Lupine flowers paint a hillside in vibrant color Thursday morning in the East Glenwood Open Space Preserve near Scotts Valley High School. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel)
SANTA CRUZ — The rain has subsided and the sun is out. Noses are runny, eyes are itchy and the landscape is suddenly painted with massive amorphous streaks of orange, yellow and purple.
An exceptionally wet winter has fed dormant seeds resting in the region’s previously parched soil and has helped produce a massive proliferation of blooming flowers that have adorned the state from top to bottom.
While the images in Santa Cruz County may not be gigantic enough to catch the eyes of astronauts in space – as other areas are known to have done – local experts say there’s no shortage of beauty to behold in the county by the coast.
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