Imperative

You absolutely must see the work of edbook. Splendid photographs and digital paintings. There is a link to his web site in his journal.

I'm not joking around.

I insist!

Go look NOW!

Respect Mah Authoritay!

If you haven't seen the photographs posted by edbook, as I recommended in my post this morning, well, what are you waiting for? Seriously. You want to see them! Trust me!

Sunset

This time of year, a common local weather pattern is for masses of clouds to build up over the mountain ranges, while the central valley remains fairly clear. In the evenings, looking out from the Sierra foothills, we see the light of the setting sun caught by the ice crystals in the clouds over the distant coast range. The ice refracts the red light, and creates some of the best sunsets of the year. The long wall of dusky rose, surmounted by the blue sky with a few still white clouds, all opening up beyond the low grey roof of nearer clouds, is quite spectacular. This is one of those times when I wish I had a decent camera and a scanner, so I could post pictures of this remarkable sight.