California flora

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One of California's unusual flowering bushes


White crane among waterlilies

Lily hangs over the sidewalk.

Comments

Anonymous said…
Beautiful!
October 9, 2009 at 4:38 PM
Carol Kilgore said…
Beautiful photographs. Thanks for commenting on my blog.
October 9, 2009 at 11:12 PM
kayerj said…
what a delightful surprise--I thought you just did books. Thanks for stopping by today.
October 12, 2009 at 8:13 PM
Jessica said…
Such beautiful pictues! Thanks for sharing. :)
October 14, 2009 at 3:46 PM
Shore Debris said…
Love your photos, too!
October 21, 2009 at 9:22 AM
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