Spring Arrives in Northern California

 At last, we are seeing gorgeous, lush grass and brilliant sunshine.  There is one more small storm on the way, but next week we are expecting actually hot weather.  After all the gloom and rain, bring it on!

We made a trip to Amador County to pick up some wine at Jeff Runquist Winery...superb, as always.  It was a lovely day, too.

Driving back, this iconic sculpture in Napa was a nice welcome back to our own wine-growing areas, Napa and Sonoma.  

Today was a perfect day day for a couple of miles of wandering through the Regional Park in Glen Ellen, where the tiny Baby Blue Eyes (Nemesia) are clustering along the little streamlets in the park.  Some years the tiny radiating lines are blue, hence the name, but this year the lines are nearly invisible.

 

But there are huge clusters of them scattered along the paths...such harbingers of spring.

Lovely day in the park

But beware these treacherous little guys:  Leaves of Three, Let Them Be.  Yep, Poison Oak, springing up everywhere, as it always does.

And back through the neighborhood, where there is always something fun to see.  Spring bulbs are everywhere now...

And this little sign always gives me a smile...yes, there are approximately 8 zillion squirrels in the neighborhood.

And finally, a couple of knitting finishes to report.  The little knitted baby toys are finished...

And two colorful hats...