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Yosemite Falls, May 2023

Morning and evening, Yosemite, May 2023

Yosemite, May 2023

Yosemite, May 2023

Hound's tongue and acacia, Santa Cruz Mountains, California. March 2023

Possibly wisteria. Santa Cruz, March 2023.

Sunset, Santa Cruz Mountains, California.

Snow, Santa Cruz Mountains, ~1,500 feet elevation.

Rare snow in the Bay Area. The chickadees are spending a lot of time hanging out at the feeder today.

Went to Yosemite for a few days and managed to catch the Horsetail Fall phenomenon in action! It was still snowy in the valley but spring is clearly coming.

There are now more warm days interspersed between the rain. Everything is starting to bud and bloom, and the days are getting noticably longer. It's only a few more weeks until spring arrives in full force.

February started with rain and fog. But the sun is starting to come out more, the redwood tops are green again, and the acacias are in bloom. There are robins and sparrows everywhere.

I went into town this weekend, and it's warmer down there. Everything is starting to bloom.

The acacias have started putting on buds although it's still cold out, and the areas still draining storm water are suddenly full of algae. It's not warm, per se, but it's been sunny this week, which is making all the plants think it's spring already.

Mostly just sparrows are out, and a few wrens. I can sometimes hear a woodpecker on the side of the house, but I haven't spotted it yet.