Daffy day in the rain: Pretty daffodils make my afternoon during an errand through Lafayette

Sure, it might still officially be winter, and a storm moved through the Bay Area Friday, but there were other signs of spring. And, yes, they involved bright yellow flowers.

(But I guess these daffodils, planted at the entrance of Lafayette's Happy Valley Road, are actually wanted, as opposed to the evil Yellow Star Thistle, a non-native, invasive weed that is the subject of an eradication effort in Shell Ridge Open Space, as I chronicled earlier today.)

Change of seasons, just in my own little corner of the world

Out with the Christmas tree. Waiting for recyling removal this week.

Sigh.

In with the camellias. And despite the cold and mists of recent days: how seeing those pink blossoms can't help but make me think of you know what ...