Rays

A cold storm moved in. Rain in the wee hours. So far nothing but clouds today.

Double Ruffed

Cooler, yes, and windy. Little rain to speak of around these parts. Sierra snows have caused plan postponement.

Bicolor

The clouds and darkness of winter have returned. The low temperatures have not returned--at least not yet. It is windy as well.

Tailed Blue

This butterfly is about a 1/2 inch long. It looks an awful lot like a Western Tailed Blue female but those are locally extinct. It doesn't have the orange markings of the Eastern Tailed Blue, though, so I'm probably barking up the wrong tree altogether.

Growing

I love the sight of tiny leaves swelling into recognizable things. All the plants we bought are in the ground. I think there's room for more.

Azalea

What an incredibly long week this has been. Lots of things going awry. At least the flowers are pretty.

Rolling In

It did rain in the middle of the night last night. More rain this afternoon and again in the evening. Maybe some of the pollen will be scrubbed from the air.

Pretty in Pink

There's a rumor of rain. I think the flowers will like it. If it materializes.

Seeing Spots

The fava beans are blooming and drawing in the neighborhood bees. Another lovely spring day with a touch of wind. Is this my favorite season?

Pink Pyramid

Suffering from the Monday blues. Flowers help. So does the sun.

Bumbling

I'm ecstatic that there are more insects out and about. Great weather, more sun, bugs--who could ask for more? We bought our tomato and other plants for the summer garden today.

The Shadow Knows

Warm and a tad humid but still glorious outside. We saw a couple of Tiger Swallowtails, a lone turkey, and lots of other bird life. A good first day of spring.

Delectable

The bees were really getting into their work today as were the butterflies. We almost made it to eighty degrees. Nothing like barreling headlong into spring.

Wist-ful

Strong wind from the north. Flowers did the tarantella. I sneezed.

The Orange and the Green

Marigolds have sort of an odd scent that's not altogether pleasant. I believe it was warmer again today. The sky may have been a bit bluer, though it was still quite cloudy.

Black Velvet

There are no visible stars tonight because of a high overcast. Slightly warmer today and just plain lovely. Flowers everywhere.

Rock On

It was a mellow Ides. I think everyone was missing that extra hour of sleep. Temperatures reached the seventies for the first time this year.

Nut Case

The squirrels and birds obviously think it's spring. I saw a bumblebee but fell in a hole when I tried to get close enough for a picture. The bee fled.

Delicate

The rain is gone and the sky was a brilliant blue. Windy and crisp with just a couple of small white clouds rushing by. A few wildflowers and redbuds bursting into bloom.

For the Masses

After a day of rain the poppies bowed their heads. There was another rainbow this evening. Blue skies ahead.

Peony

It warmed up a bit. The day was topsy-turvy. Starts all over again tomorrow.

The Pips

It rained as predicted last night. Excellent lemon harvest from my tree this year. It's putting out more growth.

Tickled

Still quite chilly and we're supposedly going to get some rain. Probably not much. A brief storm would keep the pollen in check.

Last Hurrah

Winter has taken one last stand. A chilled wind blew in. Even the tulips looked shocked.

Black Phoebe

Perfect day, weather-wise: blue sky, light breeze, and neither too hot nor too cold. There were birds in almost every tree. Nature was loud.

Filaree

More invasive plants. Of course, when I was a kid it was fun to make "scissors" out of the seedpods of the filaree. The way their seeds spiral into the ground is totally cool.

Fan

My amaryllis didn't bloom. Instead they are ungainly and floppy. Too bad.

Resolute

I was surprised to see that most of the blossoms survived the heavy rain we've been having. But, there they were, doing their thing. Today's sun was quite the contrast to yesterday's lack thereof.

Still Going

I missed the thunderstorm and the hail but am assured that they happened this afternoon. Rain I experienced. And, it's colder by far.

Yet Again

Oh, the rain! From indoors it looked like the storm was tapering off. I ended up standing in a cloudburst and driving home was like fording a river.

Vinca Minor

The day became increasingly cloudy as it wore on. I guess we're in for more rain. And time marches on.