Mendocino~

(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~