Category: Weather
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Honey Bee in Winter
I am starting to see a small numbers of honey bees buzzing flowering plants despite the harsh elements of winter. Took this shot yesterday in our yard. Northern California has been socked with snow, rain and high winds in the last month. The recent storms felled 27 trees in Monterey, 25 in Pacific Grove and…
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Inside Story On Split Trees
We are bracing for heavy rains on Tuesday after a week break in the weather. The last series of storms felled trees throughout Monterey County. Here is a close-up of a cypress split near its base near downtown Carmel. It is ironic that in many cases the loss of a tree along the coast improves…
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One Bloom…
After a day of rain this old, tall camellia tree had one bloom and one bloom only, although it looks like more are to come. This tree had been sporting few flowers in past years, in part, because of drought conditions and its position of facing full sun exposure for most of the day. But…
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Winter
Took this photo a few years ago in New Jersey in October. But now in December this same shot belongs in Northern California where fallen wet leaves abound along with busy squirrels. Winter is here but not like on the East Coast. There are a handful of trees ( I counted three)with red leaves in…
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Misleading Magical Moment
On day two of high swells and torrents of rain, a rainbow appeared over Carmel-by-the-Sea beach in the late afternoon. We had come to witness the power of the ocean that had covered the famous one-mile stretch of sand in sea water. Suddenly, for less than a minute, there was a visible signal that the…
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