“Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.”
~Gary Snyder
Walking the Dog
Surfer, Point Reyes
Mendocino Morning
Downhill Approach
Beach Sitter
Runner
Woodline Walkers
Alone at Sutro
Cliff Walker
People on the Landscape
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Jane Lurie Photography 
Places seems quite cool. Beautiful photos.
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Ooo, what a magnificent home you have, more of them! 🙂
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Thanks, Manja. California living. 🙂 When did you start your newest blog? Good to connect!
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At the start of August. The old one got full. Now I have a new old camera, my first DSLR, and am looking forward to learning new things.
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Enjoy your new camera! 🙂
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Nice photos
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Thank you, Kiara. 😊
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Beautiful collection of photographs!
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I’m so glad you enjoyed these, Vaishnavi. Thank you! 🙂
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Amazing clicks..🙂🌞
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Thanks, Angry Bird. Always looking for those “tiny people”. 🙂
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That’s amazing..😍
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Thanks, Angry Bird. 🙂
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Thanks
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Thank you, Neeraj. 😊
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Amazing these are! Keep exploring and keep posting
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Thank you, Jharna. Glad you stopped by! 😊
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Welcome☺️
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Loved that zigzag on Woodline walkers 😍
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Thanks, Harpiy. That’s a cool art installation. 😀
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These are great! It’s so much fun to find the figures that add so much to the stories. You made it a little harder in that last one! 🙂
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Thanks, Denise. Ha, the last one is a little Where’s Waldo-ish. 🙂 Glad you enjoyed these- they were fun to make on our escape up the coast.
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The pictures are so beautiful! Especially that sparkling water in the black and white one 🖤
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Thank you so much, Jryb. Glad you are drawn to the B&W image. 🙂
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Just so gorgeous 😍💓
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Thanks so much, Try to be Fine. 🙂
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Perfecto
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Thank you, Onyeabor😊
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You are welcome
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Beautiful ❤️
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Thank you very much, Hema. 🙂
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splendid scenes, great pics love the depth of field
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Thanks very much, Andy. Great to spend some time on the coast. And look for tiny people, too. 🙂
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Beautiful photos ❤️❤️ and yes!! nature is the only place where We found our inner soul peace.
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I couldn’t agree more about the value of nature, Lifeanddiary. Thanks so much!
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Nice
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Thanks, Penzo. 🙂
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Uwc
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😀😀
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Thanks, Purva. 🙂 🙂
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Another excellent set of photos Jane 🙂 I like how the people are almost incidental to the shots – these are definitely photos of landscapes that happen to have people in them, rather than photos of people.
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Exactly, Sarah. A small surprise that gives it a sense of place. Happy you enjoyed this series– thanks very much. 😊
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Awesome.
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Thank you, Joevic. 🙂
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I love how the people in this collection, no matter how small, really bring each photo to life. My three faves are cliff walker, downhill, and surfer.
Beautiful series.
Alison
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Hi Alison, I’m always excited when a little human appears on the landscape. Happy those images stood out for you in particular. Thanks so much! 🤗
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What a marvelous approach to this series of photos, Jane. Wonderful shots!
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Glad you enjoyed this theme, Birder’s Journey. Interesting to find and photograph. Thanks very much! 🙂
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And interesting to view from a follower’s perspective – thank you for sharing, Jane!
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I think integrating people into landscape picture is not easy. Great captures of the places and people in them!
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Thanks, YC. There’s a fine balance, for sure! Pleased you found these appealing…always looking for those tiny humans. 🙂
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But on a brighter note… your images remind me of what I’ve been missing. Thank you for this delightful cyber version of our breathtaking landscapes with just a few dots of humans impacting it minimally! Your images always bring joy and relief. 🙏 Thanks for being here and sharing.
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So nice to read, Gunta. That you feel some joy and calm really makes my day. As you can see, I do enjoy those tiny humans on the landscape. Thank you so much for your appreciation and blogging friendship. 🙂
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Stunning! I love the pops of red on Beach Sitter and Cliff Walker.
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Thanks so much, Caroline. I’m always thrilled when someone is in red. And the ice plant was in its glory. Happy you enjoyed these.
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wonderful study in relative scales
nature is pretty big really
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Thanks, Graham. She sure is- we are just specks in her universe. Glad you enjoyed these. 🙂 🌎💚
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Lovely set, Jane. I love how the people add depth and scale to your images. The “tiny” people remind me of the enormity of nature and our relative place in the cosmos!! I wish more humans were humbled by nature instead of thinking we can dominate her. I also hope all’s well with you and your loved ones. Take care.
