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November 22,the migration has started...a little.

I had to move around some potted tropical's...very low sun is now making shade...where's...

Soggy November..

Its not been a record like October's rain and mild 22C temps...but the shorter days...

Wettest October since 1932..and mild.

Despite the rains..our temperatures are near average in highs and above average in...

Traveling through Google...and more rains here!

That last big storm made us 400% more then the average for that date. Well,we are...

Stan stops at a local Historical Park.

Its the old 150 year+ home of one of California's first plantsman. That would be...

Statuary or a tree trunk??

Ulmus parviflora trunk. Chinese Elm variety. Some are very weepy,this was more standard....

Its dark,it's gloomy,it's going to rain in October. Incredible.

They are predicting possible record rains over the next 3 days. October is usually...

First ever Cattleya outdoor blooms.

This is one of two I bought at the Hayward Flea Market in June. I hadnt even noticed...

One mile of Wine Palms..

This is a recent planting of 164 Jubaea chilensis. The most massive palm species...

Relatives from opposite sides of the Earth,yet so similar.

This is how much the Pachypodium lamerei in the same family( Apocynaceae) as Plumeria...

Delonix regia progress...

This is always a year- to year will it make it question mark. I had a few, some were...

Hottest period followed by much fall like weather..

For the first time in months I can go 3 days between watering..zero water for even...