Winter is when we get rain here in California, so even the plants that aren't irrigated start growing #green – like the grass and moss growing on this #path.
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Shooting the moon
Clouds flow over the snow-covered San Gabriel Mountains
Clouds flow over the snow-covered #SanGabrielMountains above #LosAngeles this morning. We've had a decent amount of rain this December, and snow in the mountains, leading to hopes for a wet winter and enough water to store for next summer.
Oh, and skiing for those who are into that sort of thing 😁
No, squirrel, that’s not a yule log…
No, squirrel, that's not a yule log…
(Spotted on Christmas day before the rainstorm arrived.)
Twilight at the circular offices
Twilight at the circular offices. There are four of these round buildings arranged in an arc around a central, taller building that's out of view. The rock gardens and drought-tolerant planters used to be lawn and fountains until they redid the landscaping a couple of years ago.
#twilight #buildings #city #planter #rockGarden #round #circles
A bright sundog next to a glass-sided building
A bright #sundog next to a glass-sided building. The sun is off to the left out of frame. The sundog had a bit more color and more of the spectrum in it as seen through my polarized sunglasses, so I kind of wish I'd taken a shot through one of the lenses, but at least you can see how bright it was.
I haven't adjusted the color on this image at all – except for cropping, it's straight out of my phone.
Jellyfish at the Monterey Bay Aquarium
One of at least three sea otters I saw during a few minutes…
“What the…They said they were going to wait for me!”
“C’mon, I’m trying to be serious here!”
“C’mon, I’m trying to be serious here!”
Probably #Steinbeck would have said it a bit more elegantly, but I’m sure he would have thought it.
In #Monterey at #CanneryRow.
The gloves looked like they might be fluorescent. This confirmed it.
Angry Geese -> Twitter Banner
Wait, *is* that a trail?
Wait, *is* that a trail? There are a lot of branching trails in #HahnPark, and I took one that was steeper than the others because I wanted to make sure I had as much time as possible on top of the ridge before sunset. But after a while I started to wonder. By the time I got here, footing was tricky, and there was one point where I needed to use a hand to brace myself.
It wasn't a problem going uphill in daylight, but when I came back down after sunset, I made sure to take the shallower switchback trails instead!
#hiking #trail #steep #nature #hillside #California #LosAngeles
Hahn Park features picnic areas, camping areas, playgrounds, a semi-wild area with hiking trails, and a Japanese-themed garden with koi pond and bridges.
In the shade of the peppertree.
TURN BACK!
Kid’s homemade Halloween costume: a Minecraft spider jockey…
Kid's homemade #Halloween costume: a #Minecraft spider jockey. His mom did the construction, I helped a bit with the painting, and he's still able to fit in the harness, so he's planning to take it out again this year. Building the thing was a lot of work, but he's getting a lot of use out it.
Um, I’ll be sure to keep that in mind… 😬 #Beedril
Fox Squirrel (vs. dog)
I saw this squirrel climb down a tree in a city park and start running across the ground. As I was getting my camera out, a dog spotted it, got away from its owner, ran after the squirrel and pounced. The squirrel jumped up onto this tree just in time and scurried up. The dog's owner called it back. And then the squirrel slowly climbed back down to this point (still higher than the dog's jump, just in case it came back) and paused to look around to make sure it was safe again.
Yep. a tumbleweed (sorry, a Russian Thistle) bigger than my car.
Yep. a #tumbleweed (sorry, a Russian Thistle) bigger than my car.