This ground squirrel looks happy to me.

The beach at Point Reyes .

One of about three shops in Inverness, near Point Reyes .

Free range chickens living at Point Reyes National Seashore .

A single flower growing in the dirt. Looking for Detachment has some others.

A dry dirt path through the weeds in the hills of northern California.

Point Reyes Beach on a windy fall day.

Lake Del Valle near Livermore is popular on hot summer days.

The Sonoma Coast is a good place to take a drive on a nice day.

Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland is a fairly popular place for a walk.

Alcatraz Island , in San Francisco, CA of course.

Cow 8016 in all of her glory. Sited in the hills of El Sobrante.

This coyote, also in the El Sobrante hills, did not have an ear tag, I wonder how the rancher tells them apart.

The Truckee River near Lake Tahoe.

A typical bay area sunset, this picture was taken in Martinez.

A picture of Alcatraz from the Fisherman's Wharf area in San Francisco.

The Bridge from San Francisco's East Beach.

The hillsides around the bay area are green and have a few wildflowers once again.

A white bird stalking in the waters of the San Francisco Bay.