The narcissus are in bloom
Nov. 5th, 2006 10:38 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
They don't know it's November. The weather's been so crazy here at the coast in SoCal lately, foggy then hot, back and forth, that I guess it's fooled them into thinking it's early spring. So we have little white stars scattered throughout the yard. And they have such a delicate, sweet fragrance. The bougainvillea is looking quite impressive, too. Lots of crimson showing over the horseshoe arch it's growing on.
The blooming times are always strange here, unlike anywhere else in the country. In fact, I remember a college geography prof saying that there are only two places on the planet with weather like we have here in SoCal. The other place is the Mediterranean, the Riviera. I know when I was in Nice and Monaco it seemed oddly familiar.
Of course, I like what they've done with the place much more than I like what we've done with the place. Sometimes when I see yet another strip mall or golf course or housing tract forcing green lawns on the desert, crowding out the natural flow of the land, I think, "We could be developing this land like they do in the south of France, but instead we've got Wal-Mart."
The blooming times are always strange here, unlike anywhere else in the country. In fact, I remember a college geography prof saying that there are only two places on the planet with weather like we have here in SoCal. The other place is the Mediterranean, the Riviera. I know when I was in Nice and Monaco it seemed oddly familiar.
Of course, I like what they've done with the place much more than I like what we've done with the place. Sometimes when I see yet another strip mall or golf course or housing tract forcing green lawns on the desert, crowding out the natural flow of the land, I think, "We could be developing this land like they do in the south of France, but instead we've got Wal-Mart."
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Date: 2006-11-05 10:49 pm (UTC)Seriously, I know it does snow occasionally in California but I think I would miss snow if I didn't have it. I do like the 'seasons, even if we only get two here. Damned hot and damned cold. :)
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Date: 2006-11-06 01:31 am (UTC)::snicker:: And we're having a heat wave today. 80s (F) even at the beach.
I know it does snow occasionally in California
In the mountains east of here and north. I was 21 before I ever saw snow, and that was in the Alps! :-)
Damned hot and damned cold.
A friend who grew up in humid New Jersey said the reason he liked to live in California was the low humidity summers rather than the winters.
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Date: 2006-11-09 10:50 pm (UTC)Get in your car and Drive! Drive as fast as you can with the a/c cranked!!!
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Date: 2006-11-09 10:48 pm (UTC)enjoy it while you can, mwah ha ha-- oh wait, is Halloween over?