WILDFLOWER RUN '05 (continued)

  POPPY SEARCH IN THE ALTELOPE VALLEY

  

We make our way across the dusty roads of the valley in search of California golden poppies. Above: Appell's recently detailed cream TC and Olson's BRG offroad special.


   

"Joe said they would be right here."


 

"I have one poppy up here."
"We've got an owl clover down here."

"We found some too!" says little Xochitl (you can call me "Sochi") in her perfect two-year-old-eese.

 

Arriving at the "TCMG Acre" (which the Guild "purchased" from the Preserve a decade or so ago) we finally strike gold!

 

 

"Patience is a virtue," Joe explains to Fumi. 


 

 It's true....it is definitely the "year of the poppy" and owl clover, and lupine, and Indian paintbrush, etc. etc.