Happy Birthday Ryder

Birthday boy loves Root Beer Floats and Mama Burgers at Val's in  Hayward.

Age 10 and a tad over 5' tall.

Wednesday's Garden

Todays walk in the garden found Tuscan Sun in bloom.

This flower starts out with a very dark bud, and then as it opens  the petals lighten up a bit each day.

Such a fun rose to watch each day.

Pasadena Peace

Pasadena City College Invitational Swim Meet in early April. Side trip to the Rose Bowl Gardens.

This Peace Rose was wonderful, so I had to take a photo to remember her by.

Click on the image for a full view.

dogwood?

From a distance, this tree looks like a dogwood.
Upon closer inspection, I am not certain what type of tree this is. Lovely white blossoms just cover the tree.

Red budding flower

Aperture setting for close up that blurs the background.
Telephoto lens at 6.3 causes the blur, but keeps the background colors the same.

Male Mallard

Garin Park ducks in the pond looking for a handout. quick clicks to try to get a photo of the ducks swimming by on the small pond.
Sometimes  you are patient enough to get lucky.
Love the colors and the waves created by the fast swimming ducks!

Orange and black

Backlight allows the color to show through the petals and makes for a very different view of the petals, etc.

Taken at Garin Park in Fremont California last week.

Purple Passion

Not sure what this flower is, but I liked the sun shinning through the petals from the back.

A little exposure adjustment was necessary to bring out the detail in the petals.

Taken at Garin Park in Fremont last week.

Garin Park Today

Visited Garin Park today in Fremont.
Weather was wonderful, the poppies on the hillside were wonderful, as were the views.
We hiked up the long hills, and this was the view from the top.