March in Three Rivers

When we get some rain in February or early March, it is so beautiful in Three Rivers that it almost causes physical pain to leave. The brilliant spring days are just a tiny blip on the year long calendar, dominated by heat, drought, and brown. 

The flowering pear tree in front of my studio is pretty 2 times a year. It is a leaning tree, and I wonder if that was caused by 13 years of Perkins scratching his claws while pushing on one side of the tree.

Look at these blooms up close.

Stand beneath the blossoms, get little white petals in your hair, and admire the “lawn”, which isn’t irrigated or green any other time of the year.

What else are we seeing? Flowering quince in the yard, and poppies across the canyon.

Yeppers, poppies!

I love March in Three Rivers.

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6 Comments

  1. Jana you are so right!! It is so beautiful now. Your yard looks amazing! We are also enjoying it here in Walnut Creek! AND …. we can hardly wait to get back up to MK!
    Happy Spring, although it’s not quite here yet. Oh… and Dear God, send us some more rain and snow in the mountains!

    • Hi Anonymous Linda and Tom,
      (Walnut Creek combined with MK was my clue.) Always pray for more snow and rain. Thank you for checking in!

  2. Beautiful! Does this mean March is your next favorite month after February? 🙂

    • Lauren, I know that March is more beautiful than February, but February happens first AND it sometimes brings big storms with clear air and puffy white clouds. So the answer is that sometimes March is even more favoriter than February!

  3. Springtime in the foothills; priceless!

    • Sharon, it is what keeps me hanging on by my fingernails through August and September.


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