Friday, December 26, 2025

City Views

 

Slight Rainbow Over San Francisco Bay

We noticed a little rainbow weather on Christmas Day, but we couldn't see the 'bow very well through our condensation-fogged windows. I took my camera outside but couldn't get a good angle on the 'bow, so I went back for my bike and rode to Grandview Park. Just in time to watch the rainbow fade.

I stuck around as some promising storm clouds blew in, but the 'bow never got brighter than you see above. And then a mass of clouds blotted out the sun and it was time to ride home.


A Little Color at USF


Telegraph Hill & Coit Tower With Storm Cloud


Watching the Storm from Grandview Park


It's not often you see a lone Mycena mushroom. This was emerging from a crack in a tree stump near the southern entrance to the Oak Woodlands.


At the other end of the Oak Woodlands was a flat area with lots of wood chips sprouting the usual suspects -- and also these unusual and very viscid-looking, glutinous suspects, possibly Pholiota velaglutinosa.


Interestingly, the gooey stuff on the caps had hardened quite a bit, almost like a varnish.

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