Another photo of the Steller Jay feather; a little wind was blowing on the day I took photos of it and I just kept following it around. I also made some little vignettes with it, so you're probably going to get tired of seeing it.
But what really caught my attention in this photo is the dogwood leaf (Pacific Dogwood, Cornus nuttallii, native west of the Rocky Mountains) on the left side of the photo. I love the way the sunlight is making parts of it glow.
I wish I would have paid more attention to the leaves and not been so totally focused on the feather. I was so
completely focused on following the feather I fell in the creek, lol. Fortunately there isn't too much water in in it right now and, since stuff like this happens to me fairly often, my hand that was holding my camera shot right up into the air so my camera stayed dry.
I went out today at the same time I took this photo to see if I could capture another photo of it, but the leaf had fallen off the tree and the sunlight wasn't being as kind to the remaining leaves. And today I paid attention to where my feet were going so I stayed dry. :D
I took this around 4:00 p.m. yesterday afternoon. I have my favorite spots in the forest where I could (and sometimes do) sit for a couple of hours and watch the late afternoon sun paint ever-changing landscapes simply by moving its light. The flowers are red penstemon, a favorite of the hummingbirds. I tried to capture an image of the the little red and green jewels as they darted around the penstemon, but all I got were red and green blurs. Ah well, perhaps another day...with a different camera!
Taken on Hwy. 18 while driving back from Running Springs. 
Taken July 27, 2008. The little wedge of light just to the left of center in the bottom of the photo is Lake Gregory in Crestline, California. The highest peak that you see in the background is Mount Baldy. It's formal name is Mount San Antonio, but no one calls it by that name. It is 10,068 feet high or 3,069 meters.
