iSpy Spring

Since the official start of summer is just around the corner, I thought I should get around to posting some more photos from this spring.  Here is this spring, as seen through my iPhone:

This spring there's been some fog:

Fog at the Santa Cruz Wharf and Beach

Fog and tree lines . . .

Fog on a morning run

And a bit of rain:

But most days you could just lay out by the pool . . .

Or take a run:

Along Pleasure Point . . .

Or up through UCSC.

This spring we took a couple weekend trips . . .

. . . to San Francisco:

Where there were Backyard haircuts

And City Lights

 There was an afternoon in Moss Landing:

And a overnight stay in Monterey:

Where in the morning, the beaches looked like this

And we got to run along this!

 There were hikes . . .

With views

And picnic lunches . . .

. . . and there were walks through Pogonip and garden gazing.

This Spring I had a brief flirtation with adding light leaks to my iPhone photos:

Little yellow flowers

And afternoon light

Wildflowers on a run through campus

Another afternoon by the pool

(and my hair before bed)

I also had a couple of brief but intense affairs with the following tasty treats:

Trader Joe's Chocolate Hazelnut Cookies

Post Run Burger and Onion Rings

And Boba Tea!

Throughout the spring, Buckwheat was reliably cute (as always):

Buckwheat and C

Buckwheat waiting outside Bay Photo Lab

Buckwheat hanging out with his grandpa (aka my dad)

Buckwheat in Moss Landing

And Buckwheat all over the couch . . .

(silly pup).

Buckwheat at the dog park

Buckwheat and C (again).

Buckwheat being a Sleepy Head.

Buckwheat with some Mornin Bed Head.

Buckwheat hanging out with his mom (aka me).

Buckwheat at the beach.

I never tire of Buckwheat!

And of course, this spring was full of flowers:

Wildflowers . . .

And wallflowers . . .

Flowers underfoot . . .

and flowers overhead.

Yellow flowers and Red Flowers . . .

And a single perfect flower found floating in the fountain at Mission Plaza . . .

Overall it was a pretty nice spring.  Now on to summer!

Coming Up Roses

There's always something in bloom in Santa Cruz but May seems to be a particularly pretty month.  Below are some May flowers which are currently on display at Mission Plaza:

I've been told I take a lot of photos of flowers.  This might be true.  I guess I just can't help but appreciate them.  They're little surprises.  Walks and runs down the same streets seem to change as the flowers do; yards are transformed.  Flowers are fleeting but that keep things  interesting.  In a couple of weeks or a month, these roses will have fallen away.  But by then there'll be new flowers to linger over . . . Like Hydrangeas! I always look forward to those!