Friday, March 13, 2009
The Seasons: Spring is Around the Corner
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Time for Wild Flowers * End of the Chanterelle SeasonJust seven days away from spring. We have gone through the clock change. The days have become longer; the dark mornings, too, will soon be behind us.
Spring too, very soon!
They are setting the scene for it--
plum tree and moon.
---Basho (1643-1694)
The late rains did not do much for the chanterelles but could produce a good display of wild flowers. During a recent walk on Grizzly Flat,north, trail (off Hwy 35) JHL and I saw some milkmaids in bloom. We forded the creek and hiked to the beginning of the Canyon Trail toward Montebello Preserve. Stopped for a picnic lunch and then returned to the pullout at Hwy 35. Just across from the pullout is the trail heading south to Long Ridge.
A view of Upper Stevens Creek at Grizzly Flat
© MusafirCalifornia Tortoiseshell(Nymphalis californica) at Grizzly Flat
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Milkmaids at Grizzly Flat
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Rock Cress at Foothills Park
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© MusafirMilkmaids at Grizzly Flat
© MusafirRock Cress at Foothills Park
© MusafirAC and I drove up Hwy 9 once more to look for chanterelles. We found some....enough to reward us for the trip, and there was the pleasure of walking through the woods.
