Sunrise

Sunrise on Corte Madera Creek with a fog bank in the distance.  You can see it in two places, just lurking.

Tree

Fog makes a wonderful background for a winter tree.

Crows

Two crows on a fence, low-hanging fog, and a golden sunrise at the Ponds - what more could one want?

Fog

Morning fog rolls in.

Tree

I love trees in the fog, and a couple of flittery flyers flew into the picture!

Black Mountain fog

Last Tuesday morning there were patches of fog as we headed west to Bear Valley Trail for our walk/run. There was little fog at Bear Valley itself but there was still some around the bottom of Black Mountain.

Green

There are so many shades of green in Bear Valley's trees in the early morning fog.

Early morning fog

Low-hanging early morning fog in December.

Spanish moss

Tuesday morning at Bear Valley was quite foggy, a photographer's paradise. In the next week, I'll show you several photos gleaned that day.

This one shows condensed fog dripping from Spanish moss hanging from an evergreen tree.

According to http://www.sfrc.ufl.edu/4h/Spanish_moss/spanmoss.htm:
Spanish-moss, also called Florida moss, long moss, or graybeard, is not a true moss. It is an epiphytic plant, which grows on another plant, but does not rely on the host plant for nutrients; epiphytes make their own food.

They are sometimes referred to as air plants because most have aerial roots; however, Spanish-moss does not have any roots. It uses its long, thin, scaly stems to wrap around the host tree and hang down from the branches. The leaves are covered with cup-like, permeable scales that 'catch' moisture and nutrients from the air and from pockets on the surface of the host. This water-trapping ability allows Spanish-moss to withstand long dry periods. In extreme dry spells, the plant becomes dormant until moisture returns.While the plant is not parasitic, it can sometimes damage the host tree by over-shading the leaves, thus reducing photosynthesis, or by weighing down and breaking the branches.

Foggy sailing

Our wonderful family birthday cruise last week was on the Sapphire Princess from Los Angeles to Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan, Cabo San Lucas and back to LA. It was quite foggy as the ship sailed in the early evening on November 22 (Dick's 80th and Celeste's 50th birthday). Fog horns blared and the shore lights reflected eerily in the water.

Today's sunrise

Hot off the press! This is this morning's sunrise taken from our second floor balcony. The minute I got up I went for the camera because this was too good to miss.

Sunrise at the Ponds

Last Tuesday was foggy at the Water Treatment Ponds and began to burn off pretty quickly. But I managed to get a shot of the sun before it was unbearable to look at. There are many wonderful things to see and photo at the Ponds.

Forest

Is this a forest seen from a height? No, it's just a patch of weeds in the fog at the 'Ponds'. It's a plant I've never noticed before, growing in a big patch next to one of the ponds.

More grass

Just a few minutes after yesterday's photo was taken, the sun came up. There was still fog and I'd walked on to a different kind of grass. What a difference the sun makes! There is no color enhancement here; this is just as it was. Yesterday's photo would have been bright like this in the sun.

Grass again

On Tuesday, Bear Valley was quite foggy. When we got there it was daylight but the sun hadn't come up far enough to chase the fog away. There is tall grass along the Trail before it enters the woods and I am always tempted. Sometimes the photos are worth keeping.