Once in a great while, you might see another color on the edges of a green flash. Kate Bloch captured some blue in a recent green flash.
Seeing a green flash is said to bring good luck! I wonder what seeing some blue brings - double good luck? Sounds good!
Thanks to Kate for allowing me to share her photo with you here.
Beautiful weather here today, close to 70 degrees and just a little breeze. There were several hundred people at today's protest in Gualala. We might have gotten a bit sunburned!
I am thrilled when one of the coast's photographers captures the Green Flash at sunset. Kate Bloch did just that and was reward with a double Green Flash.
To see a Green Flash is said to be lucky. Does that mean Kate is doubly lucky? I say Yes!
This afternoon is has begun raining hard. We've had over 2 1/2 inches from the past couple of days. I'll report the totals after this windy storm moves out.
Kate Bloch wrote, "This afternoon, I had the extraordinary privilege of witnessing the birth of a seal pup on Tide Pool Beach. (This is the second such birth I've been lucky enough to observe.) It was heartwarming and inspiring, capturing a remarkable moment of nature's magic. It's seems especially timely that the birth took place on Earth Day.I have attached five photos. They begin with the early emerging of the amniotic sac, reveal the moment of birth, and offer glimpses into the bonding between the mother and newborn, and their first swim together."
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Now that the pup is born, the mother will bond with her. They touch noses!
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Harbor Seal pups are born knowing how to swim. Here the newborn pup takes her first swim with her mother on Earth Day.
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Thanks to Kate for allowing me to share her great series of photos with you here.
Oh my, we had a good storm arrive in the wee hours of the morning. 1.86 inches fell, much more than predicted. It was a fairly gentle rain so there are only a few wisteria blossoms down at my place! Season to date rain total is 57.68 inches. 50.00 inches is a normal wet year, so two excellent rain years in a row now. Hooray!
