Too Late

 "The beauty of things was born before eyes 

and sufficient to itself, 

the heart breaking beauty will remain 

     when there is no heart to break for it."        

                             ROBINSON JEFFERS

This Friday past we had a lovely outing ostensibly to see the Chocolate Fritillaries in bloom at Millerton not far from Shasta's Auntie T's house, overlooking Tomales Bay in Point Reyes Station. She had told us she forayed here to see them a week or so before our outing.

Unfortunately the blooms were all dried out, as pictured above, on every single plant we saw. We were too late. BOO!

There was, however, an abundance of stunning wildflowers and we were afforded many extremely impressive views.

Taraxia ovata (Sun Cup)

Sisyrinchium bellum (Blue Eyed Grass)

Most of the coyote bushes have a lot of dead branches. There are only a few very young ones that are vibrant and green. These are near the path where they receive water run off.

Tomales Bay looking North

Tomales Bay looking a bit Westward

This sign is near the trail as we returned.

It describes the abundance of the area .

We did not see a Great Blue Heron which are abundant in the area. We did see a single Great Egret like that on the sign pictured above.

The South view of Tomales Bay is in the background. I love walking behind Shasta watching her long hairs swish . . . swish . . . swish as she walks holding her tail erect. She and Dwight are ahead of me returning to the parking lot so I could watch and enjoy! 

We had a wonderful outing. And we also did