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Post by hummingbirdstones on Jan 26, 2021 13:06:20 GMT -5
This is how our house looks from across the street. My neighbor just sent this to me.
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Post by RickB on Jan 26, 2021 13:19:33 GMT -5
Sorry to hear about the snow issues hummingbirdstones. It's 60 degrees here at the beach and the fish are biting. Just got back from the inlet with three speckled sea trout that are all about 16 inches long. It's supposed to rain all day tomorrow before a cool front moves in.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jan 26, 2021 13:25:25 GMT -5
This is how our house looks from across the street. My neighbor just sent this to me.
Looks like that would make a nifty Christmas card for 2021!
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Jan 26, 2021 13:27:11 GMT -5
It does!
I'll have to try and remember that I have it.
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Jan 26, 2021 13:30:42 GMT -5
Sorry to hear about the snow issues hummingbirdstones . It's 60 degrees here at the beach and the fish are biting. Just got back from the inlet with three speckled sea trout that are all about 16 inches long. It' supposed to rain all day tomorrow before a cool front moves in. Those look yummy!
My sister and BIL are looking to move to SC if they can ever find a house they like.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jan 26, 2021 18:04:27 GMT -5
While we have no snow at out house (and that's a GOOD thing, lol), there is a good coating of snow about a half hour's drive to the east of us.
NOT MY PICTURE. Didn't have my phone with me when we headed out to El Cajon this morning, but this is about what it looked like:
We had a cold storm with LOTS of wind come through over the past few days. I mean screaming! I was picking up dingle balls that came off the Liquid Amber tree in my dad's parkway for hours yesterday! And more coming down - well, actually, sideways - because of the wind - as I was picking them up. I just reached a point where I had to call time, and quit. Also broken small branches. I was concerned enough about a big limb coming down, that I parked my car down the street, away from the tree, instead of under it. (As an aside, we keep calling the city of San Diego about the tree. It has termites! Someone supposedly comes out and inspects it, I call BS. We have never seen anyone do this. Must be doing drive bys. "Yep, there it is! Looks good to me!" They say the tree is healthy. Hmmmm.
The forecast calls for cold temps (25 degrees below normal) and more snow in the mountains in the coming week. Just rain here. Will try to take some new pics of my own when there's a new coating of snow. I understand the local mountains will get dumped on big time several days from now. (The pic above is borrowed from Pinterest. I can see it now, but wouldn't be surprised if it goes away.)
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Jan 26, 2021 21:46:21 GMT -5
While we have no snow at out house (and that's a GOOD thing, lol), there is a good coating of snow about a half hour's drive to the east of us.
NOT MY PICTURE. Didn't have my phone with me when we headed out to El Cajon this morning, but this is about what it looked like:
We had a cold storm with LOTS of wind come through over the past few days. I mean screaming! I was picking up dingle balls that came off the Liquid Amber tree in my dad's parkway for hours yesterday! And more coming down - well, actually, sideways - because of the wind - as I was picking them up. I just reached a point where I had to call time, and quit. Also broken small branches. I was concerned enough about a big limb coming down, that I parked my car down the street, away from the tree, instead of under it. (As an aside, we keep calling the city of San Diego about the tree. It has termites! Someone supposedly comes out and inspects it, I call BS. We have never seen anyone do this. Must be doing drive bys. "Yep, there it is! Looks good to me!" They say the tree is healthy. Hmmmm.
The forecast calls for cold temps (25 degrees below normal) and more snow in the mountains in the coming week. Just rain here. Will try to take some new pics of my own when there's a new coating of snow. I understand the local mountains will get dumped on big time several days from now. (The pic above is borrowed from Pinterest. I can see it now, but wouldn't be surprised if it goes away.)
The Weather Channel this morning was saying this big system coming in is going to dump 5-6' of snow in the Sierras. That's at least better than the 200" they were talking about on Monday. LOL!
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Post by rockjunquie on Jan 27, 2021 14:24:17 GMT -5
Calling for snow tomorrow. Around here, that could mean anything.
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Post by stephan on Jan 28, 2021 15:34:41 GMT -5
My weather rock works: If the weather rock is wet, it's raining If the weather rock is hot, it's sunny If the weather rock is swinging back and forth, it's windy* If the weather rock is white, it's snowing If you can't see the weather rock, it's foggy *This is just an initial test. I have not yet mounted it properly to test for wind. DSC_2470_My weather rock works by Stephan T., on Flickr Given that this is California, and we don't see a lot of rain, I just wanted to make sure....