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Well said, Patti. I’m always on the lookout for those tiny people. We’re hanging in there and doing well. Thanks so much.
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You’re very welcome, Jane.
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“Woodline Walkers” can’t help reminding me of Lombard Street in San Francisco.
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Hi Steve, I think I remember you making that comparison about this place and it’s an apt one. I wonder if the artist had that in mind. Thanks so much for stopping by. 🙂
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I thought I recalled commenting about a resemblance to Lombard St. but I didn’t remember that this was the same place.
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This is wow. 💗
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Thank you, MeenCurry. 🙂
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Your post is just what I need today, after seeing too many examples of people’s misuse of nature at my favorite park yesterday. A small wedding party neglected to consider the tide when leaving their Oriental rug & chairs on the beach…I dragged the heavy, wave-splashed rug up the beach with difficulty and other park visitors didn’t seem to care or notice. It would have become trash in the strait in another 30 minutes. Too many bags of doggiedoodoo, a takeout cup left on the rocks… Gary Snyder understands. I wish more people felt that deeper connection and respect. So again, thanks for showing the positive side of people in the landscape.
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Oh Lynn, That’s the sort of stuff that sickens me and has kept me from doing the usual beach walks during summer tourist season. The last straw was a few years ago when a favorite trail down to the beach was strewn with human excrement. We usually carry bags to pickup trash, but when it comes to human poo and TP scattered on trails… well, enough is enough! 😢
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Hi Gunta, I see that Lynn’s lament struck a chord. You’re great to pick up trash but I’d draw the line at poo, for sure! 😖Thanks for sharing your thoughts! 😘
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Oh, Lynn, that’s a shame. I don’t understand how people can be so thoughtless and irresponsible. Hopefully, photography helps people to appreciate nature’s beauty and how important it is to preserve it. Well, I’m glad this post was a little salve for your wounds. Thank you!
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Yes, photography can do that, and more. Well, today’s another day. Thanks!
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Stunning photos as always, Jane! I especially like the colour contrast at Point Reyes. Red board against blue ocean, and grey sand 🙂
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Thanks very much, Len. Happy that shot appeals to you– it was a very happy moment seeing that surfer! The beach and waves in this spot are stunning.
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Stunning pictures!
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Wonderful photos, Jane!
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Thank you, Belinda. Happy you enjoyed these. 🙂
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Beautiful images Jane 😊
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Thanks, Joe. It was so nice to get away and to be on the coast. 🙂
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You are the inspiration of me being photographer (mobile)
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Thank you so much, Moumita. Wishing you good luck with your photography and blog. Happy shooting! 🙂
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Happy shooting to you too 🥰.
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Lovely stuff, Jane – esp Surfer, Point Reyes! 🙂
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Thanks, Adrian. That was an exciting morning with the huge waves and that contemplative surfer. 🙂
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I add my voice to the chorus of your admirers!
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That’s great to read, Paula. Thank you! 🙂
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Mesmerising sceneries! 💖
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Thanks very much, Sam. Appreciate your visit! 💗
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Indeed nature is home! It is the spirit around us!
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You know it, Amanda! And I love finding tiny people on the landscape enjoying it. Thanks so much!
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Extraordinary photos Jane. ♥️
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Thanks very much, Amber. ❤️
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Dude! I don’t know what it is about the surfer, the runner, and the Wood Walker. Those bring me such serenity and wish-you-were-here feelings! I LOVE the wish you were here vibes! That’s what happens when you’re with nature you get that cooooooool reenergizing emergence. Therapy really. I totally DIG your pics! They make me feeeeeeel. Thanks for sharing.
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Thanks so much, Guat. Your comment is so thoughtful! That you feel and are taken there by my images makes my day. I really appreciate you letting me know! 😃🌟
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Nature pure you captured here Jane. I just wanted to be one of those people walking at the beach or on the woods. Have a great inspiring week.
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Thanks, Cornelia. It’s always great to get out there and take a nature bath. 🙂 Wishing you an inspiring week, too.
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I love your words ” Nature bath”
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Perfect, Jane! Thank you! Have a good week!
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Thanks, Fabio! Wishing you a wonderful week. 🙂
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Tiny humans – great fun! I wish our impact on the environment could be scaled down…
Enjoyed these – thanks, Jane!
