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| Dramatic Finish to a Rainy Day, Grandview Park |
I've had to stick around the house the last couple of days to await important deliveries, but I've been reluctant to get out in the rain anyway. Naturally, UPS chose the 45 minutes we spent at the grocery store to show up on Saturday, when no one could sign for the delivery (now set for Monday).
Cabin fever finally set in this afternoon despite the weather, and when I eventually tried to get rained on in the hope of seeing a great rainbow in its aftermath, the rain refused to cooperate, scudding past and leaving me high and dry. Huge, beautiful squalls dumped over the ocean but vectored to the south while others bored in on Mt. Tam and Pt. Reyes to the north.
I biked home and returned a little later in the car with my wife to check out the sunset. We arrived just in time to catch the final drop.
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| Something swooped past me as I was locking my bike at the bottom of the stairs at Grandview Park. I'm not sure how I missed seeing the red-tailed hawk before it took off. It must have been on a nearby tree stump. It passed surprisingly close to me, then landed on this street light. However, as soon as I pointed my camera his way, he absconded, stage right. |
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| The Transamerica Building always stands out. |
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| This white-crowned sparrow popped out of hiding to nibble on silvery lupine leaves. |
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| The hawk was back on its perch when I returned to my bike to head home, and this time he endured my attention without distress. |
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| These are some Saturday screen captures from web cams. |
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