Photos from the city of Monterey, California. (December 2013 / January 2014)

I've been truly enjoying winter in California. I don't have to deal with snow, icy roads, or wet ankles. The best part about the winter here is that I can still see flowers blossoming everywhere. Of course, the leaves have fallen off some of the trees and there are some wintering plants, but for the most part, a lot of things are still green. Elisabeth and I went out over one weekend to Monterey, California to snap some photos and enjoy our weekend.

I hope you like the flowers!

Technically not a flower.
The duck has made a disturbance in the reflection.  Pray he does not disturb it further.
(Maybe also technically not a duck...)

Transparent red leaved plant. I don't know how best to describe this plant, but it grows tall and has a woody stem. The leaves at the end of the branch turns a very nice red color.

A shrub similar to the red one above, but it was purple. I'm going to work on finding out what kind of plants these were, and maybe I'll get back to you.

Roses are red,
Violets are blue;
But this rose is pink...
So how about...forget it.

Foxglove! It'll kill your ass dead!
(Or give you a mild case of nausea.)

Some variety of Fuchsia. They are such an exquisite flower. I like this picture because it's like some alien flower plant approaching to land. 

Some sort of Daisy. Probably Daisydaisy Adair variety. No, you don't think so? Ok, I tried. Whatever.

I'm not sure what this is. It looks similar to the purple flower below, but I thought they were both Fuchsias from a distance. When I come in closer for a photograph, it turns out that they are not.

Life and death, good and bad, living and dead...all of that cliche garbage in one photograph.

Purple flowers are a theme in Monterey, I guess. I've seen this one before in Idaho, but I don't recall the name of the plant. 

"Chomp"
This flower is often mistaken for the common koi fish. They seem to take a lot of water, so you don't want to let this one dry out if you bring one home.

Elisabeth's go-to awesomeface. D'aww!

Look at that fool with the hair! And the nose! Who has a nose like that?
What am I doing in this picture? Three options.
1:Fighting miniature ninjas in my hair.
2: Just ran in to a large invisible spider web.
3: No clue, it's just obvious that I have a problem.