Monarch Butterfly

Today I have a butterfly - A Monarch Butterfly (Scientific Name: Danaus plexippus). This was from the butterfly exhibit in Redding, CA. There is a wide variety, but as I was late at that place, I couldn't capture any more pictures of these beautiful insects.

Carrot Leaves

Look like carrot leaves, ain't it? Well, they are not... they are some wild poisonous variety. If you are among the people who walk down the American River Levy towards the Sac State, you'll find a lot of these during the spring time. This is Poison Hemlock (Scientific Name: Conium maculata), extremely poisonous if ingested or if the natural oils are absorbed through skin.

For more information, go to: http://kaweahoaks.com/html/poison_hemlock.html

Cloudy sky

Morning Dew - Part 3

Morning Dew - Part 2

Morning Dew - Part 1

Morning Dew...

Clouds 2

Rushing away to work when I caught them...

Spring Signs

Spring signs have started showing-up everywhere...

BTW, these are Bradford Pear (Scientific Name: Pyrus calleryana)

For more information go to: http://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/species/pyca80.htm

Mistake

Sometimes, even mistakes give astonishing results... and that's when we call it DISCOVERY :) (or ART sometimes ;))

Beauty...

Beauty in Simplicity

Ice Crystals

Ice crystals on green grass...

Art

Good one, huh? Well, this also needs some skills, it's done intentionally... :))

River...

Early in the morning...

Guy West Bridge

Pretty old one... this is the Guy West Bridge in my college campus at CSUS. Kinda a replica of the Golden Gate Bridge.

American River

This is American River from the American River Access at Howe. I took this snap using my cell-phone camera, :) so not that good quality...

Snow-covered Mountains

Mountains just covered with snow... looks and feels fresh :)

Pansy

A yellow-and-black PANSY partially in the shadow

Red and Green

This was something that I caught during the last Spring... was looking good, so, captured it :D

SFO Skyline

The San Francisco skyline, far away, isn't it? :)) You can see the Bay Bridge ;)

Foresthill Bridge

This is the bridge on which the movie XXX's stunt scene was shot. Foresthill Bridge: soars 730 feet above the streambed of the American River's north fork.

Vineyards

Vineyards from the NAPA Valley

Scotch Broom

Which ones are these, my dear? :)

So finally, my darling replied :) These are Scotch Broom (Scientific Name: Cytisus scoparius)

Plants in Snow

Flowers and Fern at Night

Fern and Flowers at Night, but which ones???

Sleeping Flamingo

Surprised! Me too... what a weird way to go to sleep!!!

Bird-of-Paradise

Bird of Paradise flowers at night (Scientific name: Strelitzia reginae)

Pink Flamingoes

These come from the "Sea World" in San Diego.

Nice and Sunny for traveling...

This was taken from the car, so, can't say anything on the view-angle that I got, there was really not too much space there for getting a better view-angle :)