Spring Color

Last Saturday we made it out to the Black Diamond Mines for our annual spring church egg hunt and picnic. Here's a shot of the road heading up to the corral area. The green hills are beautiful, but they will soon change to the most-of-the-year "golden brown" that can be seen all over the state.

Old barn on some property that is now owned by the school district which dates to a much earlier era.

Back at home, the spring flowers are really busting out with lots of color.

The ice plant blooms for a short while each spring.

Iris growing in a pot out front.


Close up of one of the many blooms on the apple tree. Hope the apples are good this year!!

I like the roses on this bush... so big... so pretty!

Ah... those famous California poppies. VJ loves them!

More wild flowers.

I forget what this stuff is called. Most of the time it's a ground cover, but often really mature plants like ours sort of grow into bushes or small trees. It blooms with these blueish/purpleish blooms each spring, although the color in this pic doesn't do the color justice. The bees really like them.