A festival of color

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FULL BLOOM- Above, Conejo Valley Botanic Garden President Jan Reiley, of Thousand Oaks, right, and treasurer Beverly Brune, of Westlake Village, stop to enjoy the Matilija poppy blooms during the annual Matilija Poppy Festival in Thousand Oaks recently. Below, bees explore a blossom.