springtime hike in the foothills

[bonsaye]

Gerry and I went for a loooooooong overdue springtime walk in the foothills this afternoon. The last time I was out there was over the Thanksgiving break, with my parents, when everything was dusty, beautiful, and brown. Today? It was fabulous with colors popping out everywhere! The smell of greenery. The constant hum of a thousand bees buzzing

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[lajea]

GORGEOUS PICTURES!!!!! *dies*

[skenoma]

Tis a shame we don't live near each other, I'm finding walking in nature to be a great joy to me right now too! I haven't brought my camera with so far, partly to take a break - I find I need breaks from photography, but also because if I do bring it, I want all the lens too and in that case I need a hiking friendly bag, it's next on my purchase list :)

I'd love to see poppies in person! That's such a lovely picture. It's not so colorful around here yet, but the greens are filling in very nicely.

I sometimes wish I had a dog these days though, because I do my hiking largely alone and those "not right" moments seem to happen frequently enough.

[madamlepic]

Lovely pictures. Amazing what a bit of moisture does to the landscape.

[farklebarkle]

I LOVE the critter in #7. So adorable. Poppies are gorgeous, too. (I keep wanting to grow them here, and resisting because they're not native.)