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| Sunset from Grandview Park (11/12/2026) |
I was getting ready yesterday for today to be rainy. I did my Friday walk on Thursday. Ditto on grocery shopping since my wife will need the car to get to work instead of biking in. Saved laundry for the rain, though.
We were awakened last by the first deluge at 2:18 a.m. If only it would always rain at night. I love listening to the rain at night, and I love a clear day after a stormy night. I don't expect a clear day today (being Friday the 13th and all), but rain is often sporadic, so it might be an interesting day to get out during those breaks.
I'm sure if El Niño really does bring an extra helping of rain this season, I will adjust and simply break out the rain gear and enjoy the wet weather. But for today I'm prepared to just hunker down and enjoy the changing season.
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| Sundown Before the Rain |
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| Fence on the North Side of Grandview Park |
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| The sky was a lot more colorful on the back side of the sunset. |
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| View Toward Downtown |
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| Sutro Tower in the Glow |
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| Waxing Crescent Moon |
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| Ocean Beach on Monday (11/9) |
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| Although many gulls were around, only this one was trying to take a bite out of a decomposing sea lion carcass on the beach at Sloat (11/12). |
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| The waves were pretty huge on Thursday, and the spindrift caught a little prismatic action if you caught just the right angle. |
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| Many of the waves looked surfable, but no one had paddled out through the incessant bombardment of such a heavy swell. Years ago, I timed a guy as he paddled out into huge surf. It took him 45 minutes to reach the line-up. |
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