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Post by Benathema on Jan 29, 2021 0:17:00 GMT -5
Winter storms around these parts can get (relatively) intense. A few rivers have recently overtopped their banks, flattening foliage, tossing logs around, but also churning up the rocks and bringing new material to the surface. Yesterday I spent about 6 hours poking around through the overflow streams, eventually making it to the main river, and found lots of stuff. I wouldn't say the weather was perfect for it, as I did get rained on a bit, but the alternating sprinkles and sunlight really did a number to make the rocks pop. I ended up finding a lot of red jasper, a chunklet of pet wood, an agate, and some other things I thought were attractive. This is a selection of that material that I thought was best and likely to find its way into a tumbler in the next few weeks.
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Post by stephan on Jan 29, 2021 0:27:49 GMT -5
Winter storms around these parts can get (relatively) intense. A few rivers have recently overtopped their banks, flattening foliage, tossing logs around, but also churning up the rocks and bringing new material to the surface. Yesterday I spent about 6 hours poking around through the overflow streams, eventually making it to the main river, and found lots of stuff. I wouldn't say the weather was perfect for it, as I did get rained on a bit, but the alternating sprinkles and sunlight really did a number to make the rocks pop. I ended up finding a lot of red jasper, a chunklet of pet wood, an agate, and some other things I thought were attractive. This is a selection of that material that I thought was best and likely to find its way into a tumbler in the next few weeks. There’s worse things than getting wet, especially when there’s a reward like this.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jan 31, 2021 20:37:22 GMT -5
Not the best photo ever of one, but it's the first time I've ever seen a sundog! Surprised the phone took a pic of it. There wasn't a second one on the other side of the sun, just this one. Definitely cool to me! Jason, I saw this earlier this month, Jan 4, to be precise. I can't believe that you had never seen one before. I'd think the weather in SD would be quite conducive to them forming, as it is all about flat ice crystals.
I've seen a few single ones, but never one on both sides of the sun. Here's a pic taken out at Ocotillo Wells 11/20/10.
Sundog over Ocotillo Wells.
And then there are these types of sundogs. Taken out at Ocotillo Wells also, on 11/26/10.
I know you have at least one of those, too, lol.
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Post by jasoninsd on Jan 31, 2021 20:54:00 GMT -5
Not the best photo ever of one, but it's the first time I've ever seen a sundog! Surprised the phone took a pic of it. There wasn't a second one on the other side of the sun, just this one. Definitely cool to me! Jason, I saw this earlier this month, Jan 4, to be precise. I can't believe that you had never seen one before. I'd think the weather in SD would be quite conducive to them forming, as it is all about flat ice crystals.
I've seen a few single ones, but never one on both sides of the sun. Here's a pic taken out at Ocotillo Wells 11/20/10.
Sundog over Ocotillo Wells.
And then there are these types of sundogs. Taken out at Ocotillo Wells also, on 11/26/10.
I know you have at least one of those, too, lol.
I really had never seen one until that day. I've only seen the aurora borealis a couple times up here too. And yes...I have one of "those" sundogs! LOL
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jan 31, 2021 22:30:59 GMT -5
jasoninsd , I was going to add some info about them I had looked up previously. But that info was in my cellphone, I posted from my desktop. Doh! So now I will add. Here's a brief bit, you can get more information at the link. More info at link below. WHAT IS A SUNDOG, AND HOW DID "SUNDOGS" GET THEIR NAME?
Technical info on how they form. The key is hexagonal plate shaped ice crystals, drifting with their large faces nearly horizontal. Read more at the link below. www.atoptics.co.uk/halo/dogfm.htm
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Post by rockpickerforever on Feb 1, 2021 21:58:47 GMT -5
My daffodils aren't even that far along. Another couple of weeks to go. But the paperwhites by the pond have been blooming for a while, the blooms are fading now. Sorry for crummy cell phone shot. I can resize in Cloudinary, but haven't learned to make the little tweaks, like lighten, sharpen, etc.
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Post by RickB on Feb 2, 2021 8:10:26 GMT -5
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Post by Brian on Feb 2, 2021 8:13:28 GMT -5
Those budding flower pictures feel like such a tease. We just got over a foot of snow yesterday and it is still coming down.
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Post by RickB on Feb 2, 2021 10:47:49 GMT -5
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Post by stephan on Feb 2, 2021 12:37:07 GMT -5
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Post by rockjunquie on Feb 2, 2021 20:03:42 GMT -5
amygdule You really have an outstanding eye! I always enjoy your pictures. Do you photograph for a living?
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