Spring has come to Southern California..........Behold!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

[GemDigger]

1. Looks a lot warmer than it is here. Lovely CaliforniaPeggy, just lovely.

Thanks for sharing. I am still looking at mounds and mounds of snow. Your spring gave me a little warmth.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Thank you so much, my dear GemDigger!

It is actually, for the first time, shirtsleeve weather today! I'm wearing a long sleeved mock t-neck with a sleeveless vest. I had to shed the vest, as it was too warm!.

So glad you enjoyed my photos!

[Sherman A1]

2. Superb!

Great photos!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. Thank you so much, my dear Sherman A1!

[randr]

5. I heard the poppies are in full magnificence

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. We always have a good number blooming in town!

The areas out of town are supposed to be wonderful this year as well.

[randr]

11. The rollin golden hills of California!

Worth a road trip

[xxqqqzme]

12. Yes, my inbox

has been overflowing with pictures from friends of Joshua Tree in fill bloom, as well as the magenta verbena on the desert and of course the fields of poppies everywhere it seems.

[mnhtnbb]

31. I have a friend from here in Chapel Hill who is visiting Califonia and just posted

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a magnificent shot of poppies everywhere. Glorious! She said it was Walker Canyon near Lake Elsinore.

Here it is:

[Control-Z]

6. The birds have been so vocal the past few days

my poor Kitty is torn between trying to find and catch them, and coming in for his afternoon snack and nap.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. Aw, your poor kitty!

I hope he chooses his snack and nap!

[MLAA]

8. Dear CalPeg, the yellow flower is especially gorgeous! Yeah, Spring.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. Thank you, my dear MLAA!

That's California's state flower, the Poppy.

I just love them and photograph them whenever possible.

[kag]

13. Thanks, California Peggy!

I'm sitting here hunkered down with my kitty, looking out the window at snow from our biggest storm of the year so far (Colorado). Thanks for the reminders of SoCal.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

20. I'm so sorry about your snowstorm, my dear kag!

I hope it passes and melts very soon!

You're very welcome about the photos. It's a pleasure to share them with you.

[Solly Mack]

14. Pretty! I swear, Peggy. Your photos are a true delight!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

21. Aw, thank you so much, my dear Solly Mack! I'm really glad you like them.

[SHRED]

15. Nice!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

22. Thanks, my dear SHRED! ♥

[SHRED]

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[itsrobert]

16. There are several swarms of butterflies

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all over the place in SoCal . Birds are having a field day hunting them for food.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

23. I'm sure the birds are having a field day!

Such is life.

[McCamy Taylor]

17. But how does the water come to California?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

24. Well, the water that caused the plants and the butterflies to grow was rain!

We had way more rain this year than in many years.

Otherwise, our water comes from the California Aqueduct, and from the Colorado River, though this is changing.

[Ohiogal]

18. Oh those are beautiful, Peggy!

I can just imagine the smell of the flowers and the beautiful butterflies flapping their wings!

Thank you for these beautiful photos! Maybe one of these days we’ll have spring in Ohio, too!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

25. Thank you so much, my dear Ohiogal!

I was really happy to see the butterflies all over the garden where I took these photos.

They don't sit still very long so getting a good shot is tricky!

I do believe you'll have spring in Ohio too, one sweet day.........

It will be glorious.

[keithbvadu2]

19. Don't forget spring maintenance

Don't forget spring maintenance

[CaliforniaPeggy]

26. You are too funny, my dear keithbvadu2!

I did that weeks ago.

[JDC]

27. Very nice. Thank you.

In CO we are not quite there yet.

Quick Q: are the flowers in the butterfly pics some sort of sage? The leaves have that sage-y feel to them, but the flowers look almost like lantana clumps.

Thx again.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

28. Glad you enjoyed them, my dear JDC!

I'm afraid I don't know what the flowers are. I'll see if I can find out.

The butterflies were all over them!

Thanks for coming by!

[Callalily]

30. You've got some really nice photos Peggy!

It's so nice to see color, other than white!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

32. Thank you so much, my dear Callalily!

The colors are wonderful indeed.........and we didn't have a white winter at all. Just gloomy, gray skies and rain nearly all the time.

I'm so glad it's over!

[denbot]

33. Beautiful Miss CP.

We’er in Wisconsin, and I wish I was home. Our daughter mention all the butterflies from the migration she saw, and all I could think about were the poppies that have probably bloomed in our yard.

I’ve put in an application to a local company, and hope to get off the road soon. I miss So Cal, especially in the springtime.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

34. Thank you so much, my dear denbot!

It's great to hear from you! I hope you can come home and have a good job here.

Your poppies will be here next year, remember...

[stopwastingmymoney]

35. Up here in Northern California

The grass is very green and the mustard is blooming. If you've never seen it, it's beautiful fluffy carpets of yellow, so wonderful.

We'll have poppies later but for now in the home garden, it's still daffodil time and the irises are very close. All this rain we've had is making a beautiful spring.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

37. I have seen the mustard blooming in fields, and you're right--it's gorgeous!

I love daffodils too, esp. in groups! The rain has really wrought an amazing spring.

[Galileo126]

36. I can tell it is spring in Palmdale...

My backyard bunnies are frolicking!

Oh, it's always fun to witness rabbit porn...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

38. Ah, backyard rabbit porn!

Life is manifesting itself........

[Liberty Belle]

39. Anza-Borrego Desert this week!

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[CaliforniaPeggy]

40. Wow, my dear Liberty Belle!

You need to put these amazing and beautiful photos in their own thread!

They are gorgeous.

Thank you for sharing them.