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I had a dental appointment in Santa Monica today. After we were finished there, we drove back to the house along the coast. The weather looks pretty in this picture, but it’s merely a brief reprise from more stormy weather to come again. The beach is mostly deserted in spite of the sunlight because the temperature was only a balmy 58°s;. Click on the image to enlarge.
When the clouds finally parted after a storm passed through here last night and this morning, there were dozens of poppies in the garden. I took this photo of one that was starting to open. It almost looks like a paper flower. Click on the image to enlarge.
Tonight, we’re back in Stormy Southern California to attend to some business and appointments here this week. As we were leaving the Arizona Outback headed for Interstate 10, I took this photo of three saguaros on a hillside with some early spring wildflowers in the foreground. Click on the image to enlarge.
Maybe if the cloud cover burns off here this evening, we will be able to see the perigee full moon. I looked at the weather maps for here and the old house in California and it appears that we may not get to see much of it, if any. We did see it big and bright last night when it was at 92% of full, though. It sure was pretty.
We are planning to depart tomorrow morning for the old house. We have some business there this coming week. The weather report says that we’re going to encounter rain, perhaps along the entire route. We’re not looking forward to driving in the rain, but c’est la vie.
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A crew from the “Sawmill” installed my beautiful custom courtyard gate yesterday. It looks better than I had imagined now that it is hanging in the archway. “The Sawmill” is the name of the business owned by the artist that carved and painted the petroglyph images on the gate. Click on the image to enlarge. Click here to view the before and after images of the courtyard archway.
