Saturday, March 10, 2012
The Seasons: Signs of Spring
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San Mateo, California * And A Bumper Sticker
Spring equinox is less than two weeks away, on March 20th. Lack of rains is worrisome. Getting late in the season to make up for the shortfall. Temperature continues to be cool. A walk through the neighborhood shows that except for the birch trees plants are putting up the usual display of colors. And the silver birch trees,too, have something attractive about them -- standing leafless, waiting for the sprouting of leaves.
Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night.~Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters of Rainer Maria Rilke
Silver Birch tree on a cloudy morning
© Musafir Canon SX30IS
Daffodils
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Apple Blossoms, Parrott Drive
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| © Musafir Canon SX30IS Cherry Blossoms, Parrott Drive |
© Musafir Canon SX30IS
Maple Tree beginning to show off
© Musafir Canon SX30IS
Front garden statue, Parrott Drive
© Musafir Canon SX30IS
Photographs taken during walks through local preserves.
Zigaden Lilly (Zigadenus_spp) Death Camas, highly toxic. Tenderfoot Trail, Laurelwood Park, Belmont, CA
Bush Lupines on Salson Trail, Sugarloaf Mountain, San Mateo, CA
© Musafir Canon SX30IS
Tough Shoppers!
Bumper sticker seen on car at Trader Joe's parking lot: "When the going gets tough, the tough go shopping". No doubt obesity, high blood pressure, cholesterol and such thoughts are far from their minds. On the positive side they spend money to keep the economy churning. Someone has to do it.
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