Owner: Eve
Yes, it’s another whinge about the weather and smoke.
Most of the valley is under a Red Flag Warning, an Excessive Heat Warning, and/or an Air Quality Alert. The nearest major fire is the one to the north up by Paradise in Butte County. The wind is blowing straight from there.
The smoke has infiltrated the ventilation [...]
Drought. “Red flag weather.” Dry lightning, careless motorists, and downed power lines.
All of these contributed to the fires ringing the valley I live in - which is now essentially a big bowl of smoke. Every surface outside is dusted with ash, and the reek of burnt grass is unavoidable. The light has a strange, dim [...]
‘Spears shall be shaken, shields shall be splintered. It is a sword-day; a red day, ere the sun rises! Ride now! Ride now! Ride for ruin, and the world’s ending! Forth Eorlingas!’
-Theoden, to the Rohirrim (JRR Tolkien, Return of the King)
The quote doesn’t precisely fit the image, but when I saw this fiery dawn, Theoden’s [...]
Peach-flavored cotton candy clouds! These photos were taken from my driveway before we left for Disneyland on October 24, 2006.
The sky was on fire last night! Grabbed my camera while I was stuck at a stoplight and snapped this. Didn’t have time to fiddle with settings, but the colors are true — at least on this monitor. It ended up sprinkling a little bit later in the evening, just enough to [...]
This was a photo taken outside the front doors at the place I work on March 13, 2008. The sky was intensely blue, with fluffy clouds of unbelievable depth. There was enough of a breeze that it was snowing blossoms. And pollen. All the cars were coated with sticky yellow pollen. Itchy.
“Come, gentle Spring! ethereal [...]
