Sunlight on Valley Oak (Quercus lobata) with Toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia)
A still wider view, still with the zoom lens. Now we see the cloud-crowded sky: the clouds are dreaming of rain, but not seriously. The western hillsides, covered in a Douglas fir forest, peak out past the ridgeline. A few bright tarweed blossoms punctuate the foreground. 8:18 am.