stormy sky

 Yesterday, just before sunset,

right before it rained.

kuh-wow.

I heart mammatus clouds.

Ever need to see amazing nature-things?

Google mammatus clouds & hit "images."

=)

xoxobb

Masterful clouds, acorn woodpecker fun & a fawny face

Post winter storm sky, this morning.

Forecast calling for stopped rain, and a return to the weirdly warm temps of highs in the 60s.

And from a wee bit ago, before the rains added more watering hole options for the birds,

we'd been rich in avian visitors...

Two males. The females have black between the cream and red on the head,

so the sexes are very easy to distinguish.

Therefore, lady on the left, gentleman on the right.

Whoop! Waterbowl is slippery (and in need of a refill).

And a cutie (male mule deer fawn) stopped by to lap up breakfast,
namely some of the bird seed we'd flung here and there.

Hope you all are well.

I am feeling VERY grateful for the rain we finally got.

Hooray!

xoxobb

A valiant effort

to rain, but none was forthcoming.

It was nice to have cloud cover, though.

Back to sunny and mid-60s. In JANUARY.

And there's a wildfire in the county.

In what is normally the COLDEST, wettest* month of the year.

xoxobb

*I KNOW we get our coldest temps in Jan, not sure we get the most rain then, but we're Mediterranean, so get the VAST majority of our precipitation in winter, and virtually ZERO June-October. And so far, January is precip-free, which is FREAKY. Setting records all over the place, in this, the first month after the driest year on record for California.

late entry--today's sky DEMANDED my attention...

Tonight's sunset.

Okay, okay, I'll take your picture & put you in the blog.

My second entry for the "Sky" theme.

Poor little sky.

Just wants a little attention.

Don't we all?

=) 

xoxobb 

Sky blue

Great blue heron soaring,

Bodega Bay reflecting.

xoxobb

Day 15 of 30 Day Photo Challenge, "Sky." 

Oahu color hit, just because

I need color.

xoxobb

bird in black & blue -- tongue tied Tuesday