Point Lobos Pins and Buttons

Cypress Trees at Point Lobos State Natural Reserve at Carmel, California

Waves crashing onto the rocks and creating awesome patterns in the rock pool below.

Point Lobos, Carmel by Childe Hassam, 1914. Oil on canvas.

"The biggest emotion in creation is the bridge to optimism." Brian May

California coast at Point Lobos State Natural Reserve on a winter evening, Carmel, United States.

The setting sun casts a glow at Point Lobos State Natural Reserve at Carmel, California

Mission Ranch is a well-known hotel owned by Clint Eastwood. The attraction includes the pasture with sheep grazing and napping during the day. You can see the lagoon, Carmel State Beach, and Point Lobos. It is a great memory of this charming city, Carmel-by-the-Sea, one of the most romantic cities in the world.

The scene of Mission Ranch meadow that was painted on a Heart of Carmel being displayed in downtown Carmel, CA, during the summer of 2021.

Colony of Starburst anemone (Anthopleura sola) at tide pool in Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, California, United States.

Close up at a white globe lily, Calochortus albus, Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, California, USA.

Green alga Trentepohlia aurea var. polycarpa on Monterey cypress tree trunk at Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, California, USA.

Golden Rockweed, Silvetia compressa, Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, California, USA.

Green alga Trentepohlia aurea var. polycarpa on Monterey cypress tree trunk at Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, California, USA.

Perfect weather and perfect scenery near Monterey, California on Highway1. Point Lobos State Park. June, 2022.

Green alga Trentepohlia aurea var. polycarpa on Monterey cypress tree trunk, with blooming wildflowers at Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, Ca, USA.

Seaside woolly sunflowers bloom along the shoreline at Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, California, USA, in early summer.

Colorful wildflowers bloom in early summer along the coastline at Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, California, USA.