sunrise ~ 04/21/09 ~ at home

Pacific Grove sunrise from home
April 21, 2009

It was unusually warm here for about 3 days and the sunrise and sunset skies were very pink.

blossom ~ 04/21/09 ~ at home

unknown flowering fruit tree
from bathroom window
Rosaceae

I'd ask our neighbor what this tree is, but (I think I've mentioned this before) she's not the most approachable person.

California lilac
Ceanothus sp.
Rhamnaceae

The predominant color this spring has been blue - lupines and extremely lush Ceanothus blooms everywhere. A quick search of the Calflora database came up with 90 genera matches. I'm not going to even try to narrow this down to specific possibilities.

California goldfields
Lasthenia californica
Asteraceae