This shot was taken two days ago in "Prune Valley." (Sacramento area) I lived in "Silicon Valley" for a number of years and recall the Blossom Tours which ran each spring. The place got way too big and congested and the orchard land much too valuable.
Jack --- On Sat, 2/27/10, John Francis <[email protected]> wrote: > From: John Francis <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Almond Blossoms > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, February 27, 2010, 12:09 PM > On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 07:04:15AM > -0600, Bob Sullivan wrote: > > Jack, > > It's a handsome picture and a welcome sign of spring > for us snowbound masses. > > I don't think I'veever seen a picture of almond trees > blooming before. > > I see them every year - there's a reason why this part of > Silicon Valley > is still referred to as Blossom Valley. Even after > all the farms are gone > there are still a few orchards, although nowadays they are > just decorative. > I sometimes put a few shots up around this time in my > Picture-A-Week gallery > > <http://www.jfwaf.com/PAW/> > > Spring seems to have come a little earlier this year - in > previous years > the cherry blossom generally only shows up in the March > selection. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
