Sunday, 29 March 2015
Kent and I have been trying to arrange a hike for years, and something has always come up at the last minute. But today, we’re really going to do it! I went to his house in Livermore at 1, having spent the morning attacking purple star thistle at Rancho San Antonio open space preserve.
We hiked at Morgan Territory regional preserve. I’m not sure I’ve ever been here before, but it’s a beautiful place, especially at this time of year while everything is green. Open oak forest, mostly, with manzanita at one corner, and the poison oak fairly well contained: large and visible where it exists.
Wildflowers everywhere. Most of them not very dramatic in themselves, but they add up to a nice show.
And a swallowtail, first one of the season, I believe.
The view off toward the east or southeast, the windmill farm not doing much right at the moment. Looking further north, we could see snow-capped Sierra, dimly, but unmistakably.
And my favorite, as you would predict: a wolf spider, and pretty good sized for this early in the season.
A good hike in good company, a great day.
Dave's Blog 
March 29, 2015 at 8:30 pm |
Splendid pictures Dave 🙂 I loved the Swallowtail pic the most 🙂
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