Sunshiney here. Slight breeze.
‘twixt me and Yerba Buena Island, though? A belt of fog.
But that was then. Five hours later finds the sun shining and the washing machine whirring. Friends expected around 6-ish for dinner and conversation.
Schwarzenegger Declares California Drought Emergency
Some more rain is arriving tonight, if the weather mavens are to be believed, and carry over for a few days, but things aren’t looking good.
Step one: encourage farmers who suck up water to raise crops like cotton and rice to move their operations to places that are better suited for water-guzzling crops.
Step two: encourage folks who plant golf courses in deserts to transform them into something else and/or let the land lapse back into sand dunes.
Step three: see where steps one and two take you.
And then, a while later, a couple tugs pull a decommissioned vessel south … to dry dock? to repair? to ???
The fog had been creeping in since we woke up. The radio said the San Mateo Bridge, south of us, was fogged in, but we didn’t have fog. Then. … The fog from the south showed up at our doorstep.
7:54 a.m.
9:08 a.m.: The fog is hugging the underside of the Bay Bridge. The cars heading west come out of a cloud and into the sun, then head back into a cloud.
9:09 a.m. : Some birds hanging out in the notorious cypress tree down hill from us. Watching the fog that’s crept over the bay.
The cranes over at the Port of Oakland on the east side of the Bay are just barely visible above the fog.
10:06 a.m. An hour later, the fog begins to clear and a sunny, San Francisco fall day appears. Not unexpectedly.
The crows rule the cypress roost. Later they’ll make way for the parrots. There are a variety of bird types that share turns watching from the lofty perch. The only bird that’s unwelcome by all is the hawk.
Lovely clouds. With luck we’ll have more rain. With luck the weather cleared up and stayed sunny in bucolic Kern County, CA, for first-cousin-once-removed Davy’s wedding this afternoon.
[view of the N bay from Pacific Heights]
* “Both Sides Now” – Joni Mitchell
Clear as a bell here since before sunrise. The fog, though, she’s blowing in.
Update>And just as quickly gone. Clear, sunny day. And I have fish to fry. Back later.
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