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Roxanne Holmes photographed a rather unique sunset. She wrote, “The sunset couldn’t decide whether it wanted to be yellow or red, so a stately tree provided a dividing line.”

Quite fun to see! Thanks to Roxanne for allowing me to share her photo with you here.

Sunny and cool today. There was ice on some roads early this morning!

Remember the Ochre Star missing two arms that Roxanne Holmes photographed? She's been keeping a watch on the Star and it has begun growing two new arms.

Those two purple-ish stubs are the new arms beginning to grow. I believe they will be the same orange color of the Star when they are grown. I'll have to ask Roxanne to continue to photograph this Star so we can find out!

Thanks to Roxanne for allowing me to share her photo with you here.

wowza, it's warm here on the Mendonoma Coast today, in the 70's with no wind. The Pacific Ocean is like a lake. It's a magnificent day on the coast!

Roxanne Holmes wrote, “This Sea Star is alive and seems to be doing okay despite missing a couple of ‘legs,’ or whatever they’re called. I check on it every low tide, and it changes position but continues to do well. Do Sea Stars thrive without all their limbs? What destroys or severs their limbs? Will the limbs grow back?”

Bob Van Syoc to the rescue. He looked at Roxanne’s photo and wrote, “Yes!  Sea Stars can regenerate new arms as long as the center disc is intact.  Some can lose all but one arm and survive to regrow the other four arms.  In this state they are called ‘comets’ because of the smaller arms forming the star and the larger arm the ‘tail’ of the comet.  Arms may be lost by injury (crushed by a rock) or by predators attacking them, though our Stars have few predators.”

Here's a photo Roxanne took of a happier sight - two Ochre Stars (yes, they come in different colors!), a Bat Star, Sea Anemone, and several Purple Urchins and more. A kaleidoscope of colors!

Thanks to Roxanne for allowing me to share her photos with you here.

Cool, breezy with dark clouds now and then. More weather headed our way in a couple of days.

Carolyn Andre photographed  the sunset from her home on The Sea Ranch.

And look at Sunday's sunrise - it was glorious too. Roxanne Holmes took the photo on the left, and Rozanne Rapozo took the one on the right.

Thanks to Carolyn, Roxanne and Rozanne for allowing me to share their photos with you here.

Today has been cool with some fog along the immediate coast. Sunshine this afternoon!

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Roxanne Holmes recently photographed a beautiful sunset off Shell Beach, at The Sea Ranch.

And Perry Hoffman photographed the sweet pinks and yellows of a sunrise from  his Gualala home.

Thanks to Roxanne and Perry for allowing me to share their photos with you here.

Sunny and cool today with very little wind...and achingly beautiful.