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Published: 2011-07-16 18:23:03 +0000 UTC; Views: 2384; Favourites: 67; Downloads: 199
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the start of the golden hour of sunset's sunlight illuminates the valley below my home...
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I would too 
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LOL, if you don't mind sharing with the local bulls
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I really would like to be able to hike down there...but I don't want to piss off either the rancher OR the beasties!!
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thanks! not quite sunset, but the hill's shadow is creeping across the valley
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This looks a lot like the view of where I lived 13 years in Pleasant Hill on a basically dead end street (has since been expanded) at the base of rolling natural park. If we walked to the end of the street and turned right and walked to the end of that very short cul-de-sac, and then up a short rocky road, it took us to the tip top, and it looked much like this, except the middle was flatter, but all around the edges (the winding hills and types of trees) were the same. I see a lot exactly like this where I now live, depending which direction I drive, and how many miles (not too far).
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In southern California we lived in an area that was similar to this - the Ojai Valley inland from Ventura, south of Santa Barbara - that was also a rolling hills with the oaks, but here in the Sierra foothills the slopes are steeper which is challenging for my husband when it comes time to do the fire weed clearance LOL! This is the view from our driveway, which is basically the same as from the rear deck
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OMG I sooo sooo sooo sooo sooo still envy you and this view! 
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it is - we are very lucky to have it as our view
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do you ever walk down there ruth? that last hill looks fun to sled on or roll down on
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sadly, no...I'd love to hike but our property ends about halfway down and most of this shot is the cattle ranch where they keep the bulls.
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oh then I dont want to go rolling down that hill after all
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LOL, nope...plus you might find a rattlesnake or two
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ok that does it for me.....you will never see me rolling down that hill. Yhere is a place up in the mountains I want to go hiking but its called rattlesnake gulch for a reason........still want to go tho
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LOL, there's a Rattlesnake Canyon in Santa Barbara too, where I hiked a lot as a teenager - never did see one
We call this little hill "cow hill" - I know we'd be able to avoid riling the bulls but better be safe and stay out - dang it....
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depends on the time of year as to how many are in that section, but there are always some...it is used more during the winter when they've moved a lot of their cattle down from up in the mountains...
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that would make a great shot with some early morning fog
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you mean like this? [link] or [link]
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oh silly me.....I got both of those in my favs....but do you have one with the cows and fog?
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surprisingly no! I'm not sure why, but they don't seem to be around when I'm shooting lol I just looked back in my gallery and I don't have ANY cows shots from our property...only this one [link] which is still the ranch but around the corner a few blocks from us...
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but now that you've brought it to my attention I'll see what I can do for you next fall when we get some clouds
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thank you so much! I am lucky to be able to see this whenever I look out the back side of my home
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Oh.. Lucky one. Must be wonderful to sit there with a cup of coffee in the morning or evening and enjoy the view. Do you have some place there for me? *just kidding* Anyway it's a lovely part of the USA you live in. Love to see more of this location.
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We realize how lucky we are
You'll have to wait until our daughter is done with the 'grannie flat' after college, lol...
Here's a link to my gallery of "home shots" [link] all of these are from the house or on/from our property...
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It's really a nice location you live in there. I live close to the coast of the north-sea and it also is a nice place to live. Summer isn't too hot but winter can be real cold. Thanks goodness I didn't have problems with the cold. I love it. Best is to do scuba diving under the ice. It's a fantastic view.
So when with the "grannie flat"
Have a nice time there and show more of your wonderful photographs.
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Having lived my entire life in California where winter means only below freezing a few nights a year 
Diving under the ice?! Wow! I've been certified for decades but never thought about doing that 
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I just upload one pic I took from below the ice. Not that good quality, because I only have analog camera for underwater-photography.
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thanks! very interest shot
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Really beautiful, it's good to see the country you're in, looks like you have a wonderful California Oak ecosystem.
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it is indeed
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Yes, where we live we have both the deciduous and evergreen oaks, along with maples. Our place also has 4 Sequoia we planted, one of them is already over 20 feet tall.
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ohh, then you get more fall color than we do immediately around me...a bit further up the into the mountains they have more of the deciduous oak which are pretty along with wild dogwood, sycamore and such...cool about your Sequoia! I'd like to plant a grove but I think we're really too hot and dry during the summers...
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