APRIL 2013 <br /> <br /> Torrey Pines Natural Reserve (San Diego, CA)<br /> <br /> While hiking, I was endlessly fascinated with these yellow flowers. I loved how the flowers were so close to the ocean and then learned they are called Sea Dahlia (Coreopsis Martitma).  This frame struck me as having all the elements of that beautiful spring day: white cotton clouds, Pacific blue and blue sky meeting, golden rock,  desert-like plants and the amazing yellow of the Sea Dahlias.
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