California is a land of extremes, both temporally and spatially. And visually.
In
much of low-elevation undeveloped California, the landscape is green
from November to May. And green is an understatement. The grassy hills
are so intensely green that your eyes get saturated with the color to
the point where it doesn't seem real. The world is green if you look
down and blue if you look up. It is an intense sensory experience. And
in some places, you get the magical and majestic painted orange and blue
and yellow colors of flowers added in the spring.
In
much of high-elevation undeveloped California, the landscape is white
from November to May. The world is blinding white if you look down, and
brilliant blue if you look up. That is an equally intense sensory
experience.
