It is a ridiculously beautiful day in SoCal today! It is 86 degrees with a cooling breeze. The flowers and the trees and the animals are all happy. I am happy.
After a safari around the yards, both front and back, I sit upstairs with the window open listening to the sounds. The breeze rustles the ash trees' leaves. The bike horn of the Mexican rolling cart of snacks grows louder and then softer in the distance. LittleKitty's insistent meow as she asks for love rises from below, as does the sound of the garage door springs as POM opens it to work on her pots for her primitive pottery class.
Today isn't supposed to be a day of joy. Holy Saturday is a day of watching and waiting, of pensiveness. And yet I can't ignore the profusion of ridiculous beauty. It elevates my mood because I already know what's going to happen tomorrow.
Enjoy the profusion of photos and beauty.
Enjoy the profusion of photos and beauty.
6 comments:
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a feast for flower/spring starved eyes!
the cat is a frameable one in my opinion.
so is the first poppy and the third poppy and the mass of white blooms right under that!
Thank you.
I love that orange poppy! We have gorgeous weather, too. But tomorrow it is supposed to rain- argh!
that mass of white flowers is the same plant i posted a shot of on wednesday. many more of those blooms have opened. it's a riot of flowers, and it smells lovely! it's a type of jasmine, but not the cloying, heavy-scented kind.
i'm pretty happy about the poppies, too. i'm dying to go the desert, because all our rain has made it explode with wildflowers out there!
rain on easter? kind of bleak, but at least there's a smaller chance of drought this year.
Oh I love those orange poppies, especially the first one. Thanks for sharing these!
Your photos and descriptions make me so homesick for SoCal! I've never lived anywhere so vivid before or since.
(Well, actually I lived in Hawaii as a baby, so that's probably as vivid, but I don't remember it, so it doesn't really count.)
thanks, y'all, for putting up with such a ridiculous number of photos. i couldn't contain myself! (apparently neither could nature!)
the poppies are pretty special. i'm hoping when we travel up north this week that we'll see some wild poppy fields.
whatnow, i hear you. socal living certainly has its drawbacks (all people-related, of course); i consider this beauty the tradeoff. i don't want to stay here forever, but while i'm here, i'm going to enjoy the unique features of this region. let me know if you decide to come out for a homesick visit! i'd love a blogger meet-up! and heck, we have lovely guest room downstairs. :-)
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