April 5, 2013
This week, mixed with spring rains, we have a flurry of spring wild flowers along with beautiful butterflies like the Anise Swallowtail. This is a common butterfly of the Sierra in the spring. The California Poppies and the Red Bud trees are blooming in the Merced River Canyon along the road into Yosemite Valley from Mariposa.
-Ira Estin