At Griffith Park

I wanted to take an entire day off and decided to spend some time at Griffith Park. So much time has been spent working within four walls, it's easy to lose sight of what surrounds me.

A day out reminds me that I live in Los Angeles, California.

I started from Mt. Hollywood Hiking Trail.

Wild flowers are seen everywhere.

Several pine trees at the entrance of the trail.

Male pine cones with yellow pollen.

Griffith Observatory. The solar system chart outside the observatory marks that the earth exists between the two extremes of Venus and Mars. Venus is warmer and Mars is cooler. No wonder it's said that man is from Mars and woman is from Venus.

The Hollywood sign viewed from the hiking trail.

Looking down from the Observatory. It's a pretty nice day out there except a bit smoggy.