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As more rain prepares to drench L.A., a bright spot of color.

Squirrel POV

The intention of the day was to shoot winterscapes. But it was more like spring. Adapt, adapt!

A Zen moment at sunset

Sometimes the best shots are the last shots of the day.

Let’s face it, flowers often have very sexual appearance. The Calla Lily is at the top of the list. Prettier in pink, me thinks. Happy Valentine’s Day!

Greetings! Here are the rest of the shots from yesterday morning. Also a few shots of the dump trucks and equipment being used to clear things out.  No rain for a while so people should have a chance to recover. With all this snow and rain the hills should be very green very soon. And the wildflowers should be gorgeous this year.

I’ll be in Tejon Pass Saturday getting serious winter shots. Ok, not as serious as what’s happening in Philly and mid-Atlantic. Our nephew is there going to school, but not these days! California boy snowed in.  More Arboretum shots starting tomorrow.

Abundantly yours…

Been a wild winter here. More pix tomorrow of today’s snow and the trucks/equipment being used to clear the storm drains and debris. Looks like the weather is warming up over the next week into an Indian Summer.

We were treated to a double rainbow at sunset yesterday, as raindrops continued to fall below the foothills that got their own snow dusting. Gorgeous–and cold! Us wimps here in SoCal arent’ used to this! I took this at Woodbury and Fair Oaks.

Here’s one of the pitcher plant’s tendrils. BTW, thanks to Barbara Ellis for identifying the plant. I had slipper stuck in my head and forgot about the pitcher! Tomorrow morning I’m going to do my best to get out early and capture the snow on the local foothills. It was 38 degrees when we came home from dinner tonight. You’d think this was Big Bear with temps like that! I have a double rainbow to share with you, too.

We’re about to get another deluge so I wanted to interrupt the weather interruptions by returning to the Arboretum. There aren’t enough pitcher plants to hold all the water we’re going to get.

Caught these crazy birds out in the rain Saturday. Neither rain nor sleet are keeping these peacocks from roaming. You can occassionally see them near Glenrose and Loma Alta. And you can hear them for blocks.