lobolance

huge, shimmery golden sun, a quarter of the way up the sky when I  looked out the window. I was struck by the golden quality of the light.

And that quality still exists. Due to the smoke in the air. :/  Eyes and noses itch. Reminds me hundreds of fires are burning in CA. One - or  more - must be near here.

I bicycled downtown two Fridays ago in the most awesome, the most edge of Mordor gold and red red red sunset you ever saw. Stunning and creepy. All due to the huge pall of smoke finally making it over the Santa Cruz mountains. 

I wish rest and clean air for the exhausted-too-early-this-year firefighters.

And the plums are ripening in the old orchards down the trail.