It’s mid-January, and that means springtime in Berkeley. Witness two iPhone photographs: the soles of Phyllis’s gardening shoes with dirt contrasting to the treads, and the gate to a neighbor’s lush garden. I am really excited this year as we have many Papavers to plant, small-sized and straight from the nursery. Hopefully, they’ll be in bloom when I get back from the Camino de Santiago towards the end of May, and voilà! My models will await me.
![Garden Gate © Harold Davis](https://www.digitalfieldguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Garden-Gate-scaled.jpg)
![Planting Shoes © Harold Davis](https://www.digitalfieldguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Planting-Shoes-scaled.jpg)
Here are our front stairs from last year with plantings:
![Home © Harold Davis](https://www.digitalfieldguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Home-scaled.jpg)