Nor Cal

Just a quick photo tour of  my trip to California, had to go lay Grandma Shook to rest. Botanizing is a great way to get the mind off of missing someone special and plants are always a recharge for me anyway. 

Calochortus amabalis So this was in the hills above Calistoga where the fires burned this past fall.

Ziagadenus in the Sonoma Hills

Mexican butterworts at California Carnivores, this epic nursery is just a few miles down the road from My grandma's house, I"m gonna miss those plant filled visits.

California Carnivores is a plant collectors type of place.

I need one of these for teaching about water quality and the carnivorous plant connection, almost every kid anywhere has heard of or seen a venus fly trap so it's the ideal intro plant to teach botany and evolutionary adapatation.

Made it home to see the cherrys and mustard in full bloom, a hive of bees buzzing happily away and a pretty solid week of good weather. Life is good when it's like this. Cheers, Mark