Mary Sue Ittner hiked Skaggs Springs Road with the Thursday Ramblers. She found many wildflowers in bloom. First is Red Larkspur, Delphinium nudicaule.
And Blue Dicks, Dichelostemma capitatum.
Next found was California Fawn Lily, Erythronium californicum - just beautiful!
Tomorrow I will share three more wildflowers found by Mary Sue and the intrepid hikers. Thanks to Mary Sue for allowing me to share her photos with you here.
Bettye Winters photographed this glorious sunset recently.
Sometimes you almost can't believe the beauty you are seeing! Thanks to Bettye for allowing me to share her photo with you here.
Hall and Jane Kelley were walking with their dog when they spotted four of these wildflowers in Gualala. They found a rare sighting of Pink Star Tulip, Calochotus uniflorus.
What a wonderful find! Thanks to Hall for allowing me to share his photos with you here.
Pat Maxwell found this small bird, a Brown Creeper, stunned from his collision with her window.
The bird rested while, as Pat put it, his brain unscrambled. She said it then pooped in her hand and flew off! Brown Creepers are woodland birds. They spiral up the tallest tree they can find, looking for insects and spiders. The male's song is very high - it's easy to miss it. If you'd like to hear their call, here is the link to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Brown_Creeper/sounds
Thanks to Pat for allowing me to share her photo with you here.
Last Wednesday, when storm clouds were clearing out, a double rainbow appeared in the late afternoon. Rozann Grunig captured it soaring over woods and into the Pacific Ocean.
Paul Brewer also photographed it, albeit from a different location.
Today we have blue skies. Tomorrow the last in a series of storms is expected in the afternoon. 75.53 inches have fallen this season at our place in Anchor Bay. A "normal" rainfall year is 50 inches. Bye, bye drought!
Thanks to Rozann and Paul for allowing me to share their rainbow photos with you here.