Wildflowers and blossoms in central California (vanity / photographs)

Perky2004

[PERKY2004]

My wonderful dear husband and I went for a drive yesterday (February 28) in the foothills around Fresno County in central California, and snapped a few photographs of blossoming trees and blooming wildflowers. Even thought it was a cloudy day, the colors were just magnificent and many trees were in bloom. And the hillsides were filled with orange and yellow flowers -- including poppies! Since much of the nation is still up to its ears in winter, I thought that some color would be a day-brightener for this first day of March.

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[PERKY2004]

All of these photos were snapped by yours truly with my Canon SX110is point-and-shoot digital camera (which was a recent gift from my husband!)

[madison10]

Thank you!! What a cheer-er upper!

[nickcarraway]

Bump

[beaversmom]

Very pretty—thanks for sharing. Mmakes me want to take a trip to our mountains even though I don’t think we’ve got those kinds of colors here yet.

[EggsAckley]

These pix are just what I needed on a dark and gloomy coastal day. Your sense of composition is magnificent. I love all the flowers and the three sheep are wonderful.

Thanks, Perky.......you just made my day.

Happy March the oneth!

[TASMANIANRED]

Thanks Perky.

You really have an eye for nature.

[svcw]

Nicely done.

[mefistofelerevised]

Thanks. When I was a kid growing up in Turlock there were California poppies everywhere. Pesticides/weed killers did them in. Not all “progress” is progress. Glad you found a hill with some left.

[luvie]

Beautiful! You have a good eye!

Thanks for sharing!

[mombonn]

Beautiful! Thanks from cold and windy Michigan.

[LtKerst]

California is too Beautifull for Democrats.
They should Be Banished....to France.

[bootless]

Beautiful!

[calex59]

Go out there today and see how “summery” it looks. Not quite the same is it? BTW, nice pictures and one of the reasons lots of people still live here in CA, the wild flowers after the rainy season, although we still have until June before the rainy season actually ends.

[Carley]

Thank you so much. Really needed to see God’s handiwork right about now.

[MarineBrat]

Here's one I took in my yard last year.

[6SJ7]

Thanks. Nice to see a world in color. Looking out my living room window, the world is black and white with snow swirling down. Another 8-10” of snow predicted tonight. March has come in like a frozen pizza.

[ride the whirlwind]

Looks like that new digital camera is in very good hands! Gorgeous flowers.

[Kimmers]

Wow.....thank you sharing these photos ,they are beautiful !!!!!

[Nea Wood]

Beautiful pictures! Your hubby is cute, too.

[ninergold3]

Thanks for posting these. What a shot of beauty in the darkness of winter. :)