wisteria...

wisteria..., originally uploaded by credd.

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Wisteria (also spelled Wistaria) is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, that includes ten species of woody climbing vines native to the eastern United States and the East Asian states of China, Korea, and Japan. Aquarists refer to the species Hygrophila difformis, in the family Acanthaceae, as Water Wisteria.

Wisteria vines climb by twining their stems either clockwise or counter-clockwise round any available support.

They can climb as high as 20 m above ground and spread out 10 m laterally. The world's largest known Wisteria vine is located in Sierra Madre, California, measuring more than 1 acre (0.40 ha) in size and weighing 250 tons.

*info from wikipedia.

sunset...

sunset..., originally uploaded by credd.

when i left my office last night...
i was captivated by the sky.
VERY dark on one side of the freeway...
and blue skies & sunshine on the other.

i chased clouds for a couple of hours...
not knowing it was tornadic activity...
until i saw it on the news.

after the train photo below...
i drove down the road a bit...
and waited for the sunset.

fire-y...

fire-y..., originally uploaded by credd.

tonight when i was driving home...
i couldn't help but notice the sky.

to my right...darkness.
to my left...blue skies, white fluffy clouds & sunshine.

i kept glancing back & forth...
all the while thinking...
where should i go to shoot?

i ended up going to a few places...
and after stopping off for a coffee to keep me warm...
eventually ended up in suisun.

i went out there to shoot all the hail that had fallen...
and ended up with a sunset instead.

billie goats...

billie goats..., originally uploaded by credd.

as i was leaving my parent's house...
i saw these goats on the corner.
i quickly made a couple of u-turns.

the one in the two photos below was right at the fence..
and there were at least ten others meandering around the lot.

goats are sometimes rented out for weed control...
and these are gonna be well fed for a few days.

when i used to work in the lucas arts building...
we would see the goats on the hillside behind our office twice a year.

*additional photos on flickr