Sheep graze in the California Valley as a first dusting of snow turned the Temblor Range white on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023, near the Carrizo Plain as a cold winter storm moves into California.
Brittany App
www.AppsPhotography.com
Photographer Brittany App captured these images of a landscape in transition, including the snow-dusted hills, a rainbow rising from the valley floor and even the year’s first wildflowers, perhaps hearkening to a superbloom to come?
But their outburst may be a bit early, because spring isn’t here yet.
And winter still has something to say.
A first dusting of snow turned the Temblor Range white on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023, near the Carrizo Plain as a cold winter storm moves into California. Brittany App www.AppsPhotography.com
Sheep graze in the California Valley as a first dusting of snow turned the Temblor Range white on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023, near the Carrizo Plain as a cold winter storm moves into California. Brittany App www.AppsPhotography.com
A first dusting of snow turned the Temblor Range white on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023, near the Carrizo Plain as a cold winter storm moves into California. Brittany App www.AppsPhotography.com
A rainbow rises in the California Valley on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023, near the Carrizo Plain as a cold winter storm moves into California. Brittany App www.AppsPhotography.com
A rainbow rises in the California Valley on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023, near the Carrizo Plain as a cold winter storm moves into California. Brittany App www.AppsPhotography.com
The first wildflowers of the season bloom in the California Valley on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023, near the Carrizo Plain as a cold winter storm moves into California. Brittany App www.AppsPhotography.com
This story was originally published February 22, 2023 at 6:26 PM.
Joe Tarica is the editor of The Tribune in San Luis Obispo. He’s worked in various newsroom roles since 1993, including as an award-winning copy editor, designer and columnist. A California native, he has been a resident of San Luis Obispo County for more than 35 years and is a Cal Poly graduate.
