Beauty on Sunday in Big Sur

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• Kate -- Thank you for sharing these beautiful, inspiring photographs with us. The one with the whale and her babe was a particularly special treat!!!

• From Natures perspective, what problems?

• ferocious beauty, as big sur remains wild and untamed....and is more precious because of it.....

• The beauty of nature restores us! Have a great relaxing day Kate!

• ah, the beauty! grazie mille

• Returning from my town run, down Nacimiento yesterday evening, the stunning beauty spanned the entire skyscape. I paused to watch the Sun descend on the western horizon, transforming thin cirrus clouds into blazing arcs and radiating shafts of light across the mountain silhouettes. Simultaneously, a brilliant full moon gradually rose up the flank of Chalk Peak, casting an aura across the eastern horizon.

• YEA YOU!

• I studied botany on the east coast, so some of these plants are new to me. Can someone post a plant identification list? Thanks!

  • John, the common names are: Mariposa Lily (Calchortus venustus), Mission or Chocolate Bells (Frittilaria biflora), Penstemon, Larkspur (Delphinium), Mariposa Lily, again, Douglas Iris, Fairy lanterns (Calchortus albus), Sticky Monkey Flower.

    bigsurkate

• Many thanks to you for reminding us of the beauty and grandeur. Blessings and love to you, Kate.

  • Thank you. Yes, we sometimes need the reminder

    bigsurkate