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You said it, Adam. These tiny humans cause big problems but they are fun to find on the landscape. Thanks so much. 🙂
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Wow what a nice photography
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Thank you, Pratik. Glad you stopped by. 🙂
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Beautiful shots as always, Jane!
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Thanks very much, Krystle. Appreciate your visit. 🙂
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The small humans really put the landscape in perspective! Especially the forest ones. Excellent images.
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Thanks, Ruth. I’m always happy when a human appears. Glad you enjoyed these. 😊
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Took awhile but found the cliff walker.
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Hi, David. That one was a Where’s Waldo. 😄 Thanks!
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Love your themes and collections. Nature is so vast yet our destruction upon it, nearly as vast. Thank you for always reminding us of the beauty and fragility we need to take better care of.
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Thank so much, Freddie, for your thoughtful comment. So true… we better hurry to conserve and protect. Hopefully our photographs are a reminder of how precious nature is.
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Tiny humans on the landscape…..
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The best. Thanks, Sue! 😊
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Yes!
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Downhil Approach and Cliff Walker are my favorites, Jane, and I can identify with your opening quote.
janet
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Thanks, Janet. Glad those stood out for you. It does feel like home when we’re out there in nature, doesn’t it? Appreciate your visit today. 🙂
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A fabulous series, as always, Jane. Well done. 👍👍😊
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Thanks so much, Mike! 🙂 🙂
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Love your theme and how you carried it out, Jane, especially the lone surfboarder on the beach. Well done. 🙂
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Thanks very much, Frank. I’m always looking for people out there when I’m shooting landscapes. That surfer was a good moment. 🙂
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Great images as always, Jane. I am intrigued by “Woodline Walkers”. It appears that there is a path along the cut tree trunks but I bet more than one person has tried walking the length of that and more than a few have taken a tumble. 🙂
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Thanks so much, Steve. Woodline is an intriguing art installation in SF by Andy Goldsworthy who is known for making art that “returns to the earth”. Walked it many times but I stay on the ground. 🙂 Glad you enjoyed this series.
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I am familiar with Andy Goldsworthy and have mixed feelings about his art works. Too many people go out in nature and try to imitate what he does causing a bit of ecological damage. We are plagued with rock piling around the Quabbin Reservoir and people just aren’t aware of the calamity that it is for the unseen wildlife in the soil and water. “Woodline” seems pretty harmless as the logs have to go somewhere. Maybe I have just grown curmudgeonly. 🙂
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I can see your point- these are commissioned by the Presidio. So a planned art installation in the environment. There is also a a large obelisk made out of reclaimed logs. I am not a fan of the rock piles and teepees people seem obsessed with making. Not curmudgeonly– environmentally aware. 🙂
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Great images Jane! I love that there is a person or two in these images… giving them an amazing sense of scale. The surfer is my favorite.
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Thank you, Mike. One of my favorite genres is catching “tiny people” on the landscape. Agree, it adds interest and scale. That surfer was a gift! 🙂
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I wish this was my home…. beautiful !
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Thanks, Rudi. It was great to travel up the California coast and visit some favorite spots. Glad you enjoyed these! 🙂
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My heart is singing! 🙂 Lovely series, Jane. ‘Cliff Walker’ has beautiful contrasting colors, so eye-catching, and I am staggered by the perfection of ‘Surfer, Point Reyes’… stunning in its simplicity. ❤
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I’m so glad, Eliza! Thanks so much. The ice plant colors were so beautiful on the coast and the crashing waves on Point Reyes were exciting, along with the surfers. Was so happy to catch him contemplating the waves. Much appreciated! 💕
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Amazingly beautiful, Jane!
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Thank very much, Amy. Always looking for those tiny humans on the landscape. 🙂
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Thanks for sharing! 🙂
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Your photography is always so beautiful, Jane! ❤️
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Thank you, John. It was a fruitful few days in Mendocino and Point Reyes. So nice to explore the coast. Glad you enjoyed these. 🙂
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And you too! 🌹
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Always so beautiful Jane I too love nature…I can imagine being there ☺️🙏have a joyful day smiles hedy
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Thanks, Hedy. Fun to find “tiny humans” on the landscape. Glad you found yourself there. 🙂
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Beautifull photos!!
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Thanks so much, Bert. Appreciate your visit. 🙂
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