Life pictures

[ketamine kitty]

summer flower

love you all -ket

[ketamine kitty]

Vacation mid point

Hi All. Halfway through my vacation, back from Yosemite. I stayed with friends and this was what I woke to daily.
I can't seem to post from my tablet. -ket

[ketamine kitty]

Olmsted Point

Olmsted Point Yosemite. Hard to capture the grandeur, the scale.
9000 feet. Though a "walker" I hit the wall here. There are a number
of accessible trails here to good view points. Olmsted is the only one
I dared venture off these paths.

enjoy - ket

[ketamine kitty]

more from CA

Ket's big adventure is more than halfway done. Headed to the shore to see family later today.

A flower from a Trish' garden in Mariposa, CA
Naked Lady (Ladies) Amaryllis belladonna LOL, people ask me what they are so this time I asked!

enjoy -ket

[ketamine kitty]

Lbi

Back from Ket's big adventure. Had a lovely time. After returning from CA I
visited family at the Jersey Shore. This is Long Beach Island, the 12th St.
ocean beach. I spent much time there as a child but I haven't visited in 45
years. Many memories and so many changes.

ket

[ketamine kitty]

Daisy Patch

Daisy patch in Barnegat NJ

[ChesBay]

Daisy patch in Barnegat NJ

Beautiful simplicity.
I grew up in Toms River, NJ a bit north of LBI. Like many places along the shore watched LBI grow over the years.Fond memories.
You really covered some miles this summer, well documented in your outstanding photos.

[ketamine kitty]

more from CA

Yosemite, half dome not the usual vantage point. One of the best images captured there.

thank you for the kind words. Many miles, challenging, rewarding.

ket

[ketamine kitty]

Yosemite meadow

Walking through a meadow in Yosemite. Very close, not afraid of people. -ket

[ketamine kitty]

Beauty and a beast

Yosemite. Note the orange/brown trees. This isn't autumn fall color, it is summer. After several years of drought the Ponderosa Pine were infested by bark beetles which killed over 66 million, yes 66 million Ponderosas in CA, all of them. While driving over a rise there were vast swaths of dead trees, heart breaking. Dry as a bone, a fire hazard to an unprecedented degree. -ket

[ketamine kitty]

brakfast time

From my Sunday walk. Slow getting back into the swing of things after vacation
enjoy -ket

[ketamine kitty]

Yosemite

Ponderosa Pine follow up. you can see the high percentage of Ponderosa Pines in this area. -ket

[ketamine kitty]

Mariposa Garden

enjoy -ket

[CapnGimp]

Looked thru your thread last night, love your photos, style and interests! Drowned my stuff a few years back in the lake, recently got a cheapo($100 camera) and then lost it a few weeks ago. I have over 100,000 pics on hard drives from 2003-2012...I spend long hours going over them during high-pain days, to take my mind of it. Keep posting, really enjoy them!! we have had pine borer, beetle problems here in the Smokies for decades, wish it were not so.

[ketamine kitty]

freshly picked

Hey Capn yeah photos during high pain days helps. One of the reasons I
started this thread.

Farm stand Frenchtown, NJ