Growing Through the Cracks

These tiny, delicate blue flowers are growing happily out of the sidewalk.  I came across them as I was walking along San Benito Street in downtown Hollister. You know that saying "slipping through the cracks." The flowers are a great example of the desire and persistence to grow throw the cracks.

By the way, today is the 225th day of my posting a daily photo for a year. It's also the third anniversary of Take 25 to Hollister. Here's the link to my first post.

Readying for Harvest

As we were driving to the Pinnacle farm stand in San Juan Valley yesterday, we passed apple orchards bursting of fruit.

A Metal Monster in Repose

This stands attached to a building on Industrial Drive in Hollister. I have no idea what it is or was used for. Do you?

I think if it had its other arm, it could fly, maybe to a metal dream world far, far away.

Which is the Real Thing?

This is the field across from the Catholic church in Tres Pinos, just off Highway 25. It's the field in which skydivers land on the west end and hang gliders take flight on the east end. The landscape looks just as wonderful from the sky as it does from the road.

I took the above photo around 5 p.m. last Friday. This image is untouched. So either I have a dusty lens or it was rather smoggy that day. It could be a combination of both.

Now, see how the image looks when I did some adjusting of brightness, contrast, and color in Photoshop.  My question is this: Which image shows the scene as it really is—the top, middle, or bottom photo? 

After clicking on the auto levels and auto contrast in Photoshop

After clicking on the auto color in Photoshop

Tractor For Sale

Isn't she a beaut?

The orange tractor really is for sale. You can see it at the San Benito County Historical and Recreational Park, a mile or so south of Tres Pinos, on Highway 25. While you're there, take a look at all the other historical buildings and things that were relocated from other parts of the county.