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... the weather in Southern CA has been boisterous the past several days;  no snow as dewittar and ptownnyc have reported from their respective locations, but lots of rain interspersed with clearing and sun.

Yesterday I used the (for here) rare appearance of cumulonimbus clouds and afternoon sun together for a few photos.


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... so here, a combined post on three topics before I leave for Houston & Austin for a week tomorrow morning.

First, inspired by dan4behr:  The three cars I would own if price weren't much of an object.  Like Dan, it's hard for me to narrow it down to just one vehicle.

First, the over-the-top sports car ...

The Tesla Roadster.


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I got up early this morning to make up for my camera's setting misbehavior last Saturday morning.  Was very happy with the results.

Part of the morning was about surfers, with whom I'm apparently a bit obsessed.  The obsession, though is at least as much about the beauty their sport creates as about them as individuals.

Surfers in groups:


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... taken a little later, about 5:10 p.m. These are in time sequence, with the first photo being at "zero zoom" and the others taken at a medium manual zoom point. I love the little cloud off on its own in photo #2 ...


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