Hi Friends! Hope everyone is having a great week. If your week is starting slow in the ‘great’ department – well, I am confident that it will vastly improve! 🙂
Spring is in full swing here in Southern California, and the temperatures are already hot in my ‘hood! Spring in this part of the world is a relatively short season…
The transition between our mild winter (cooler temps and a bit of rain) and summer (hot and dry) is pretty quick. One day it is 55 degrees (Fahrenheit), then a week later it is 90 degrees. And will remain that way for many months. I don’t mind the heat, because fortunately, in the area where I live, the nights cool off very nicely. 🙂
Here are some photos I have taken over the past month. Please enjoy the images and have a great rest of the week. 🙂
Categories: Inspiration, Photography
Kevin: Thanks again for your interest in, Elm Drive Images…Winter Wonderland.
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Wow!
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Thanks, Marina! Great to meet you. 😎
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Amazing pictures! I have major location envy right now! 😍🇺🇸
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Haha, thanks Faye! Pleasure to meet you! 👍🏼 🇬🇧
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Thanks for the, like, on my Cone Plants, Kevin … at Elm Drive Images.
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A wonderful collection of springtime photographs from southern California!
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Thanks Phil!
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Reblogged this on ThIs AnD tHaT aRt ~ JD Holiday.
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Thank you for the re-blog!! 🙂
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I love Southern California! Beautiful shots!
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Thanks Ipuna! 🙂 Have a great weekend!
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You too!
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Stunning images Kevin. Nice to meet you.
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Hi Miriam, thanks so much! Pleasure to meet you, as well. 😎👍🏼
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Simply beautiful 🌺 Thank you for sharing 🙂
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Thank you so much! Pleasure meeting you. Your blog is terrific! 😎👍🏼
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Likewise 🙂 looking forward to your upcoming posts !
Kind thanks – Kalida
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Wow, Kevin- Your photos are amazing!
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Thank you Linda! Very kind of you!
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Thanks for taking time away from your great blog (love these images!) to visit mine.
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You’re very welcome! Thanks for the kind comment. 😎👍🏼
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Love the Mojave and marina pictures!
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Thanks Pam!! Have a great day 😎
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Kevin: Thanks for the like on my, Purple Creeping Phlox, at Elm Drive Images.
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Love what you do to your photos (but I would probably love them natural too.) Thanks for following Kevin. Hope to be checking out more of your work.
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Hi Shirley, thank you for the kind words! Pleasure to meet you.
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Great job.
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Thank you! Nice to hear from you. 🙂
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Beautiful, Kevin 🙂
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Hi Michele, Thank you!!
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A few years ago my son-in-law was stationed in San Diego. My daughter absolutely loved living there. She was born and raised in Massachusetts and has lived in several other states since she has been married. But her favorite place is still San Diego.
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San Diego is awesome. Funny, I was born and raised in New York, and attended college in Massachusetts. My sister lives in MA, and one of my brothers lives in NH. I know the Northeast well. And miss it sometimes, for sure. 🙂
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Exquisite photos, Kevin!
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Thank you very much, Carol!
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Beautiful! I love the vibrant colors!
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Hi! Nice to meet you! Thank you so much for the positive and kind words!
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I love to see your wonderful photos 🙂 Looks like summer is there already! But if it cools off at night, then it’s bearable to have hot days. 🙂
I’m having a great start to the week, as it is raining very heavily, right now! Yay! 😀
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Awesome! Receiving rain in desperately needed times is a great feeling. We had lots of rain this winter after a 5 year (or more) severe drought! Thanks so much for the kind words and it’s great to hear from you! ⛈🌨💧
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I’m glad your drought ended and I hope ours does too! Yes, it’s wonderful to have rain; the air is so clear afterwards.
I’m happy to find a new post from you, as I pop by your blog quite often to see if I’ve missed one, now that I don’t blog every day. 🙂
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That’s so nice to hear. Thank you so much for your support!!
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Great photos! I’m trying to absorb some of the heat evident in the pictures – I had to wait for the frost to melt off my windscreen this morning 😦
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Haha. Thanks man! Hopefully the weather will get warm for you soon 🌞
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Magnificent photos and landscapes… great captions too! 👍 You too, Kevin, have a wonderful week! 😀
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Great to hear from you Iris! Thank you so much 😊
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very beautiful!! why not Instagram too?! 🙂
Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S7 edge, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone
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Thanks Homeyra! Good question and food for thought! 😎
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Amazing photos, love them!
Thank you for following Miss McGarr’s 1990 Diary Blog, hope you enjoy the daily entries
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Thank you Karen! Pleasure to meet you.
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The “ancient rocks” is my favorite, Kevin. The colors are so vibrant. Did you use any special filter or anything to capture that? – Marty
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Hi Marty, thanks for enjoying the photos and for the comment. Yeah, I use a few different apps to filter my photos. Other than seeing the object in person when I capture the photo, my favorite part of the whole process is to play around with the photos and try to create something hopefully unique. 😎Have a good one man.
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Beautiful photos
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Thank you so much Julie!
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Amazing pics once again! Just got back from Qld where it is warm with beautiful beaches and palm trees to Melbourne – rain, hail.
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Hi Barbara! Ironic, some of my photos are from Santa Barbara haha. Oh yeah, it is heading towards winter for you guys, right? Thanks so much for the kind words. 🙂
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Yeah winter isn’t much fun in Melb but I’m hoping that my life will change with a new job I have applied for in Far Nth Qld. It’s just as beautiful as your pics of California. By the way when I was in Germany I found out I have a name sake – St Barbara of gemstone miners and lightning! Hahaha
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🙂 Awesome. Good luck with the job!
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Thanks! It’s an environmental position so would be amazing
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Great set, Kevin.
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Thanks Dan!
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Great compositions!
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Thanks Phil!
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Kevin, what are you doing to me 😍 I remember the Santa Barbara Harbor so well and so many other places. Gosh, and that photo from the sunset😍
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Hi Erika! Nice to hear from you. Glad these photos elicit such great memories for you!
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Oh yes, great memories but also it heats up the desire to be there again!!
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Always welcome here!
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Beautiful pics as always!! xxx
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Thank you! 🙂 xxx
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