(click/tap to enlarge and be sure to look at mystery plant at the end)
in Northern California,
is a blooming,
splendor.
Rhododendron grow riotously,
and water lillies,
abound.
Mendocino is less traveled,
allowing nature and people,
room to breathe.
Note: This last plant puzzled me. Do you know what it is without peeking? The flowers suggest foxglove, but the stalk was a mystery. I did lots of internet sleuthing to no avail, until I finally searched for mutant foxglove and found one example from Clemson University. Here is the citation:
Did you guess correctly? I certainly could not.
Cheers to you from blooming Mendocino~