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July 02, 2015 – a lizard

Around San Diego there are plenty of lizard due to the arid weather. On a single hiking path, one can encounter many common types like one shown below.

July 01, 2015 – Happy Canada Day

Today was Canada’s Independence Day and it was a good day for a cake with a Canadian flag made of strawberries baked by Amy W. What a good cake it was.

June 30, 2015 – Jupiter and Venus

It is a nice way to end June, 2015 with a set of photos of Jupiter and Venus in the sky at dusk. Thankfully, after a light rain in La Jolla, CA, the sky cleared up just in time for the two planets to appear in the sky. The brighter one is Venus. Jupiter is...

June 29, 2015 – still life of bottles

These bottles just sit on top of the mini fridge in my office collecting dust. I figure that I would document them in a still life. So here they are.

June 28, 2015 – a fair not to enjoy (#screenOff)

Are we so attached to our smart technology that we forget to enjoy the moment and have fun? At the San Diego County Fair, sometimes I would see people being so attached to social media and their smartphone to enjoy the company of their friends and the fun time at the fair.

June 27, 2015 – a yoga pose

At the La Jolla Cove Children’s (now Sea Lion’s) Pool, there are many sea lions and birds. One enjoyable view is that of a sea lion doing stretches that seem hard for a human.

June 25, 2015 – late night biking

When you bike up the hill at La Jolla Shores at night, this is the view at the top of the hill.

June 26, 2015 – lights on

Sometimes, I come back late from my office and I notice that there are labs where there are those that would stay later.

June 24, 2015 – empty space

I have built a wooden box for planting, but currently it still sits empty in the middle of all potted plants. It is currently an empty space in my patio garden. On the other note, since the start of my patio garden, there hasn’t been an increase in water usage in the apartment at all....

June 23, 2015 – against the mirror

A portrait against a mirror…

June 22, 2015 – man and the beach

Here is a view where we can see how small we are versus nature. This is taken north of Scripps beach.

June 21, 2015 – song sparrow

Here’s a song sparrow lurking about a strawberry tree.

June 20, 2015 – flight in the light

I enjoy this photo very much since I was able to capture the flight of a humming bird in bokeh of lights.

June 19, 2015 – thorns

At sunset, taking photo against the sun of objects produce very nice silhouette. Here is a view of the thorns on a leave of an aloe vera plant against the setting sun.

June 18, 2015 – young eucalyptus

Young eucalyptus leaves are very tender and koala bear love to consume them.

June 17, 2015 – smiles

Congratulations to Ruth M. for her great defense for her Ph.D.

June 16, 2015 – a research mess

My office is filled with research papers that I didn’t have the time to organize.

June 07, 2015 – Hooded Oriole

Today I have the chance to find some nest near my apartment that belong to the hooded oriole birds. I spent some time to take photos of these birds. I couldn’t get very close to them as I like, but do enjoy the photos.

June 04, 2015 – At the fair

The night before the opening of the San Diego County Fair, my friend, Gordy, and I went to the fair to visit the photography and wood work exhibition. There are nice pieces of art at the fair this year.

June 03, 2015 – Foster cats

Today, I have just learned that around this time is kitten season where the Humane Society receives a lot of kittens. Since the Humane Society can only keep them for 24 hours, they are asking the local residents if they could host the cats so that they could grow big enough to be neutered and...