Musings

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.

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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.

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Yesterday’s storm decorated the car. And now, well after dark, it’s raining again.

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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.

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The sky turned strange approaching 6:30 this evening, and I heard thunder. It never rained, and it didn’t quite seem like the summer pop-up afternoon storm pattern. Still, it’s too hot, as the temps reached 82°F.

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Last week, we saw some highs over 70°F (aka too hot for Feb—for me). This week we’re seeing lows below freezing, which means frost on The Vehicle this morning (and rather cold for me). Next up: rain (we’re in deficit, so rain is good good).

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A lovely dawn-sky…

…heralded a sunny day.

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Plants can be so resilient! These perked right up and got to the business of being a successful plant (flowering, seed creation), toot-sweet after the last two weekends of distinctly winter weather.

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Now that the ice storm and the snow storm have passed, budding has begun.

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The meteorologists’ models got the wind and the cold right, but our neighborhood only received a slight dusting, not nearly a ½ inch.

After the sun faded, I noticed an owl (pretty sure) hanging out near our back door. My theory is that it is perched lower than usual to avoid some of the wind.

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