Spring Alive

“When you paint Spring, do not paint willows, plums, peaches, or apricots, but just paint Spring. To paint willows, plums, peaches, or apricots is to paint willows, plums, peaches, or apricots - it is not yet painting Spring.”  ~ Dogen (1199-1252, Japan)

Today ends this week's theme of  Spring has Sprung.  I'm taking a break to prepare for the Blogging from A to Z April Challenge.  If you're a blogger, maybe you'd like to participate. Click on the badge below. 

See you all, dear readers, back on April 1.  Have a wonderful time out there.

A Time to Plant

Nob Hill has put out displays of veggies and flowers that are ready to go into the ground. A sure sign that Spring has arrived.

What will you be planting in your gardens this year?

The theme for this week, March 10 to March 17, is Spring has Sprung.

Copa de Oro

What speaks more of the start of Spring than the wildflowers that pop up on hill sides, along highways, and in sidewalk cracks. And, in particular, the California State flower.

Of course, you know what it is.

 

The theme for this week, March 10 to March 17, is Spring has Sprung.

Spring Time

They're every where! Those blooming trees.

On Highway 25, heading south out of Hollister

On Fallon Road at the Herbert Family Organic Farm

On The Alameda in San Juan Bautista

The theme for this week, March 10 to March 17, is Spring has Sprung.

Green!

The Gabilan Range flanks the San Juan Valley to the south.

I love how the hills and mountains are green, green, and green in the Spring. It's just like Julie Andrews sings, "The hills are alive with the sound of music." Doesn't matter if the day is overcast or one with blue skies and fluffy clouds.

The Diablo Range  borders the Hollister Valley to the east.

The theme for this week, March 10 to March 17, is Spring has Sprung.