Hill Walk in the Fog

We went for a short walk today up Mix Canyon, which is easily the closest very steep hill for all the hard-core cyclists. (We saw two on their way down.)

It’s also the best place near Davis to see California newts. We did see some, but alas none were alive—they cross the road in the rain in the dark and many get run over. It’s late to be looking for them, but I was hoping. Numenius says he’ll take me to Briones to see them there. Maybe we could have a Bay Area blogger meetup at Briones.

The buckeye seeds that dropped last fall were all germinating. At left is a sketch. We saw the blue sky briefly but mostly walked in the gloom with the scent of California bay piercing the cold, damp air.