Bee



partakes of native thistle.

Water Striders



astride the stream and their dappling effect.

Clarkia



dominates the meadows.

Yellow Clover



Beautiful clover still in bloom with all the rain.

Owl's Clover



proliferating during this unseasonably cool and wet spring.

Buckeye



with its trumpeting blossoms.

Elderberry



spills over the granite outcroppings.

Late Spring Larkspur



looking rather sassy in the bare dirt.

Bush Beardtongue



Delicate flowers just beginning to bloom.

Wine Cup Clarkia



Some of these are several feet high swaying in the breeze.

Hummingbird



on the native thistle.

White Lupine



Discovered this annual growing near a seasonal creek.

Meet the Toad



that lives in a hole along the driveway. When I got too close, he did a back flip into his hole.

White Fairy Lantern



The white (with a little rosy brown) is rarely seen, but prolific this year like everything else.

Globe Gilia



Sometimes the flowers are faintly blue, but these seem very pale.

Lupine and Clover



Purple and yellow lupine with clover.

Bolander's Monkey Flower



coming up in partial shade under the oaks.

Blue Dicks



so prolific, have bloomed for months and still going strong.

Beardtongue



This type of skullcap or beardtongue is coming up everywhere there's disturbed earth and shade.

Yerba Santa



Usually looks kind of scraggly, but beautiful when blooming.

Ithuriel's Spear,



also known as Grass Nut, is plentiful around the well tank.

Lupine



take over the perimeter road.

Bee



partakes of nectar from valley tassel.