Winter and Spring at the same time.

I was without my camera the last two days, but I want to record the amazing weather experience of Silicon Valley this year. We just received a thorough drenching for about a week, up to 11 inches in parts of the Santa Cruz Mts., something like 7-8 inches here in San Jose. I was sick for the duration, staying inside. The first sunny day, Wednesday, I was feeling more up to par and took off to appointments and meetings. I noticed the foliage, just some magnolia trees beginning to open their flowers, noting there was one I wanted to capture on my camera in a few days. When I was finished, at the end of the day, traveling along the same route home I was astounded by an amazing array of blooming trees which always take my breath away every year. Fully in bloom, dazzling white blossoms and rich pink blossomed trees marked the whole way home. The combination of rain and warm sunshine apparently forced the trees into an immediate and early awakening...one day! Then when I got home there at the end of the back road behind my house were the peaks rising above the rooftops...covered with snow!! The temp must have been 68 degrees.

Soon I will have some of these trees on my camera and can share them here. Just had to share this part with you...a lovely nature head-turner in the Valley.