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I'm Ryan M. Tech geek. Avgeek. California Native plant gardener. All photos on this blog, unless stated otherwise, are mine. Cameras: Fujifilm X-T5 and X100V. Views are my own.

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    Fortunately a small 50-acre wildfire, north of Orland CA, in Stony Creek, is under control, but overnight a mobile home park had to be evacuated. Hopefully this will encourage Orland city council to tackle the invasive tamarisk issue in Stony Creek #CreekFire #WildFires #CaWx

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    Today we suspended shade cloth over the avocado trees. The trees will now survive 100°F+ temperatures coming later this week. Heatwaves are on the way to California!

    A shade cloth covering a small area of trees. A wheelbarrow is partially visible to the right, and ropes are stretched across to keep the cloth from resting on the small trees. The ground is covered with wood chips and gravel.

    Two short avocado trees with a shade cloth suspended overhead and attached by rope to a fence. There is a gravel path along the far fence and close to the camera with wood chips inbetween. A drip hose snakes between the two trees. The sun is already shaded out with the cloth’s shadow projected along the fence.

    #Yarden #Gardening #AvocadoTrees #HomeOrchard #California #CaWx

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    This morning in California after the rain #CaWx #California A serene landscape featuring a field of tall, golden grass under a clear blue sky. The sun is rising on the horizon, casting a warm glow across the scene. Distant towering clouds can be seen at the horizon. Tree branches frame the image from the top.

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    When California Went to War Over Eggs | Smithsonian

    The scramble for eggs drew entrepreneurs to an unusual source: a 211-acre archipelago 26 miles west of the Golden Gate Bridge known as the Farallon Islands. The skeletal string of islets are outcroppings of the continental shelf, made up of ancient, weather-worn granite.

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    Only 9am and already there’s an inch of rain for the day! Gotta pump the closed basin in our backyard again (it’s a couple meters from the house) #CaWx

    A pump foot is attached to a garden hose. It’s submerged in a 1” deep puddle overlaying gravel. There seems to be rain drop waves in the puddle.
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    Overnight rain total was 1.25”. That’s quite good for the Sacramento Valley! #CaWx

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    USGS reports a M6.6 off Cape Mendocino. Here’s my seismograph curtesy of Raspberry Shake. Be sure to log a Did You Feel It at the USGS site. #CaWx #Earthquake The image shows an earthquake event off the coast of Northern California with a magnitude of 6.6, recorded on December 5, 2024, at 18:44:19 UTC. A map indicates the earthquake’s location off the coast of cape Mendocino.

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    well that was an earthquake that I felt. Thought I was losing it for a moment #CAWx #Earthquake

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    It’s a nice 69°F outside in NorCal but the air quality is gnarly because of agriculture/large property owner pile burning. #CaWxThis image displays a PM2.5 Air Quality Index (AQI) reading with two channels: Channel A at 143 and Channel B at 138. Below the readings is a PM2.5 AQI history bar graph, showing varying colors from green (better air) to red.

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    Geese & White Crowns are back. Soon as the weather stays cooler, I hope to be out at the refuges on weekends. And that should mean photos to share! 🤞

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