When I left from Mary's in San Juan Bautista this morning I took a little detour on Lucy Brown Road to see if there were blossoms on the trees with the yellow lichen I photographed exactly a month ago.
I found this one open blossom in the same orchard and the yellow lichen was gone! Warmer, drier weather - don't you think?
There were lots of buds like this and I wonder if they will be open in a few days if the warm weather continues.
It was a wonderful drive home on I-5. Not many wildflowers at the top around Gorman, but still snow on the peaks. At the north end of the Grapevine are huge fields of lupine and "blue faces" (I think that is what the common name is - I will look it up before I post the pictures).
I am too tired to write more.