Light/Breezes

Light/Breezes
SUNRISE AT DEATH VALLEY-Photo by Tom Cochrun
Showing posts with label Black Oak. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Black Oak. Show all posts

Friday, December 16, 2011

READING THE CLOUDS

MORE THAN JUST SUNSHINE
Working in television news in the midwest we
would joke about weather forecasting in
in California.
"More sunshine and blue sky followed by 
blue sky and sunshine....etc."
Now I know better.  There is probably nothing like the 
weather extremes in the heartland-tornadoes, blizzards, thunderstorms, scorching heat waves, floods and rapid changes.  Still the weather from the Pacific, influenced by
mountains, winds from the east or north west, and the 
changeable currents of a coast make for our own
fascinating weather.  True many, many days are 
sunny with blue skies, but we do get interesting
cloud formations from time to time.  And that is unusual.
 The mountains on the horizon and mostly in the clouds are Rocky Butte, Black Oak, Vulture Peak and Red Mountain.  They top out around 3,200. They can get an icing of snow this time of year.
You may recall and wish to link here to the June post when we took you to the top of Rocky Butte


 THE QUESTION OF THE CAT'S TAIL
Wonder why our newest, Hemingway, at the far right,
curls up his tail while Nesta and Luke let theirs out.
Any theories? 
See you down the tail, er trail!