July photo a day challenge – Horizon

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This spectacular picture of the horizon was taken by my daughter. So the credit goes entirely to her. I was probably zoned out after spending an amazing gratifying day at Yosemite Valley with my family. As we drove, leaving the valley behind, the magnificent sculptures of granite kept reappearing in the distance with every curve and turn until the sun went to rest for the day and the horizon turned a deep blue, violet and mauve and the landscape more tame with soft gentle rolling hills in the distance. I was not ready to say goodbye to this beautiful day!

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Weekend vacation with watercolors!

July photo a day Day 28  Citysonnet

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Weekend’s here! And I’m having quite a vacation with my beloved watercolors, just dipping the paintbrush

into some reds, yellows and greens and then swirling it

in water and having lot of fun painting flowers from my imagination!

Have a great weekend!

Waves

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#Day 19

Every time I see waves, A song for Hal comes to my mind –

and every little wave had its night cap on

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and every little wave had its night cap on

so very very early in the morning…..

And with these lines come precious memories of my kids when they were babies…..Isn’t it strange that memories move like waves, sometimes rushing and sometimes softly lapping like the soft gurgling of the little angels!

Cherries!

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A bowl of sweet, tart, juicy,and vividly red cherries! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

July photo a day challenge – River

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The beautiful, 145 mi long Merced river flowing from the Sierra Nevada to San Joaquin Valley in California has helped create the panoramic, 8 mi long Yosemite Valley. This picture is from the base of Vernal Falls where the river flows calmly. It was quite a transition – from the thunder of the Falls to the serenity of the quietly flowing river – as if all the aggression had dissolved and everlasting peace was attained. 

 

Sunshine on Yosemite valley

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It was a beautiful day in the Yosemite Valley. Under the bright June sun, everything seemed to wake up to its brightest potential. Was it my perception or did the sky looked bluer, the pines greener! I stood there awestruck by the colossal granite cliffs rising behind the sea of gilded blades of grass. Is this heaven on earth?

Yosemite valley comes alive under a June’s sun