Driving from San Francisco Bay Area to Southern California on I-5.

Starting in San Francisco Bay Area. Oranges still good on the tree, with next season’s bloom beginning.

Orange, Blossoms, and new growth

Kumquats ripe, in time for lunar new year.

Kumquats on tree

Someone isn’t impressed with the citrus.

Dog lying on grass

Just off I-5 the Almonds were in bloom.

Rows of almond trees

Almond flowers

Almond flower detail

Woman standing in front of flowering almond tree

The bee boxes (for polination) had been distributed to the orchards.

Beehives amid almond trees

A closer look.

Pallet of behives under a tree

And just the other side of an electric fence, this year’s lambs:

Sheep and lambs grazing

Sheep and lambs grazing

Sheep and lambs grazing

Sheep and lambs grazing

The canal which irrigates this part of the valley (taken from a bridge).

Canal