The tipuana trees are are finally blooming, looking a lot like yellow jacarandas. But the actual jacarandas next to them are pretty much done for the year, only a handful of purple flowers hanging on as the summer leaves take over.

The tipuana trees are are finally blooming, looking a lot like yellow jacarandas. But the actual jacarandas next to them are pretty much done for the year, only a handful of purple flowers hanging on as the summer leaves take over.

The tipuana trees are are finally blooming, looking a lot like yellow jacarandas. But the actual jacarandas next to them are pretty much done for the year, only a handful of purple flowers hanging on as the summer leaves take over.

Rainy day

Rainy day

Rainy day

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eighteenbelow says:
I hope the rain isn’t too intense down there! I’d heard you were expecting a lot of heavy rain and wind today.

Thanks. It was intense in a lot of places, but our neighborhood did about as well as the last big storm. Northern California has been having it really bad, though. It’s weird to go from 6 years of drought to catastrophic flooding.

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Sun halo. At ground level it was in the low 70s, but up in the sky it was cold enough for ice crystals. It’s hard to be sure, but I think there’s a bit of a circumscribed halo just outside the main curve of the circular halo.

Sun halo. At ground level it was in the low 70s, but up in the sky it was cold enough for ice crystals. It’s hard to be sure, but I think there’s a bit of a circumscribed halo just outside the main curve of the circular halo.

Sun halo. At ground level it was in the low 70s, but up in the sky it was cold enough for ice crystals. It’s hard to be sure, but I think there’s a bit of a circumscribed halo just outside the main curve of the circular halo.

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