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Posted on 03/01/2009 12:49:44 PM PST by 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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This is what our yard looks like now. I took this picture about 3 or four weeks ago with my cell phone. But it looks the same today. And it's just as cold.
If you look close you can see the back side of a deer in my yard. But you have to look "really" close to find her.
Look at the tree in the center of the picture, see that brown spot with a little lighter spot just to the left of the tree? Well that's a doe LOL! She's grazing on my grass that's under the leaves.
Brrrr.... looks chilly in your photo. (Nice deer butt!)
Fantastic effort.
As an easterner, it always amazes me that I see your flowers but don’t know them. They are similar, very similar yet different
It would do many here a great benefit to go into the field and see and touch and identify the flowers.
Just because you have made this contribution to FR, you are qualified for an overnight artists retreat at the Maynard Dixon home and studio. One of the California artists is shown in this link.
He is also found here.
Ansel Adams made this his base of operation while working on his southwest material.
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Super fine! Keep shooting!
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