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| Sunday Morning View Toward Mt. Tamalpais |
I probably think about how lucky I am to live here in the Bay Area at least once a day. And even though that includes the gray days when the winds are squeezing tendrils of chilling fog into my bones, I admit to especially favoring these rare days of sparkling clarity. It wasn't clear enough to see Chimney Rock at Pt. Reyes, or even the Farallons, on Sunday, but I felt like I could almost see deer browsing on Mt. Tam's grassy, brown hilltops. Today, wildfire smoke from up near Healdsburg could turn yesterday's clarity into a memory. But even so, I know those deer are still there, waiting to be revealed, always.
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| As I took in the view I also watched a pair of white-crowned sparrows feeding on the red sheep sorrel while bumblebees gathered pollen and nectar on nearby buckwheat. |
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| Bumblebees were also all over the purple bush lupines. |
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| The bush lupines are nice, but the little orange monkey flower made my day. The Parks Department has done a really nice job of saving a little bit of native wildness in Grandview Park. |
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| A little south of Grandview, one of my favorite roadside gardens is currently in excellent form. |
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| Lavender and friends. |
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