Sunday, February 1, 2026

Magnolia and camellia days (1 February 2026)

Details of various flowers including magnolias and camellias

It feels like spring!  Perhaps it is. 

Early magnolias (31 January 2026)

Four views of magnolias in various stages of opening

What spectacular flowers...

 

And the plum trees exploded with flowers (31 January 2026)

four views of pink plum blossoms

...and my many friends believe they are cherry blossoms...  They are similar!  But the timing is wrong.  (The local sequence really is: plum trees with purple leaves, then plum trees with green leaves, then single cherries, than double cherries.) 

Skies above the bay, and often the bridge (29 January 2026)

Sunrise with a plane taking off, sky behind the Bay Bridge, tugboat with many lights pushing barge in front of Bay Bridge

Still surprised tugboats aren't called pushboats or shoveboats. 

Brilliant morning (28 January 2026)


Two images of a pale blue sky with orange and yellow sunlit clouds

I love when the sunrise builds suspense.