Some pretty new wildflowers ('n stuff) today... :o)

Hi, fellow Gatherers! How's your week been going so far? Are you seeing more springlike temps where you live? I hope so! :o)

Today, here in the "wild hinterlands" of Sonoma County in Northern California, the fierce winds we'd been having the last few days died down (thank goodness!) and I took a little walk down the driveway to take some photos of the newest wildflowers that have been blooming for you all to see!

The clouds had a "soft" looking quality to them today:

(Kinda neat!)

First off, I noticed that the wild onion bulbs I'd transplanted into the front yard from the place where we used to live had started to bloom:

The flowers remind me a little of "lily of valley", don't they you? But wild onions are a heckuva lot more hardy than real lily of the valley, so, they do just fine for a substitute for me! ;^D

I heard this little guy down in the brush by the house and couldn't resist getting his photo. He's a male "spotted towhee". Just look at that red eye of his!

Isn't that strange?

Next, I came across a pretty clump of "smallhead clover" (Trifolium microcephalim), the blooms of which have been slowly becoming more and more visible on the landscape hereabouts lately:

It's kinda pretty, doncha think?

Next I want to show you the wildflowers that I really trekked down the driveway to take photos of for you to see. They're called "Ithuriel's-spear" (Triteleia laxa) and they're a member of the lily family:

They look really pretty in a "colony" on the hillside:

Alongside the Ithuriel's-spear this time of year, you can find the really striking little bi-colored flowers of "spring vetch" (Vicia sativa ssp. sativa):

You can really see how striking they are in the sunshine:

(I really like those... :o) )

And here's the last little guy I wanted you to see... It's a butterfly called a "sulphur" and they're really difficult to photograph because they hardly ever stay still. I didn't dare get any closer and risk him flying off, so this photo'll have to do:

I just adore that bright-bright yellow color!

Well, friends, I guess that's all I've got for you today from the ole singlewide here in the hills above the little Northern California town of Cloverdale in Northern Sonoma County...

'Til next time!  :^D

luv,

jean