August on the Northern California coast is the clearest and most beautiful time of the year. The turquoise ocean, the brown beaches, lush forests and plains, and the greenish-brown eastern mountains constantly alternate in the view of the fleet, brimming with vitality.
This is the season of all life proliferating; most flowers of the Northern Land bloom during this time. Purple sea daisies appear on the beach and, along with the equally spectacular asters, splash colors across the saline tidal flats. Meanwhile, the white daisies grow on high cliffs, gently swaying in the wind. These low-lying little flowers have surprisingly deep roots to withstand the strong winds atop the cliffs. Between the tidal flats and cliffs, on the moist grassy lands traversed by rivers, pink sea thrift grows everywhere. These radiant flowers cluster together like umbrellas blooming from the earth, considered blessings from the Earth Mother by the Pomo people!
