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They were immersed in their own worlds, respectively...

The end of my photographing journey in California announced that, to me, the summer of this year was over. The blue skies did fall into my expectation for California, but the dry, brownish hills did not...

My last glance at the Pacific Ocean along California Highway 1...

My solo trip continued...

Finally, along California Highway 1...

Pacific Ocean, cows, and signs of human being - a peaceful life along the crowded California Highway 1...

I was alone, amazed by what I saw... and delighted...

Still, I decided, from then onwards, to go on my trip alone, shooting photos with my 6X6 films...

It was a fleeting trip of painting and photographing. And it will last in my memory...

The trace of fire at Yosemite...

It is not created by AI but real flower at 17 miles drive.

Speechless...

"Summertime, and the living is easy..."

Roads that led me to various wonders...

Squirrel: No, no, the one above me wasn't invited, though it's my relative🙄

A sojourn among the trees, by the river...

Life over death...

Fairies at Yosemite...

They were passing by me, with joy....