Someone recently commented that Northern California is green this time of year, and Southern California is brown. And while many parts of SoCal are indeed pretty brown — and not just in winter — that's a bit of an oversimplification.
In fact, the west slope of mountainous San Diego County is very green right now — especially after our recent Pacific storms.
Still hard to believe that this huge horse property on the Batiquitos Lagoon floodplain is only 2 mi from my very suburban neighborhood.