I think this is called Angel Island. The photo was taken while staying near the Presidio In San Francisco. This island surprises me, how beautiful it is, how painterly and yet I’d never seen it before. I would think it has been photographed and painted many times before, it probably has I’ve just never seen it.

The island’s recent history is complex – a detention center for Asian immigrants, POW camp during WW II and now a state park.

Named by a Spanish explorer –  Juan Manuel de Ayala who called it “Island of the Angels” inspired by a Catholic feast that occurred about the time he discovered it. And the name stuck – an apt name for a beautiful island.