Photos
Sunset over the Pacific. Two versions, no filter, just different exposure settings. iPhone 11 Pro 2x. Northern California.
Gray Whale spouts (center photo) off the coast of Northern California.
Western toad hanging out in one of our irrigation boxes. We have a wildlife ramp in there for this reason.
European honeybee on a California Lilac (Ceanothus). š
Our front yarden sage plants (first two photos) and all the Ceanothus are now flowering.
Our apricot had its first bloom today. A few weeks ahead last year. This tree has rarely yielded fruit. š¤š³
Our cherry tree had its first bloom today.
There are many **vision**s brewing in these caskets at [Moksa Brewery](https://moksabrewing.com).
Alcohol dreaming to escape their bottles. Later, I had a dry gin martini on the rocks.
Ember leaping from a pepper roasting over a gas flame.
2020 Spring: Blooms to Come
Here in the Northern Sacramento Valley of California, the blooming seems to be happening all at once with the unusually dry and warm late winter.
Apricot is about to start blooming:
The cherry will be blooming soon too:
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Western Red Bud (Cercis occidentalis) is about to bloom:
California lilacs (Ceanothus ) āRay Hartmanā Ā are about to bloom:
And hereās a California gilia.
First front yard California poppy bloom of the year.
We love this red curry paste. Fortify it with fresh lemon grass! š¶š¶š¶š„µ
Glad Iām not below that cherry picker.
Our cherry treeās super close **together** buds are opening up! Soon flower buds will rapidly drop on stems, bloom, and then by late May... ripe cherries! If the birds donāt get them first.
This horse wonāt escape… though I feel jumping the fence is easily within its abilities.
In 2010: Plenty of limestone & marble rock hurdles in the Marble Wilderness, Klamath National Forest, Northern California.
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Experimenting with our first bird feeding station. Suet with seed for a variety of birds.
