Oakland, CA
by William Lisle Bowles
Beautiful landscape! I could look on thee
For hours,--unmindful of the storm and strife,
And mingled murmurs of tumultuous life.
Here, all is still as fair--the stream, the tree,
The wood, the sunshine on the bank: no tear
No thought of time's swift wing, or closing night
Which comes to steal away the long sweet light,
No sighs of sad humanity are here.
Here is no tint of mortal change--the day
Beneath whose light the dog and peasant-boy
Gambol with look, and almost bark, of joy--
Still seems, though centuries have passed, to stay.
Then gaze again, that shadowed scenes may teach
Lessons of peace and love, beyond all speech.
by William Lisle Bowles
Beautiful landscape! I could look on thee
For hours,--unmindful of the storm and strife,
And mingled murmurs of tumultuous life.
Here, all is still as fair--the stream, the tree,
The wood, the sunshine on the bank: no tear
No thought of time's swift wing, or closing night
Which comes to steal away the long sweet light,
No sighs of sad humanity are here.
Here is no tint of mortal change--the day
Beneath whose light the dog and peasant-boy
Gambol with look, and almost bark, of joy--
Still seems, though centuries have passed, to stay.
Then gaze again, that shadowed scenes may teach
Lessons of peace and love, beyond all speech.
Kuhfluchtwasserfälle - Bavaria, Germany, April 2024
Die Kuhfluchtwasserfälle sind eine Gruppe von drei Wasserfällen oberhalb von Farchant bei Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bayern. Die drei Fallstufen summieren sich auf ca. 270 m.
Sunset sky with reflections - Bavaria (Germany), Jan 2023
Winter Sparkle - Ismaning (Bavaria, Germany), Dec 2022
Winter Landscape with Creek - Ismaning (Bavaria, Germany), Dec 2022
Englischer Garten - Munich (Bavaria, Germany), Nov 2022
So lucky to have this beautiful landscape right in the center of Munich.
A feel of Provence in Bavaria - Germany, July 2022
Turquoise Waters - Germany, June 2022
Tegernsee (lake) in Bavaria
Fields of Yellow - Germany, May 2022
Kochelsee - Germany, May 2022
The lush green of springtime - Germany, May 2022
Bavarian landscape near Lake Kochelsee
Kochelsee - Germany, May 2022
Rainy day at Lake Kochelsee (Bavaria)
Almond Blossom - Germany, Mar 2022
Almond blossom along the German Wine Route in Rhineland-Palatinate.
Fall at Lake Tegernsee - Germany, Nov 2021
Karwendel Gebirge - Austria, Oct 2021
Sunrise with wafts of fog - Oct 2021
Sunset Sail - Germany, Sept 2021
Setting sun hitting a small sailboat on Bavaria’s largest lake, lake Chiemsee.
Eibsee and Mt. Zugspitze - Germany, Sep 2021
Lake Eibsee at the base of Germany’s highest mountain, Mt. Zugspitze
Harvest - Aug 2021
Sunrise - Aug 2021
Tegernsee - May 2021
Sunset walk at the lake - Feb 2021
Winter Solitude - Jan 2021
Winter - Jan 2021
Tree-lined road in the countryside on a grey, snowy winter day
Foggy, frosty white out - Dec 2020
Hoar frosted trees line a small road in the Bavarian countryside.
End of season - Nov 2020
A foggy, quiet, serene, melancholic morning at lake Kochelsee
Kochelsee - Nov 2020
Autumn Road Trip - Nov 2020
Fog Bank - Oct 2020
Snow-covered Watzmann mountain and a fog bank reflecting in lake Koenigssee (Berchtesgaden National Park, Bavaria, Germany)
Autumn at lake Königssee - Oct 2020
When Fall and Winter meet - Oct 2020
Maple trees dropping their leaves before they can develop their full color display due to an early snow fall at Grosser Ahornboden
Autumn at Grosser Ahornboden - Oct 2020
After the rain - June 2020
Landscape near Lake Ammersee at sunset, after a brief downpour
Rural Landscape in Upper Bavaria - June 2020
Eastern California - March 2020
Dramatic Winter Scenery - Jan 2020
Trees Aligned - Jan 2020
You've got mail - Oct 2018
The American West (1) - July 2018
Dramatic skies, bailing wire and cattle corrals, that’s the American West
The American West (2) - July 2018
A herd of wild horses in the high sagebrush desert of Eastern California
Mt Shasta - June 2018
Mt Shasta (14,179 ft = 4324 meters) is a volcano (last eruption in 1786) at the southern end of the Cascade Range in Northern California.
Crescent Dunes - May 2018
Wind reshaping the edge of these sand dunes in the Nevada desert
Winter im Allgäu - Feb 2018
Winter scene in Bavaria along the "Romantic Road" to the famous royal fairytale castle Neuschwanstein
Winter Walk - Feb 2018
Autumn in the vineyards - Nov 2017
Fall colors in northern California's wine country
Sunset at Mono Lake - July 2017
Golden Hour at Mono Lake - July 2017
Desert Sunset - April 2017
Sunset at Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes (Death Valley National Park)
Desert Landscape - April 2017
Picturesque dead shrubbery in Death Valley National Park
Ancient Twisted - Sep 2016
The Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest in the White Mountains in eastern California is home to the oldest trees in the world, the Great Basin Bristlecone Pine (Pinus longaeva). Bristlecone Pine trees grow between 9,800 and 11,000 feet (3,000–3,400 m) above sea level, in xeric alpine conditions. Some of these living trees exceed 5000 years of age.
Twisted - Sep 2016
Nature's artistry in sculpture and color at Lake Sabrina in the Eastern Sierra Nevada
Blue Lake - Sept 2016
Blue Lake in the Eastern Sierra Nevada
Fall is Golden - Sep 2016
Fall colors near Bishop, CA at Lake Sabrina in the Eastern Sierra Nevada
Autumn Colors - Sep 2016
Beautiful; fall colors near Lake Sabrina in the Estern Sierra Nevada
Tufa Mirror - Sept 2016
On an unusually calm afternoon Mono Lake turned into the perfect tufa mirror.
Painted Dunes - Sept 2016
Lassen Volcanic National Park
Sunset at Mono Lake - July 2016
Peaceful - Oct 2016
Sunrise over Monterey Bay
Lonely in the Limelight - Sep 2016
Sunset at Marshall Beach, San Francisco
Blue Hour - Sep 2016
San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge at blue hour
Ice Skirts - Jan 2017
Found during a winter stroll at the English Garden in Munich, Germany
Good Night - Mar 2017
Sunset at Oakland's Lake Meritt bird sanctuary
Shining Bright - April 2017
Sunset coloring the dramatic clouds hovering over the Tremblor Range, and putting the spot light on the wild flower super bloom in Carrizo Plain National Monument.
Death Valley - April 2017
Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes at sunset
Night Time - April 2017
Death Valley National Park - Full moon rising behind dead trees
Early Morning - April 2017
Lonely tree at moon-set and sunrise.
Desert Wood Sculpture - April 2017
Sunrise in Death Valley putting a beautiful warm light on this wood sculpture
Twisted at Sunrise - April 2017
Twisted tree sculpture at sunrise in Death Valley
A Desert Morning - April 2017
Mesquite Sand Dunes in Death Valley at sunrise