It has been 19 days since it last rained here. The outdoor temperatures have been in the mid-70s. The area’s almond orchards are blooming in waves about a week earlier than last year. Our deciduous plants are waking up! We planted a nectarine this winter and it is beginning to grow. Our California Roses, which are in the same family as nectarines — Rosaceae — are also beginning to grow back.
Warmth and a marshmallow on the Carrizo Plain in 2010.
Late last year in New York I saw many a High Rise including this curvy one.
During the cold season, Annie has an enormous attachment to her heated bed.
November 2010: The Carrizo Plain National Monument. A great spot for geology students to explore structures along the San Andreas Fault.
This morning’s view of Northern California’s interior coast range. Cameo by a Tractor Supply sign.
I. Uh. Well.
During a lull of the wind.
The transparent rectangular thing is the push on connector I wrote about earlier. Really nice; way better than wire nuts in some cases.
Quite a contrast! Old switches in bottom photo, new Caseta switches in top. I finally got to use a few push-in connectors and they’re great when the bare wires are perfectly straight.
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