It has been raining non-stop here in the Central Valley of California and Bay area. The storms are welcome because we are still in a drought, but talk about not being prepared! Fences, branches, wires down, electricity has been on and off and roads are flooded.
The fog season has not materialized just yet. Last year, however, there was plenty, but I was not too excited about it. Despite my lack of enthusiasm, I managed to take the FEATURED PHOTOGRAPH on a cool morning at the Putah Creek Riparian Reserve, f/14 1/15s ISO 50.
I sometimes go to the Putah Creek Riparian Reserve looking for a photograph and leave with several frames to delete: dead plants, debris, benches, tables, people, trash, dogs, all conspire to ruin my pictures. The fog, however, is forgiving, it hides a lot of things we do not want to see. That morning, I was lucky, I found a dragon.
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It took a second look, but I found the dragon’s head. Obviously, the lack of fire-breath from its mouth led to the fog lingering for a bit.
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Lol! That makes total sense!
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The fact that you’re writing about your encounter with the dragon tells us you survived it.
Let’s hope new fog comes your way soon for the sake of future pictures.
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It would be nice. Right now, floods, trees down, fences down, power outages
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Speaking of chaos, do you have a take on what’s been happening in Brazil? Do you know if the election was fair?
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I don really think I understand it. The election was not fraudulent, in my view. However, it was a close call, and nearly half of the population is upset. Furthermore, conspiracy theories running lose in private WhatsApp groups do not help. Brazilians simply don’t know how to vote, and electing corrupt candidates who do little but steal from us has been a recurring problem. I don’t care for either Lula or Bolsonaro and I am sad we were not able to vote for younger and fresher leadership that is not attached to past scandals of corruption or radical groups. Lulas’ first term ( as opposed to the second and his successors’ ) wasn’t the worst in our short democratic history, hopefully it will not be so bad now either. All I can do is hope. The world has left me behind, I just don’t get it anymore.
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Great photo!
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Thank you 🙏
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I see it! Great job and glad you are surviving those storms.
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So far! Thanks for stopping by.
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I love bare tree photos and this is a great one. And it really does look like a dragon!!
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Lol it does. I wonder if the tree has survived the recent storms.
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It takes a lot to knock off a dragon 🙂
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😂
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Great vision and imagination, Alessandra. I totally see your friendly dragon.
Fog is an excellent cover for stuff we don’t want in our picture and adds the benefit of atmosphere and mood.
You are getting round after round of nasty weather. My brother lives in Fairfax and has a hill in his backyard. Fortunately he had drainage at the bottom of the hill installed just a few weeks ago and his retaining wall rebuilt so no water problems so he is lucky but so many others are not. He also lost power and with it the ability to use any communication for several days.
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Tough. The Bay Area has suffered more. No end in sight, I’m afraid. Forecast is storms till Sunday….
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