After some rain this week, the sky cleared up again and there are no clouds and no fog today! We are going to check out the blooming in Balboa Park and are pleasantly surprised to find a lot of cactuses with gorgeous flowers. Most of the other plants and trees are already past this stage…Continue Reading
Archives for April 2012
Escaping the fog
It’s this time of the year again: the Marine Layer is covering the coast of Southern California! We have to drive about 45 minutes, all the way to Alpine, to get out of the fog. From there on we have beautiful sunshine and nice warm temperatures. Not long after I unpack the camera and turn…Continue Reading
A pretty comeback
We had some heavy rain storms over the last two days and last night in the News we saw that it was even snowing again in the mountains, down to 4,000 feet (1200 Meter). So this morning we have the ...Continue Reading
Animal encounter in the canyon
After a nice Easter weekend, I am going for a short walk to the San Clemente Canyon - just five minutes from our house. Just when I pass the little creek, I run into two coyotes - I guess they are as ...Continue Reading