Early last month I posted some photos of ponds in an empty lot in the Irvine Spectrum area, fed by the winter rains. Well, the rains have been tapering off, and the weather has been warming up. It’s been at least two weeks since it last rained, and the ponds are drying out.
Drying Office Park Pond, originally uploaded by Kelson.
On the plus side, all the sun has brought out the wildflowers. It’s still nowhere near the 2006 level, when hillsides were covered with patches of dark green, light green and bright yellow…
…but there was a nice patch of lupins at one end of the lot.
Lupin Patch, originally uploaded by Kelson.
