From our Anchor Bay perch, this is what the sunset looked like last night.
Just lovely, sunsets are the gift that keeps on giving.
Yesterday, and again today, the weather has been spectacular...spectacular if you love sunny, wind-free days. We know it won't last, so let's enjoy it for now.
The Pacific Ocean has been loud and mighty lately. Huge waves have crashed against sandy beaches and rocky cliffs. Janet Burch was out on the bluffs at The Sea Ranch when she saw this awesome sight.
Grace O'Malley photographed these waves called Rooster Tails off of Timber Cove.
And Bob Rutemoeller witnessed this roiled-up ocean off the Gualala Bluff Trail.
Shirley Mitchell photographed the action off of Gualala Point.
Such power and such beauty - we need to respect the Pacific Ocean and stay well back when she is flexing her awesome power.
Thanks to Janet, Grace, Bob and Shirley for allowing me to share their photos with you here.
Today it is raining - hooray! A half-inch so far but the bulk of the storm is due in a bit later.
It's amazing how a sunset evolves, changing color and shape. I never get tired of watching them. Craig Tooley photographed last Thursday's sunset at The Sea Ranch.
And Janet Kukulinsky photographed the same sunset, a little earlier in the process.
Thanks to Craig and Janet for allowing me to share their photos with you here.
We have rain coming in for tomorrow, but we just had a shower today, Tuesday. Rain is always welcome here! Boletus edulis are popping now, and Oyster mushrooms too. Mushroom foragers have happy grins on their faces.
Jennifer Massey saw this beautiful, male American Kestrel perched near her Sea Ranch home.
Another day she found him hovering as he searched for a meal.
American Kestrels are North America's smallest falcons but they are fierce hunters of insects and other small animals. They use their long tail feathers to help them hover in the air, as Jennifer's second photo shows. Their call isn't very musical, in fact it sounds like someone laughing to me. See what you think, as you can listen at this link at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/American_Kestrel/sounds
Thanks to Jennifer for allowing me to share her photos with you here.
We had a couple of storms move through today and our rain gauge shows .96 inches. Mushrooms are popping!
Craig Tooley recently trained his camera on a beautiful bird, which is called a Western Meadowlark.
They can be found in grasslands and meadows, pastures also. They are members of the Blackbird family and they are insect eaters. In other words, you won't find this robin-sized bird at a seed feeder. They have a flute-like call, which you can hear at this link: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Western_Meadowlark/sounds
Thanks to Craig for allowing me to share his photo with you here. To see much more of Craig's nature photography, here is the link to his website: http://www.ruffimage.com
We had a nice wet storm overnight, Friday night. There was 1.60 inches in our rain gauge. And mushrooms will be in our immediate future. More rain tonight!