San Francisco: Home & Neighborhood

This lovely kitty was found lounging in the window of a house that I walked by. I couldn't resist taking pictures! :) Winner of FlickrDuel contest: +10 Wins: Pets

I found this amazing plant while taking a walk through my neightorhood. Isn't this neat?!

I found this cool plant while taking a walk through my neightorhood. Amazing.

The house I was raised in is the second one down on the left. This image was taken during my trip to San Francisco during September 12-15, 2011. This is where I grew up and lived until I was about 26 years old!

This is where I lived until I was about 26 years old. My father still lives here and now has a roommate who lives in my old room. Laura has become one of my very best friends! This image was taken during my trip to San Francisco during September 12-15, 2011. This is where I grew up and lived until I was about 26 years old!

My mother planted many rosemary bushes in our front yards many years ago and now they are like small trees! These tiny flowers are only about .35" in size! This image was taken during my trip to San Francisco during September 12-15, 2011.

This image was taken in my old neighborhood during my trip to San Francisco during September 12-15, 2011.

Another close-up of the crazy berries from another world! Winner of FlickrDuel contest: +10 Color:Square Format This image was taken during my trip to San Francisco during September 12-15, 2011.

When I was taking pictures of these cool leaves, I found a hole in one of them. Nature's window! Peekaboo! :D This image was taken during my trip to San Francisco during September 12-15, 2011.

I found a tree with some lovely orange blossoms, and and as I was taking pictures, I spotted this single, perfectly pink flower that was part of a climbing vine. What a prize! This image was taken during my trip to San Francisco during September 12-15, 2011.

Here's another leaf abstract! This image was taken during my trip to San Francisco during September 12-15, 2011.

I've never photographed one of these flowers and I was so amazed at the deep, rich colors! This image was taken during my trip to San Francisco during September 12-15, 2011.

I found many nasturtiums in bloom, and though they were really beautiful, the winner in my opinion were these colorful leaves with damage spots! This image was taken during my trip to San Francisco during September 12-15, 2011.

Another part of a palm leaf, I really love the texture and lines because they're so defined. This image was taken during my trip to San Francisco during September 12-15, 2011.

This is a close-up of a palm leaf, and I couldn't get enough of its cool texture! Winner of FlickrDuel contest: +10 Color: Abstract This image was taken during my trip to San Francisco during September 12-15, 2011.

When I found a garden with a bunch of Bird of Paradise flowers in full, gorgeous bloom, I squealed in glee! One of my favorite flowers, they are just so weird and wonderful! This image was taken during my trip to San Francisco during September 12-15, 2011.

(for those of you who are interested in seeing my San Francisco trip images, I have uploaded 10 pictures in this batch [209 in the past few weeks]. Thanks everyone for your comments and your visits to my photostream! I hope you enjoy the show!) (Oh, and yes, I know there are really too many pictures to be uploading at one time but I have too many images I want to put into my Flickr stream so it just can't be helped!) While I was walking around my old neighborhood, I was overwhelmed at all the subjects to photograph...but there were a few really special treats, and this was one of them. These leaves were beautiful when you looked down on them, but when I looked up from below, the colors just exploded! I have quite a few images of these beautiful leaves, and I hope you enjoy them as much as I did photographing them! By the way, for those of you who may not know, there is a very fun, free Flickr competition site which you might like to take part in. It's called FlickrDuel and features dozens of ongoing competitions, or duels every day. You can enter your pictures into many different categories and vote on contests too. It's another way to enjoy your photography! This image was taken during my trip to San Francisco during September 12-15, 2011.

This image was taken during my trip to San Francisco during September 12-15, 2011.