It is the time of year for Green Hills.  The winter rains have been heavy this year and you can really tell this by the color of the landscape.

Here you see the hills in early February when we had snow on the higher peaks.

Here you can definitely see that the rains have brought color to the hills. I took this picture a couple weeks ago.

On Friday I was in the North Bay where the hills were also green.

It is nice to see vistas like this when driving to and from work. This is one of the most beautiful times of the year when driving over the Altamont.

Here is a contrast of summer and winter on the Altamont. Right now the Altamont looks like the picture on the right, but it will only be a few months before it again looks like the picture on the left.

See Colorful Hills for the two pictures that were combined for the picture above.

Steven