california poppies after rain

nina — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:14:11 +0000

It is raining right now. I don;t remember when it rained this late in the year. This is the Southern California after all. But thanks to the rain, the desert is blooming. This is what it looks like now at the Antelope Valley State Park, which is one of the few places in California, where you can see wildflowers in the spring (if there is enough rain in the winter). I understand that Anza Borego is in bloom too, but we did not get to go there this spring.

I know that color on computer screens vary, but on my screen this is pretty much the color I saw. Very bright yellow-orange. We were lucky – the weather was perfect, warm and no wind. The wind makes poppies close, and the walk around very uncomfortable.

Yes, Spider-Man is in. The interesting thing is those shirts are both Luka’s (the older one), or in other words they are wearing the same size shirts. The shorter one is 2, the taller one is 5 (and a half).

This little guy was very patient. I took this picture with the macro setting, I got within a few inches from him.

OK, I had to take a picture of them like this. I just had to.

Poppies as far as you can see.

More pictures here.

still raining

nina — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:09:33 +0000

Yes, it is still raining today. It is just beautiful – I know some of you don’t think so, but for us in Southern California, rain is a very rare sight. Anyway, this picture is from the Summer of 2007. It was taken in Zagreb, Croatia, and that day was so hot we could go out only in the evening. It was also a day before I found out I was pregnant with Sven. I was not feeling so good in the heat…

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california poppies after rain

still raining