Mossy Oak tree

                                                    Wonderfully green mossy oak tree at Annadel park in Santa Rosa California. Winter makes the moss so happy.

A walk in the redwoods

An evening walk

 

 

 

 

A friend and I walked out on the land behind her house the other evening,
which merges with the 'Laguna de Santa Rosa' the largest freshwater wetlands complex on the northern California coast.
the air smelled of Pennyroyal , kind of minty , as it was growing in the paths and all around
Beautiful Sonoma county, I never get tired of the gorgeous oak trees
I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend !

Mustard Fields - Sonoma County California

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and the lovely contrasting oak trees .....

Just took these yesterday :) this time of year is so pretty here, subtle colors of early spring. 

Who wants to go inside on days like these....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

~ Black Oaks ~

Okay, not one can write a symphony, or a dictionary,
or even a letter to an old friend, full of remembrance and comfort.

Not one can manage a single sound though the blue jays
carp and whistle all day in the branches, without
the push of the wind.

But to tell the truth after a while I'm pale with longing
for their thick bodies ruckled with lichen

and you can't keep me from the woods, from the tonnage

of their shoulders, and their shining green hair.

Today is a day like any other: twenty-four hours, a
little sunshine, a little rain.

Listen, says ambition, nervously shifting her weight from
one boot to another -- why don't you get going?

For there I am, in the mossy shadows, under the trees.

And to tell the truth I don't want to let go of the wrists
of idleness, I don't want to sell my life for money,

I don't even want to come in out of the rain.

~ Mary Oliver ~

Where I live

 

 

A few pictures of what it looks like here in Sonoma county where I live,
Lots of fields and oak trees , old barns , more fields and oak trees ,
and long beaches with hearty souls braving the cold water...
This last week here has been in the 90's , got up to 98 the other day .. not bad for mid October :)
I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend !