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San Jose Municipal Rose Garden Features Eureka Roses
June 30, 2023 -
These are Eureka roses photographed at the San Jose Municipal Rose Garden in California. It is one my favorites and als...
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Daybreaker Rose Shines In Municipal Rose Garden Morning Light
June 30, 2023 -
Beautiful Daybreaker roses photographed at the San Jose Municipal Rose Garden in California. It is one of my lovely wife...
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Cherry Parfait Roses A Sweet Addition To Municipal Rose Garden
June 30, 2023 -
My Cherry Parfait roses were photographed at the San Jose Municipal Rose Garden, which is one of America's best rose gar...
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Award-winning San Jose Municipal Rose Garden An American Gem
June 30, 2023 -
For nearly an entire decade, I photographed the beautiful roses at the San Jose Municipal Rose Garden. The city of San...
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Blackhawk Automotive Museum Once Featured Jukeboxes
June 29, 2023 -
A few years ago, I photographed jukeboxes at the Blackhawk Automotive Museum in Danville, Calif. I haven't been back to...
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Albert Bierstadt's 'California Spring' Nearly 150 Years Later
June 29, 2023 -
Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902) painted this beauty that is titled California Spring in 1875. The oil-on-canvas artwork...
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Severin Roesen Used Fruit, Wine In Famous Still-Lifes
June 29, 2023 -
“Severin Roesen (c. 1815 in Boppard – c. 1872) was a Prussian-American painter known for his abundant fruit and flower s...
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Thomas Hill Popularized En Plein Air Painting Style
June 29, 2023 -
Thomas Hill is my great-great-grandfather and the inspiration of my middle name of Thomas. "Thomas Hill (1829-1908) was...
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Adoration of the Magi Remains Artistic, Religious Masterpiece
June 29, 2023 -
The Adoration of the Magi, ca. 1490, by Bartolomeo di Giovanni (Italian, Florentine, active ca. 1844-1500). Oil on panel...
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Red Granny's Bonnet Brightens Many Gardens
June 29, 2023 -
Summer gardens are made even more colorful by red and red-and-yellow columbine, also known as granny's bonnet. Columbin...
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Blue Columbine In Time For Summer
June 29, 2023 -
In my years of professional floral photography, I'm overjoyed to have photographed so many flowers and blossoms in the S...
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San Francisco's Flaming Dahlias Add Brilliance To The Dahlia Garden In Golden Gate Park
June 29, 2023 -
I called these dahlias “flaming dahlias” because of their fiery reddish-orange and yellow. I was not able to obtain the...
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Gaylen Rose Dahlia A Rare Beauty To Photograph
June 29, 2023 -
At the time this photo was taken, the Gaylen Rose dahlia was rare on the West Coast. In fact, the dahlia grower who plan...
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Ye Are All The Flowers Of One Garden
June 29, 2023 -
Source: “ Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks.” Excerpt © Bahá’í International Community. Photo of The Dahlia Garden...
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Veca Lucia One Of The First Dahlias Photographed By Me
June 29, 2023 -
This flower is the Veca Lucia dahlia that was photographed in San Francisco at The Dahlia Garden in Golden Gate Park. In...
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Pink Promise Dahlia Nearly Neon In Golden Gate Park's Dahlia Garden
June 29, 2023 -
This Pink Promise dahlia was photographed in San Francisco at The Dahlia Garden in Golden Gate Park. June is one of the...
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Porcelain Dahlias A Dainty Addition To Other Dahlias
June 29, 2023 -
Depending upon how long a dahlia has been out in the sun, whether a flash is used, whether it is cloudy, as well as othe...
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Fickle Dahlia The Flower Photographer's Highlight
June 29, 2023 -
Fickle dahlias photographed in San Francisco at The Dahlia Garden in Golden Gate Park. It was such a blessing and pleasu...
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Carmen Bunky Dahlias Highlight The Dahlia Garden In Golden Gate Park
June 29, 2023 -
Carmen Bunky dahlias photographed by Glenn Franco Simmons in San Francisco at The Dahlia Garden in Golden Gate Park. I j...
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Nevada's Wild Horses A Western U.S. Symbol Of Freedom
June 29, 2023 -
Although I describe the horses roaming all over Nevada as “wild horses,” they are actually feral horses, if you want to...
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Wild Horses At Carson City's Wilson Park
June 29, 2023 -
Wild horses at Wilson Park in Carson City. They are fairly tame, but will react if you walk to close. I saw some people...
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Ye Are All The Waves Of One Sea, The Rays Of One Sun
June 25, 2023 -
A Tablet of ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá He is God. O spiritual friends! When Jináb-i-Nakhjavání was in this Divine Abode, he requeste...
