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I made the first cut on the best lunchtime photos of the past year, then Marian made the final cut. In no particular order, here they are:
Dancer at Los Angeles Arboretum
December 9, 2018 — LA County Arboretum, Arcadia, California Irish Coast at Whitestrand, County Kerry
September 26, 2017 — Whitestrand, County Kerry, Ireland Ahwiyah Point at Yosemite National Park
February 14, 2018 — Ahwiyah Point, Yosemite National Park Merced River, Long Exposure
February 14, 2018 — Yosemite National Park, California Dandelion
January 13, 2018 — UC Irvine, California Griffith Observatory at Moonrise
June 28, 2018 — Los Angeles, California Hummingbird in Flight
March 9, 2018 — Irvine, California Surfers at Huntington Beach
December 18, 2018 — Huntington Beach, California Irrigation Canal, Shippee California
June 15, 2018 — Shippee, California Moon and Venus at Sunset
July 15, 2018 — Irvine, California Scarlet Ibis at the Prospect Park Zoo
September 14, 2018 — Prospect Park Zoo, Brooklyn Windmill on Highway 41
February 16, 2018 — Madera County, California Star Trails
December 30, 2018 — Lake Henshaw, California Half Dome and Merced River
February 13, 2018 — Yosemite National Park, California
