Friday, December 12, 2008

Foggy Fotos

Here's a couple of pictures I took in the fog.

Here's Clyde in the backyard. The light caught his eyes just right so he looks like a zombie dog.
Now check out the blown up version. It looks like his eyes are glowing outward.
And last night there was a big ring around the moon. It would probably have shown up better with a wide-angle lens and a photographer who knew what they were doing, but you can kind of see it here. In person it was a lot more impressive. I don't know if it's an old wives tale but I've always heard that a ring around the moon means a change in the weather. We'll see. The weather people are saying the temperature is supposed to drop and there are rumors of a big storm. I wouldn't mind that if we could have a fire on that day. The way things are going the next time we can have a fire won't be until Christmas, and that will be just to appease the people.

One last comment about the San Joaquin Valley APCD. It seems that we, at the end of the valley, are the ones getting punished for the bad air that floats down from the upper end and gets stuck in our pocket. Okay, 'nuff said.

Wow, how did this go from foggy fotos to ranting about the no-burn days!? I'm getting old and crotchety! And speaking of getting old...

We have several birthdays this month, with one just passed and two this weekend alone. Have fun everyone!


3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hmmm, I don't know about fires, but here's a URL to a web site offering info about moon rings:
http://home.hiwaay.net/~krcool/Astro/moon/moonring/

It's a very nice site. It is hoped you enjoy it as much as I do your blogs! Love, M

Anonymous said...

Tina,
Is it always foggy this time of year in some areas of Calif?

tina f. said...

Carol,
Around here it is totally normal for this time of year. It seems like it used to be much worse, but I guess with all the new housing it somehow keeps it from developing. Last year was not a bad year at all; this year seems to be a little worse.
Thanks, M, for the website. It is very informative. I've actually seen some of those other things too! ☺ And guess what! It's all wet and drizzling right now!