Three Oaks. Calero Park. January 16, 2006. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell. It is about this time each year that California hills begin to turn an improbable shade of green. —–

Oaks, Grass, Morning Light. Calero Park. January 16, 2006. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell. —–

Dead Oak on Ridge. Calero Park. January 13, 2006. © © Copyright G Dan Mitchell. After work today I had just enough time to drive south of town to some of my favorite oak-covered hills and climb to the first ridge as the sun went down.