Thistle. - #california #spring #wildflowers #thistle #bewarethethorns (at Point Reyes National Seashore) May 01, 2018 by Lisa Minucci
A post shared by Lisa Minucci (@lisaminucci) on May 1, 2018 at 4:29pm PDT May 01, 2018 by Lisa Minucci May Day. - #california #westmarin #spring #wildflowers (at Point Reyes National Seashore)
A long ago, secret admirer used to gift me bouquets of cleaned ramps in springtime. - #allium #ramps #spring #seductionbyonion (at At Home in Napa) April 22, 2018 by Lisa Minucci
The door to the porch left ajar by the cat invites intoxication to flood the kitchen stumbling head spinning indecent, immodest thick of tongue from too much spring. - A North African nosegay wafts through a California garden beguiling as a flowing hijab; night blooming jasmine Meyer lemon and Persian lilac sweet and kaffir lime spent daffodil, shivering plum and thousands of eye-watering orange blossoms popping from branches still hung with winter fruit now humming vibrating teeming with bees. - #california #garden #bee #spring (at At Home in Napa) April 10, 2018 by Lisa Minucci
Morning dew on spring buds. - #california #spring #napavalley #garden (at At Home in Napa) April 04, 2018 by Lisa Minucci
Spring color in the Sierras. #california #spring #sierras (at Eldorado National Forest) May 20, 2017 by Lisa Minucci
Fava bean purée whipped with spicy green garlic and Tuscan oil, a true labor of ❤️. #vegetables #spring #food52 #fava (at At Home in Napa) May 19, 2017 by Lisa Minucci
Pea shoots wilted in a wood oven with olive oil, green garlic and salt. #california #spring #woodfired #vegetables (at At Home in Napa) May 10, 2017 by Lisa Minucci
Visiting church on Sunday morning. #california #spring #farmlife (at Volcano, California) May 07, 2017 by Lisa Minucci
Turkeys the size of ranch dogs traverse the wordless backroads I’ve opted to travel, past Gold Mine Realty U-Stor-It Lockers Giannini’s Italian Dinners Tom’s Convenience Mart, its shelves lined in the parched salty-sweet sands of a food desert. Hiking California’s northern peaks in search of a single mushroom from which to compose dinner proved futile as alas we jumped the gun on its fruiting. Wet still air and rushing rushing waters herald Spring’s imminent arrival; the conifer, oak, aspen their pollens not yet popped to blanket a forest floor now soaked with melt from gray banks of snow laced with ravages of winter. Flickers and stellar jays mock-squawk our lack of success in extricating bounty from their home as drippy fog dampens woolens moods and empty baskets. A world-weary soul journeys into the woods to hunt silence, renewal Spring. #california #spring #intothewoods (at Eldorado National Forest) May 07, 2017 by Lisa Minucci
Winter’s melt. #california #spring #intothewoods (at Eldorado National Forest) May 07, 2017 by Lisa Minucci
Moss. #california #spring #intothewoods #colorsofnature (at Eldorado National Forest) May 06, 2017 by Lisa Minucci
The Sierras. #california #spring #intothewoods (at Eldorado National Forest) May 06, 2017 by Lisa Minucci
Under a waxing moon. #california #farmlife #spring (at Volcano, California) May 05, 2017 by Lisa Minucci
Is it wrong to pinch flowers from the garden of a rented pad? #italy #piedmont #spring #lilac #couldnthelpmyself (at Bossolasco) April 10, 2017 by Lisa Minucci
The Alps in the distance. #italy #piedmont #langhe #spring #alps (at Bossolasco) April 04, 2017 by Lisa Minucci
Burning cuttings from spring pruning. #italy #langhe #piedmont #spring #nature (at Bossolasco) April 03, 2017 by Lisa Minucci
The infamously thick fog of northern Italy, la nebbia, also lends its name to native son and Noble Grape, Nebbiolo. #italy #piedmont #langhe #spring #nature (at Bossolasco) April 02, 2017 by Lisa Minucci