Monday, 29 June 2026
The weather flip-flopped all day. This was at 6:18am. Dry, with strange orange layer along the horizon to the north, and solid cloud-cover above.
By 10am, it was pouring, with thunder and lightning to keep us alert. That’s how the day went. Right now, it’s fading off a rain/thunder/lightning phase.
I’m glad to have the rain, although less excited about the accompanying audio track.
Sunday, 21 June 2026
You can look at the early sun…
…and you can turn around and see what it’s lighting up.
Here’s late-day low-angle sun backlighting a rhubarb leaf.
It’s only right to celebrate the sun on the longest day of the year.
Wednesday, 17 June 2026
The morning fog thickened after I took this, but I was bizzzeeee inside, so you’ll have to imagine what a later shot would have been like.
I like that the forget-me-nots have flowers on the ends and what the botanical types describe as tulip-shaped pods that contain the seeds along the stems. Anyway, I enjoy the flowers with the pods…togetherness?
Tuesday, 9 June 2026
We’re still in a drought for the year, but June’s totals are approaching the month’s modern average. [You see the raindrops, eh?]
I was totally surprised to discover, sheltered as I am in horticultural matters, that this is in the milkweed family; I knew it as butterfly weed. The pods look like spiky cylindrical okras.
Friday, 24 April 2026
Looking forward to weekend rain…too much drought, fire, smoke, pollen….
Wednesday, 22 April 2026
Have you heard about the wildfires in the southern part of the state? We can smell them here, and the skies over downtown at midday were quite hazy. Yikes.
Sunday, 5 April 2026
We got some rain today, but not off-and-on much of the day, which was one prediction I heard. Note that the rain and tree detritus are making the azalea blooms droop. Several hours after this, the sun came out and lasted for quite a while. Still, it’s down to 59°F right now, quite a drop from the 80s we’ve been enduring.
Monday, 9 March 2026
Yesterday’s storm decorated the car. And now, well after dark, it’s raining again.
Saturday, 7 March 2026
Tonight, the rain really did roll in after dark. I had little patience to wait the three seconds for this exposure in a frozen posture as I was getting pelted even though I was under the porch overhang. So, this shot is even more impressionistic than I planned.
