[Leica] On the Farm near Lincoln, CA

[abridge at dcn.org (Adam Bridge)]

Saturday we toured a bit of restoration - attempting to give the boot to the
invasive "exotics" and return the land to natives.

Walking up the hill to the house, nestled in drying wild oatgrass was a 
stand of
California poppies just beginning to unfold in the thin overcast light.

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The gentleman who is working on the restoration is in his mid-80s

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This old tractor still works although he wishes he had bought the one that 
came
with the place back in the 70s.

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This is a native poppy, mostly found in Southern Caifornia, but which does 
just
fine up here in the Central Valley

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All images made with R8, 100mm APO on E100VS.

Comments most welcome and definately invited. I always desire to become 
better.

Adam