By my own distinction between hike and walk, this was actually a short hike, because we took packs with food and water. It was bee-yoo-tee-ful—green, wildflowers, blue sky with puffy white clouds, and it wasn’t hot yet.
Goldfields are on the left; bird’s eye gilia on the right.
Popcorn flowers
This one is a brodiaea called “Pretty Face”, or “Golden brodiaea”.
I didn’t take a lot of photos, in spite of the good variety of wildflowers. It was good to simply be there. I wasn’t even tempted to put together a new book of foothill wildflowers—completely off-work, completely in the moment.
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Beautiful, I enjoyed the pictures, how wonderful to live where there is such beauty near by!
Virginia, it is easy to forget about the accessible beauty during the hot, dry, smoggy months. But oh my, spring is just glorious around here!
I love those old gnarled (oak?) trees–they grow into such interesting shapes!
Sharon, most of our native trees are live oak (evergreen) and blue oak (deciduous), but yes, all oaks.
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