening sky.

Tufts

This ground cover could almost be mistaken for some sort of microscopic spores or some other unusual organism.

Raw Water

Makes you wonder doesn't it? What might 'raw water' be in contrast to natural, pure or processed water? Where does it go and what is it used for? (more images)

Bucolic Windmill

Moments like this, no matter how cliche or trite they may be considered, just have to be photographed.

Pipeline

This series of large diameter brilliantly white composite pipes (more images) stood in stark contrast against the blue sky and the rich golden brown of the dried meadow.

Volcano

The sleepy little 'gold country' hamlet of Volcano has 85 inhabitants.

1957 BMW Isetta

This outrageous super mini-car (more images) was painted in a wild metalflake psychedelic orange. The Isetta has a brief a varied history

Portal No. 41

Clearly, if your are into colorful and rustic architecture, San Miguel is the place to go. I never tire of the colors, textures and shapes here.

Globos Pequeño

Any time there is something going on in the San Miguel jardin, street vendors will be there to sell balloons (globos), ice cream and other things such as jewelry.

Guitara

All of the Santa Semana processions in San Miguel had one or more musical elements. This procession had fireworks, a brass band, a drumming team accompanied by sword dancers, a choir and this troop of guitarists.