Rain and rainbow!

· Maine Event

Today Matt started at 7 am, so I went for a walk and started early too. It was significantly cooler than yesterday. The high yesterday was 92° and dropped to 77° today. I worked outside in the morning, but I moved inside because it was too chilly to sit around on a computer. I guess there was wind. We left work a little early and took the car downtown to refuel it. Then we strolled around and went into a fabulous restaurant called The Redwoods. Then the car was done, so we took it the few blocks home. Parked and went for a walk where there was a beautiful rainbow, and then it rained on us. It felt like Maine or something. We got damp but not drenched like Maine. Fun day!

Gray morning sky
There are many Coast Redwoods here; these are three giant ones growing together quite near our house.
This is a Black Oak (Quercus velutina), a cousin of my friend the Red Oak. The leaves are quite similar but drier and slightly smaller. Tomorrow I'll try to get a close-up of the leaves; the one I got today is too blurry.
Last time we met this little green bee (Agapostemon Virescens), he was on a purple thistle almost this color. I guess this color is his color.
Art in a field
Not an inconsequential smoker!
Highly Recommended: The Redwood
Deodar Cedar (Cedrus deodara): Massive tree. The trunk is much larger than our car
Cats of Sebastopol
Already!
Wowie Zowie
The rain and the light really make all the colors pop, and the petrichor smells so divine

Have a new beginning filled with beauty!

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Sending oodles of love,

Tawnia

Bird List - 27 species today

Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
Anna's Hummingbird
Turkey Vulture
Red-tailed Hawk
Acorn Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Nuttall's Woodpecker
Black Phoebe
Warbling Vireo
California Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Oak Titmouse
Bushtit
Wrentit
White-breasted Nuthatch
Bewick's Wren
Western Bluebird
Cedar Waxwing
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
Dark-eyed Junco
California Towhee
Spotted Towhee
Red-winged Blackbird