I haven't posted a Wednesday Vignette in several weeks so I thought I'd make up for lost time by posting several. All they share in common is that they capture views of the horizon taken from my backyard over the course of the past week.
Vignette #1, from January 31st:
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| If you've ever wondered how the smog accumulates so quickly along our horizon, even in the midst of a series of rainstorms, here's a clue. The State of California and the South Coast Air Quality Management District are currently considering new controls on local oil refineries. |
Vignette #2, from February 1st:
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| This may be the weirdest sunrise I've ever seen. Another rainstorm was moving in and there was a heavy bank of clouds filling the upper horizon, although the Port of Los Angeles was still visible as the sun came up. It looked almost as if the storm was lowering a curtain on the sun. |
Vignette #3, from February 3rd:
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| While sitting in my office on Sunday morning, a saw a large flock of birds swooping in to land in the mimosa tree, only to leave as a group shortly thereafter. The process repeated itself several times until they departed altogether. Unfortunately, they didn't file a flight plan with me so I can't tell you where they went. |
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| Although you probably can't tell it from my photos, which were taken from inside the house, they were Cedar Waxwings. On this visit, they didn't bother with the dips in the backyard fountain I captured on video in early January. |
Vignette #4, from this morning:
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| This may be the best photo of the snow-covered mountains to the northeast of us I've captured. The mountains are well and truly dusted. |
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| This photo was taken about an hour after the previous one. You might notice that the blue tarp on the roof across the canyon has been removed and roofers are hard at work on repairs. Blue tarps are a common scene on rooftops here when we get heavy rain. There are a lot of them in the neighborhood at present! |
That's a wrap on my horizon views. For more Wednesday Vignettes,
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