Mission Bay, San Diego
While walking along the bay, we stopped to see a boat race.
There were several batches of boat race, according to their categories. In one of the race events, after the race, we saw a boat sank.
Boat Rescue ( 1)
Boat Rescue ( 2)
Boat Rescue ( 3)
After the boats, I focused my attention on the low lying flowers on the ground, the plant look like a member of the succulents, but can not really be sure. It is so low lying, but what attracted me to it was its glass looking texture.
Anybody Knows the Name of this Flower?
Since those flowers are very low lying, I did not have only to drop on my knees to take the picture, I even had to lie down so that the camera is almost touching the ground. While doing so, someone asked me, "what are you taking pictures?" I smiled, and told her, "These flowers, oh well, I actually do not know as well." She looked at me, smiled and asked, " are you a tourist?". And I replied, "no, I'm from here." She was quite surprised with my answer, for probably she thought "how can a local take pictures of the ordinary flowers?" Well, for me, they are not ordinary, at that moment, they were something which caught my eye and had brought beautiful colors to my day.
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i can totally relate, Beth. now that my mum is here, she keeps asking me why i take pictures of 'ordinary flowers'. well they are not ordinary for me too! through photography, these literally ordinary flowers becomes extraordinary! HAPPY MONDAY, my guru!
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the boat race and pictures remind me of pittsburgh - what a lovely city! and your flower experience reminds me of Icy. quite a day at the beach, and for flower-hunting, eh, beth? i'm glad you had some time to relax before going back to the grind. yu'll make an awesome math teacher, beth. Beautiful Monday!~~~oh, i love the word for verification. it's 'mominess,' (grin).
ReplyDeleteIt is a shame that only tourists are supposed to enjoy the beauty of their surroundings. Stop, and smell the roses is what I always say. I do not know what those flowers are, but they are lovely.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad that you have some time to relax before another busy week ahead. The pictures are just fantastic, betchai..
ReplyDeleteI always encounter people who virtually laughed at me for taking pictures of ordinary things.
What a day, you got to witness an interesting event of a boat sinking and being rescued.
ReplyDeleteThen you met a strange lady who thought you were the strange one for taking photos of flowers. I haven't see such flowers before and I agree with you I the flowers interesting.
I think non photography people find us photography folk strange anyway. To get good photos sometimes we must go the extra mile and lie on the ground.
i would do the same, drop down to my knees and take the same pics. it is a matter of interests...but i would b stumped if i were asked if i were a tourist. :)
ReplyDeleteMy husband is a photographer and he takes a lot of photos of things like flowers, bees, etc. Those are amazing macro shots. It is hard to get such a clear close-up photo.
ReplyDeleteThanks for lying on the floor to take these beauty for us betchai! They are gorgeous! :)
ReplyDeleteAll of us share the same experience, at the same time, we magnify our joy of photography.
ReplyDeleteThe others will not know this.
Fascinating boat race pictures! That's funny that when taking pictures of the flowers you were asked if you were a tourist. That happens to me when I take pictures of cactus. I think our cameras help us to see and appreciate the world in new ways.
ReplyDeleteso much action for the day...nicely documented with your shots
ReplyDeletethose flowers are something else betchai!! the texture is very unique and it's beautiful! No wonder you were stunned by it.
ReplyDeletehappy monday my friend! you seem to be very busy these days
ReplyDeleteI have never seen such a flower but it is very beautiful. Looks like a fun day.
ReplyDeleteWe have boat races every year at the beginning of summer on the Detroit River. I used to work right down the street from them. We could hear them practicing every day for a week, but I never went up to watch.
ReplyDeleteMost people unfortunately haven't learned the simple joys of photography like we have. It doesn't take a tourist to have this kind of fun. :)
I don't know what the name of the flower is but you have photographed it beautifully with the dew drops on it.
ReplyDeleteThe flowers certainly don't look ordinary, do they? I don't have a clue what they are. I would be so botanically lost if I moved west it's not funny! Great pix!
ReplyDeleteOMG! The flower is gorgeous. I have never seen anything like it before. Is it even from this planet! LOL :D
ReplyDeleteWell...it does resemble (a little bit) a strawberry! :)
The boat races look so exciting though one sinking is not fun :( The flower is so pretty though I have not idea what it is. They look like strawberries and are making my mouth water :) Love the post betchai.
ReplyDeleteLovely images Betchai! We are are just lucky that we are a coastal State, we can enjoy the beauty of our beaches!
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I've never seen a boat race before but thanks for the pics,they tell most of the story.i feel sorry for the riders of the boat that sank.good thing rescuers were quick.i don't know about the flowers, it's my first time to see those beautiful blooms.
ReplyDeleteThose flowers looked abit like frozen strawberries don't they? Never seen them before. They looked frosted.
ReplyDeleteA day at the bay reminds me of a place I visited in Perth. A nice way of spending the weekend away from the city.
Nothing ordinary indeed!I can imagine you lying on the ground and could so relate to your love for wild flowers. :) People around our home still wonder a lot what I am capturing on weeds to this day. ♡
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