Back at Foothills Park

The foothills are never better than during a late-season rain. The chaparral's muted color palette comes alive:

Yerba santa (lavender), pitcher sage (white), and bush poppy (yellow)...

Ceanothus cuneatus, overlooking the Los Trancos Creek watershed...

Water beads up on those waxy "leaves of three"...

Yes, some lichen...