It’s not a trick question, but if you’re in the Napa area, that’s an easy one—mustard. It’s the time of year when the mustard blooms in Napa Valley and what beautiful photo opportunities this presents for visitors and residents alike. Being a new resident in the area, I have only seen this one other time when I visited so it’s definitely a novelty for me.
I just had to go out and be like all the other tourists and take some photos of the mustard blooming.
Along Conn Creek Road were vineyards waiting to be pruned and waist-high in mustard.
Driving along CA-29 just north of St. Helena, I came across this huge field of mustard. Empty. Pristine.
No sooner had I taken the picture above, did the people start arriving with their cameras and tripods and spouses and children. Squatting in the mud and posing amongst the waves of yellow and green.
And that brought opportunities for me to take different pictures—of people enjoying the mustard.
Of other photographers trying to capture a moment in a corner of a pristine field.
Of parents who nearly baptized their child in a sea of mustard.
And eventually, I looked closer and saw another world to focus on. While the people around them were playing in the mustard, the bees were hard at work, pollenating the flowers.
Ensuring that the mustard would grow again next year.
Make your way to the valley now and create your own photo moment. And while you’re here, stop by the Girard Tasting Room and sample some of our current releases. All we ask is that you wipe your shoes at the door. 
