A California Spring, 2012

The Spring in California isn't something we earn by living through a cold hard winter. Even at its worst the weather is mild, sometimes sunny and hot, sometimes wet. Then one day  you notice the magnolias are blooming, the pruned rose bushes are sprouting or that forget-me-nots have seeded all over the gravel in the  garden. It can begin in December (truly not the time for Spring) but by late March the wisteria has joined the parade and we're all beginning to complain about our allergies!

Point Reyes, March 2012.