California In Pictures: Patch Photos Of The Week

From its beaches to its deserts and mountains, from its lakes and forests to its small towns and big cities, there's just so much to see in California! And we got to thinking: Why not share the photos we receive, and see elsewhere, with you?

Thanks to several Patch readers who've been very busy lately with their cameras, we're able to share the below photos taken across the state. We hope you'll enjoy these glimpses of daily life and scenery in Northern California as well as down the coast in Southern California.

In the links below, we've got NorCal police officers stopping at a local lemonade stand (who can beat 25 cents for a cool, refreshing drink?!); a Comic-Con superhero; low tide in SoCal's Carlsbad; a slice of rural Marin County; a shot of NorCal's Lake Chabot that could be mistaken for an Impressionist painting; colorful shots of garden flowers thriving in California's diverse climates; an industrious "backyard worker"; the winning entries of the city of Laguna's "My Laguna" 2017 Photo Contest (hint: there's some nice ones!); and more.

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• Beautiful Coast At Terramar Beach In Carlsbad: Photo Of The Week
  
• Fog Lifts Over Big Rock Ridge: Photo Of The Week
  
• Prolific Pink Roses: Photo Of The Day
  
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• Swallowtail Butterfly At The Botanical Gardens: Photo Of The Day
• Impressionistic Lake: Photo Of The Day
• Industrious Backyard Worker: Photo Of The Day
• Bay Bridge Beauty: San Francisco's Photo Of The Week
• Police Love Lemonade: Livermore's Photo Of The Week
• Peaceful Veterans Plaza Park : Pleasanton's Photo Of The Week
• A Beautiful Benicia View: Photo Of The Week
• PHOTOS: Beating The Heat In Petaluma
• Staying The Course: Sonoma Co. Photo Of The Week
• Fog Lifts, Revealing Iconic View: Novato Reader Captures Photo Of The Week

Your State, Your Shot: Pictures You Take and We Share

It's your turn, photographers. Whether you're an amateur, a professional, an Instagrammer or just the one who always has their phone or camera ready so as not to miss that perfect shot, we're excited to view and share your work. If you have an awesome photo of nature, breathtaking scenery, kids caught being kids, a pet doing something funny or something unusual you happen to catch, we’d love to feature it here on Patch.

We’re looking for high-resolution images that reflect the beauty that is California and that show off your unique talents. Share your best photos with Patch and your work could be featured in your community as well as this weekly collection of California in pictures. Email your submissions to autumn.johnson@patch.com. Be sure to include your name, the city, location of the photo and date.

Photo collage credit: (Top left) Laurie Edgar, Cotati, CA; (Top middle) Niki Scioli, Novato, CA; (Top right) Jeff Dowler; (Bottom left) Livermore Police Department/Facebook; (Bottom middle) Sharon Boyd;(Bottom right) Barbara Henderson Photography.