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1954 Rolls-Royce Silver Dawn A Grand Beauty
June 25, 2023 -
This beautiful and grand 1954 Rolls-Royce Silver Dawn luxury sedan was featured at the 2010 Palo Alto Concours d'Eleganc...
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1954 Kaiser Darrin 161 Roadster America's First Sports Car
June 25, 2023 -
This 1954 Kaiser Darrin 161 Roadster was shown at the 2011 Hillsborough Concours d'Elegance, which it says is “the longe...
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When A Man Turns His Face To God He Finds Sunshine Everywhere
June 23, 2023 -
(Editor’s note: Source: Paris Talks. Excerpt, © Bahá’í International Community. Photos of a Happier dahlia photographed...
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Weave The Cloth With Threads Drawn From Your Heart
June 20, 2023 -
And what is it to work with love? It is to weave the cloth with threads drawn from your heart, even as if your belove...
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It's An Iris Time Of Year!
June 20, 2023 -
A purple and white iris photographed in the San Francisco Bay Area by Glenn Franco Simmons. We have irises blooming in...
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Spring's Cherry Blossoms May Be Gone, But Aren't Forgotten
June 20, 2023 -
Our rugged, snow- and rain-filled winter and spring have tapered off in June, but it is unseasonably cold in Carson City...
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Glenn Thomas Franco Simmons' Peacock Photos Published
June 20, 2023 -
Please visit my peacock gallery by clicking on any of the photos in this post. I hope you enjoy them. These are not all...
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Christ Jesus To All Generations Forever & Ever
June 20, 2023 -
Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in...
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That Christ May Dwell In Your Hearts Through Faith
June 20, 2023 -
That Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be stren...
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'Let your heart burn with loving kindness for all who may cross your path'
June 15, 2023 -
Put into practice the Teaching of Bahá’u’lláh, that of kindness to all nations. Do not be content with showing friendshi...
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'Earth Delights To Feel Your Bare Feet'
June 13, 2023 -
And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. ~ Khalil Gib...
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'Love One Another, But Make Not A Bond Of Love'
June 13, 2023 -
And let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another, but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a...
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'Where There Is Hatred, Sow Love"
June 08, 2023 -
A prayer of St. Francis of Assisi: “Lord, make me an instrument of your peace; where there is hatred, let me sow love;...
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'I give thanks before you, King living and eternal'
June 08, 2023 -
I give thanks before you, King living and eternal, for You have returned within me my soul with compassion; abundant is...
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Immerse Yourselves In This Ocean
June 04, 2023 -
Attract the hearts of men, through the call of Him, the one alone Beloved. Say: This is the Voice of God, if ye do but h...
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1930 Lancia Lambda A Rare Automobile
June 03, 2023 -
This very rare 1930 Lancia Lambda was photographed at the 2010 Palo Alto Concours d’Elegance in the San Francisco Bay Ar...
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1914 Knox Model 46 Touring Car Had 46 HP
June 03, 2023 -
It was a time when entrepreneurs were most commonly referred to as “pioneers” in their field or industry. Henry Knox was...
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1912 Model T An Awesome Delivery Truck
June 02, 2023 -
This 1912 Ford Model T delivery truck is owned by Bill and Kaaren Brommer (at the time this photo was taken). I had the...
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1910 Pratt Elkhart Touring Car Produced By Carriage Company
June 02, 2023 -
The 1910 Pratt Elkhart touring car was produced by Elkhart Carriage & Harness Mfg. Co. The company was founded by Vermo...
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Design Elegance: 1907 Cadillac M Victoria Touring Car
June 02, 2023 -
This 1907 Cadillac M Victoria Touring car was photographed at the 2010 Palo Alto Concours d’Elegance. This car’s owners...
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Mexican Dam Rapids Almost Erased By High Water
June 02, 2023 -
Mexican Dam, which is usually quite a bit above the lower part of the Carson River when it's not flooding, was almost er...
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1926 Rolls-Royce Phantom Had Larger Engine Than Silver Ghost
June 01, 2023 -
This 1926 Rolls-Royce Phantom 1 was photographed at the Hillsborough Concours d’Elegance in the San Francisco Bay Area....
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1927 Rolls-Royce Fitted With Three-light Tail-lamp Cluster
June 01, 2023 -
This 1927 Rolls-Royce Phantom 1, four-door convertible was photographed at the 2012 Palo Alto Concours d’Elegance. The...
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1927 Willys-Knight Nearly 100 Years Old
June 01, 2023 -
"Willys-Knight is an automobile that was produced between 1914 and 1933 by the Willys-Overland Company of Toledo, Ohio,"...
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