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I narrowed this down to 16 and then got lazy. I suppose I could get it further down to a top ten, but why bother? It’s not like I pay by the pixel, after all. Besides, I figure each of you can pretty easily narrow it down yourself. In no particular order, here they are:
Barbed-wire fence
March 29, 2019 — Black Star Canyon, Orange County, California
Bogotá at night
August 6, 2019 — Monserrate, Bogotá, Colombia
Clouded sulpher butterfly in flight
May 8, 2019 — Near Milepost 170, Blue Ridge Parkway, Virginia
Sea lion and kids at the Long Beach Aquarium
October 5, 2019 — Long Beach Aquarium, Long Beach, California
Chimney Rock overview on the Blue Ridge Parkway
May 7, 2019 — Chimney Rock Mountain overlook, Blue Ridge Parkway, Virgina
Pink trumpet tree
April 3, 2019 — Irvine, California
Mother and daughter at the Plaza Bolívar
August 4, 2019 — Plaza Bolívar, Bogotá, Colombia
Saddleback Mountain behind the clouds
March 24, 2019 — Irvine, California
Two horses near Blowing Rock
May 9, 2019 — Near Blowing Rock, Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina
The Second Home exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
June 30, 2019 — Los Angeles, California
Sunset at Carroll Gap
May 8, 2019 — Carroll Gap, Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina
School bells in Laurel Canyon
April 5, 2019 — Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, Orange County, California
Silverado Creek
March 24, 2019 — Santiago Canyon, Orange County, California
Haircut in La Candelaria
August 6, 2019 — La Candelaria, Bogotá, Colombia
Water off a duck
April 5, 2019 — Irvine, California
Waterfall at Yankee Horse Ridge
May 7, 2019 — Yankee Horse Ridge, Blue Ridge Parkway, Virginia
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