Kate Bloch first went to Ocean Ridge Airport to get this beautiful photo.
And this one she took from her back deck of her home at The Sea Ranch.
I'll have another photo to share with you tomorrow! This beauty in the sky occurred Oct. 10 - 11.
Thanks to Kate for allowing me to share her photos with you here.
oh, it's a lovely day here today. 70 degrees, just the hint of a breeze and a few clouds overhead.
The light on the Mendonoma Coast is always changing and often mesmerizing. Tom Marble took a photo of sunbeams amidst the fog, and a Buck in the yard. There's a person standing to the left, looking at the Pacific Ocean and perhaps a reflection of someone else in the blind-covered window.
Tom tells me this house was designed by San Francisco architect Hans Baldauf. It's located on the beautiful Sea Ranch and it's called the Sea Pine House.
Thanks to Tom for allowing me to share his photo with you here. To learn more at the Sea Pine House, here's a link to a blog written by the architect: https://bcvarch.com/about-us/blog-all/blog-community/blog-sea-ranch-exhibition/
Our hot weather left us - don't let the door hit you on the way out, heat! - and it's a lovely sunny day here today, temps in the mid 70's. Perfect!
On Sunday Mel Smith found this Monarch nectaring on a butterfly bush in Point Arena.
And Chris Pechal found two Monarchs at The Sea Ranch. In the photo on the left, you can tell it's a male Monarch because of the two black dots on its lower wings. He is nectaring on thistle. In the other photo, the beautiful Monarch is nectaring on Coyote Bush.
These Monarchs come to the coast to feed before their journey to their overwintering sites. They live approximately seven months, and are called the Methuselah generation. We hope to see many more Monarchs in the days ahead.
Thanks to Mel and Chris for allowing me to share their photos with you here.
Warm today - no fog at all. It's a spectacular autumn day!
Menka Sethi wrote, “A Bobcat recently sauntered through my backyard and into the abutting Mill Meadow. Wanting to share this with neighbors, I pulled out my phone camera. In a split-second, a Raven dive-bombed the Bobcat, and the Bobcat flipped upside down, landed back on four paws, and took off into the meadow. Did I imagine this? No - there on my phone was the image of a Bobcat seemingly floating above the meadow with four paws pointed toward the sky.”
A one-in-a-million photograph by The Sea Ranch's Community Manager!
Thanks to Menka for allowing me to share her photo with you here.
There was an error in my previous post - it was an Allen's Hummingbird, not an Anna's. Sorry about that! Thanks to all who wrote in to correct the post.
This morning felt very autumn-like, with breezes and sun. Then this afternoon clouds have moved in, and temps are very mild, mid-60's.
I have never found one of these beauties. But Chris Pechal found this blooming at The Sea Ranch recently. It's called Pleated Gentian, Gentian affinis.
I shared Chris’ photo with botanist Peter Baye. He confirmed the ID, writing, “Definitely Gentian affinis. That’s an exceptionally pure and large-spotted one. It is distributed right along the immediate coast in well-drained sandy marine terrace soils. There are some old records of it near you in Anchor Bay, and Amy Ruegg reported one from Sea Ranch.” I’ll be looking at my place in Anchor Bay. I have well-drained sandy soil!
Breezy and cooler today, temps in the low 70's.