…with a couple of perfect Kentucky Derby roses! They weren’t omens or anything, because in spite of my month of studying, my handicapping most definitely did not come up smelling like a rose.
May begins…
Category: photography
An outing at the local botanical garden…
A terrifyingly large staghorn fern…looks like an alien life form with bad intentions.
The color of these primroses was wild!
Just a bee doing helpful bee stuff.
Poppies…
Protea…
The water lilies were lovely.
It was a nice afternoon of flower-peeping at Sherman Gardens with a good friend.
If you’re in Southern California and haven’t been there, you should go. It’s cheap and one of our underrated gems.
On Brightwater Trail…
A nice cool day on the trail…
There were lots of flowers, even though the superbloom is fading…
Even the humble little blooms at the side of the path are beautiful…
The cactus flowers were just about ready to go off…
A golden poppy…
So I have these binoculars that are supposed to be able to attach to your camera so you can really get good zoom shots. This is the best picture I was able to get, lol!
Not just flowers…
There’s healthy stuff growing too!
Tomatoes…
Zucchini…
Cabbage…
Swiss chard…
Lettuce…
Sorrel…
What bloomed in April?
Nasturtiums, in a variety of colors!
Alyssum
The geraniums were going nuts.
Cabbage has flowers. Who knew?
Black-eyed susan vine…I love these muted colors.
Daisies…
Butterfly bush…
Clivia, liking their new home in the shade.
A small gift.
Walking out into the yard in the morning and being greeted with this sight…a gift is exactly what it is.
Bolsa Chica Wetlands…
Just in time for a bit of a superbloom…
Poetry Corner!
I AM THE SONG
I am the song that sings the bird.
I am the leaf that grows the land.
I am the tide that moves the moon.
I am the stream that halts the sand.
I am the cloud that drives the storm.
I am the earth that lights the sun.
I am the fire that strikes the stone.
I am the clay that shapes the hand.
I am the word that speaks the man.
Charles Causley
@ Harriet Wieder Regional Park…
Return to Clark Regional Park…
Such a lovely peaceful place.
This way to Elephant Hill!
Black mustard.
Los Coyotes Hills.
Not quite 100% superblooming, but getting there.
At the best park of all…
Alfie’s a big fan of Clark Regional Park…
I love big, tall, mature trees!
I always half expect something to pop out of the haunted looking log.
The beautiful yellow sandstone of the Los Coyotes Hills…
No superbloom yet. But really pretty and green anyway.
Black-crowned night heron.
It was a beautiful spring day!
Looking across the lake.
Like I said, she’s a big fan.