So many flowers!

I had expected rhododendrons, and there were some in their glory, but there were also many other glories.

Summer pink at Mission Creek

I was standing in a way that could have had me fall into the swale, but I didn't.  And even if I had, it was for ART. 

Farmer's Market Bounty (29 July)

 It's so good to live in California...

Presidio in Bloom (16 July)

 It truly is summer!

San Mateo Roses (11 June)

 The San Mateo rose garden is bursting with color.

Spring continues

I went outside to buy groceries earlier this week!  While sweating inside my mask, I spotted these irises, which are blooming happily, and not sweating under a mask at all.

Irises arrive late spring/early summer around here.

It was difficult to compose this image, because the irises and some native wildflowers sit in a deep drainage basin that helps prevent localized flooding near the base of my hill, but the basin also (unintentionally) collects plastic bags and discarded face masks.  'Lots of cropping happening here to eliminate those.  (Now is NOT the time to go touching discarded medical masks on the street for the sake of composition.)