Tag Archives: Nemophila menziesii

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Baby Blue Eyes, Nemophila menziesii,  are one of my favorite wildflowers. They grow on sunny bluffs. Seeta Chaganti had her friend, Mary Heibel, take her to Manchester State Park to show her the bloom.

Baby blue eyes are native to California, Oregon and Baja California. They are excellent for pollinators!
Thanks to Seeta for allowing me to share her photos with you here.
It was unbelievably warm here today, 81 degrees. Isn't it March? The warmth has encouraged California Tortoiseshell butterflies to appear in large numbers. Maybe an irruption year? I will report back!

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I love these spring wildflowers! They almost seem to reflect the sky. They grow on coastal bluffs and are native to California. Shari Goforth photographed Baby Blue Eyes, Nemophila menziesii,  near the Point Arena Lighthouse a few weeks ago.

And Julia Larke photographed a group of them.

Thanks to Shari and Julia for allowing me to share their photos with you here.

It's another warm day, but not quite so hot as the past two days. Shari told me there was a little fog this morning at the PA Lighthouse. Fog is Mother Nature's air conditioner!

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Baby Blue Eyes, Nemophila menziesii, are blooming in sunny spots on the Coast. A great place to see them is in the meadows at the Stornetta Public Lands. Ron LeValley recently photographed a lovely group of them near Fort Bragg at MacKerricher State Park, obviously another great place to see them.

 And here is a close-up of this wildflower. In Reny Parker's book, Wildflowers of Northern California's Wine Country & North Coast Ranges, she writes, "Baby Blue Eyes...the spring sky smiling up at itself."

Thanks to Ron for allowing me to share his photos with you here. To see much more of Ron's beautiful photography, here is the link to his website: http://www.levalleyphoto.com/home/