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Foothill College & Rainbow Photographs during walk to Foothill College, Los Altos Hills Friday, February 27, 2015 & Rengstorff Ave, Mountain View Saturday, February 28, 2015 By Peter Y. Chou WisdomPortal.com |
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Preface: On Friday, February 27, 2015, I boarded Bus #40 at Rengstorff & Montecito in Mountain View
to Foothill College. The bus driver stopped before Northbound Highway 280 on El Monte Road and let all the
passengers off. "This is as far as I'm going today," he says, "Foothill College is doing road construction
on the campus Loop Road, so we can't get in until after 4 pm. I started walking and noticed some wildflowers
along the way. It was not until seeing a pink-purple flower with yellow center that I took a photo (2:30 pm).
Found out later it was a Sea Fig (Carpobrotus aequilaterus)
that grows in Chile, California, and Mexico. Took photos of Adobe Creek that I've not seen from Foothill
College Bridge, a majestic Live Oak by the District Offices, and azalea in bloom by the Administration Bldgs.
I got to Krause Center at 3:15 pm and worked on Number 38.
Missed the 4:45 pm Bus #40 and a Foothill graphic design student picked me up hitchhiking and drove me to
Los Altos Library. Sent my niece "Happy Birthday" greetings
which I couldn't do at Krause Center as Yahoo Mail was disabled. My friend picked me up at the Library to see
two great Hitchcock films
at the Stanford Theatre. On Saturday, February 28, after buying a gallon of milk at Walgreens,
it was drizzling, the sun was out, and a giant rainbow spanned the sky on Rengstorff Ave. I managed a nice
photo of the rainbow descending into a "Pineapple" Palm Tree, as well as on Montebello Ave. Since I missed taking photos of the Woodland Phlox on El Monte Road on Feb. 27, I went back on Monday, March 9. The Bus #40 driver let me off before Highway 280 North where I took three photos of these pink-purple flowers proliferating near the Overpass. On the way back, took photos of two giant Eucalyptus trees, Water Primroses, Redwood Sorrels and a "Zodiac" Dandelion plant. |
 Highway 280 North to San Francisco El Monte Rd, Los Altos Hills |
 Woodland Phlox (Phlox divaricata) El Monte Rd, Los Altos Hills |
 Woodland Phlox (Phlox divaricata) El Monte Rd, Los Altos Hills |
 Woodland Phlox near Highway 280 North El Monte Rd, Los Altos Hills |
 Sea Fig (Carpobrotus aequilaterus) El Monte Rd, Los Altos Hills |
 Adobe Creek from Bridge Foothill College, Los Altos Hills |
 Sea Fig (Detail) El Monte Rd, Los Altos Hills |
 Adobe Creek from Foothill College Bridge |
 Lambda Λ Branch by Foothill College Bridge |
 California Live Oak Foothill College District Offices |
 Azalea (Pentanthera) in Bloom Foothill College Administration Bldgs |
 Azalea in Bloom Foothill College Administration Bldgs |
 California Poppies (Eschscholzia californica) Foothill College Physical Sciences Bldg |
 California Poppies (Eschscholzia californica) Area 4 Leading to Krause Center |
 North by Northwest & The 39 Steps Marquee, Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto |
 Rainbow from Walgreens Rengstorff Ave, Mountain View |
 Rainbow over Buildings Rengstorff Ave, Mountain View |
 Rainbow over Sunbeam Cleaners Rengstorff Ave, Mountain View |
 Rainbow over Redwoods Montebello Ave, Mountain View |
 Clouds over Foothill College near Seamans Library |
 Rainbow over "Pineapple" Palm Rengstorff Ave, Mountain View |
 Rainbow Visits Redwood & Palm Rengstorff Ave, Mountain View |
 Rainbow, Redwoods, Eucalyptus Montebello Ave, Mountain View |
 Highway 280 Overpass El Monte Rd, Los Altos Hills |
 Eucalyptus sideroxylon El Monte Rd, Los Altos Hills |
 Top of Eucalyptus Tree El Monte Rd, Los Altos Hills |
 Peeling Eucalyptus Bark (Top) El Monte Rd, Los Altos Hills |
 Water Primrose (Ludwigia hexapetala) by St. Nicholas Catholic School 12816 El Monte Rd, Los Altos Hills |
 "Dying and Living": Eucalyptus Barks, Redwood Sorrel & Water Primrose El Monte Rd, Los Altos Hills |
 "Zodiac" Dandelion (Taraxacum) (coarsely lion-toothed leaves) El Monte Rd, Los Altos Hills |
Photographed Friday & Saturday, February 27-28, 2015
Addendum: Photographed on Monday, March 9, 2015
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