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20121030 Perpetual Calendar
Another misty, overcast morning with heavy dew or rain, mist on the windshield as i drove to work. I noticed fat camellia buds on a sheltered plant on a neighbor's patio. The bottlebrush still has blooms, not heavy, though. The olive tree in the parking lot had dropped black and green olives.
At work, there were gulls and coots, ducks in the distance, and perhaps a cormorant -- it's sign more the ripples left after a dive.
From the office i watched a dozen crows harrying a redtail hawk. The hawk was perhaps half again as tall as the crows, and seemed much broader of chest. The crows swooped, pendulum like, over the haw as it perched on the top of an office tower. Later i watched them swoop at it as it soared, backlit by the sun, tail blazing red.
Midday i walked around the building, seeing the same coots, gulls, ducks.
20121031 Perpetual Calendar
Christine and i got in a late afternoon walk. Autumn seemed to rule with an overcast sky, leaves to kick through and walk through, black and grey squirrels busy stashing away food. But the true nature of the California rainy season revealed itself: a carpet of newly sprouted grasses and dicots glowed bright green, inspired by the first rains a week ago.
Another misty, overcast morning with heavy dew or rain, mist on the windshield as i drove to work. I noticed fat camellia buds on a sheltered plant on a neighbor's patio. The bottlebrush still has blooms, not heavy, though. The olive tree in the parking lot had dropped black and green olives.
At work, there were gulls and coots, ducks in the distance, and perhaps a cormorant -- it's sign more the ripples left after a dive.
From the office i watched a dozen crows harrying a redtail hawk. The hawk was perhaps half again as tall as the crows, and seemed much broader of chest. The crows swooped, pendulum like, over the haw as it perched on the top of an office tower. Later i watched them swoop at it as it soared, backlit by the sun, tail blazing red.
Midday i walked around the building, seeing the same coots, gulls, ducks.
20121031 Perpetual Calendar
Christine and i got in a late afternoon walk. Autumn seemed to rule with an overcast sky, leaves to kick through and walk through, black and grey squirrels busy stashing away food. But the true nature of the California rainy season revealed itself: a carpet of newly sprouted grasses and dicots glowed bright green, inspired by the first rains a week ago.
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