I guess I lied

[grizzbass]

with the last post. I said autumn comes to socal but the month is almost over and we've had one day of rain, another overcast, one day where the high was only 66 and every other day has been bright and clear with highs in the 70's. Out at oak glen there are a few places with colors other than green but they are small and very limited.
I love fall and will wait patiently for it's return.
Until then grizz and I go to oak glen almost every day and he really seems to be getting younger because he gets the exercise. Here's me in my weathered McKenzie getting ready to head out. I always wanted to be 6 foot 7 and weigh 300 pounds as a young man and in this picture a corner of my home has finally got me there. Grizzly getting a drink from a creek (properly pronounced crick) and waving hello from his pumpkin lair. The one thing that is doing well this autumn is leaves in the water. I find the appearance fascinating so 3 different shots. Then a damaged hornets nest and a grasshopper in a leaf.
I know what sceptics will nay say but I'm pretty sure this is a bigfoot track. Then JoAnn making nature more beautiful.

[jsrnephdoc]

with the last post. I said autumn comes to socal but the month is almost over and we've had one day of rain, another overcast, one day where the high was only 66 and every other day has been bright and clear with highs in the 70's. Out at oak glen there are a few places with colors other than green but they are small and very limited.
I love fall and will wait patiently for it's return.

Ah, fall in California…

The most delightful of seasons, except when it's not.

I will never forget the hot offshore winds evening of October 8, 2017 in Sonoma County, which exploded into a devastating wildfire that took our home and every other in my neighborhood HOA in less than 30 minutes, and more than 5,000 more over the next 24 hours. Still, I miss the Wine Country dearly. The bicycling routes in the valleys and Coastal range are almost unmatched, but that threat of fire never really disappears…

So, tonight, I'll be kilted for the Symphony in Las Vegas, where virtually EVERY home is some shade of desert sand, where the only green grass is "astroturf," and the best protection from wildfires is the absence of fuel.