My California ~ A Wednesday Walk at Malibu Creek Park
#MyCalifornia is a weekly contest curated by @socalsteemit to allow Steemians in California to show off an aspect of their state. #WednesdayWalk is a weekly challenge created by @tattoodjay to encourage people to get out and take a walk and share what they see. This week, I'm mashing them up.
My wife and I took a walk at Malibu Creek State park, which is located about 25 miles north of Los Angeles near the Santa Monica Mountains. The creek runs down to the Malibu Lagoon and the Pacific Ocean.
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Wildflowers are in bloom in California, and the recent rains have actually made it a "super bloom." Malibu Creek Park isn't blessed with the massive fields that you might see on the news, but we did get to see some poppies and lupine.
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The rains brought lots of green grass too, and contributed to recovery of some of the areas that were burned in the Woolsey Fire last November.
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Sadly, I don't think this guy is gonna make it.
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Even here, while hikers stopped to admire the new growth on burned tree limbs, I think that's actually mistletoe, a parasite on the oak trees.
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Like I said, the wildflowers weren't as plentiful as some of the other areas in California, but there were a few fields of flowers.
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Besides the "super bloom" of flowers, Southern California also happened to be experiencing a massive butterfly migration, so we saw lots of them too. Not many stayed still enough for a photo though.
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You might have seen Malibu Creek State Park before, in movies or on TV.
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Well, that's my #WednesdayWalk and #MyCalifornia. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed sharing it with you :-)
Camera | Canon EOS 80D |
Lens | Canon EF 50 mm f/1.8 STM lens & Canon EFS 18-55 mm kit lens |
Editing Software | GIMP |
Location | Malibu Creek Park, California |
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LOve that first shot so beautiful and good to see some greens and new growth. I am with you that that burnt our tree isnt likely to recover no matter how nice it gets
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Spring is here and Mother Nature is coming alive. Wonderful! The hills are alive with the..........
I like the first and last shot of the flowers.
Thanks. Those are my favorites too :-)
This is beautiful! All the photos are so beautiful... Feels like I am there walking together...
The third photo, what is it not gonna make it? A snake?
This can be one great entry for our second WednesdayWalk MakeMeSmile!
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Thanks! I meant that the burned tree is not coming back. I should have added “make me smile,” but I ran out of time and had to rush to work.
Cool mashup of both the challenges. What a lovely day it must be! Happy for you in California.
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Thanks so much for stopping by and taking a look.
Wow, pretty flower and cool nature of Malibu Creek Park. Nice photography
Thanks for stopping by and taking a look. I appreciate your kind words.
Hello @kunschj
All the photographs are beautiful but from all of them i like first one most..
Beautiful flower.. you capture it beautifully...
Thanks my friend. I appreciate your encouragement.
Thanks! I’m so thankful for your support.