The downside of Irvine is the back bay, among other estuaries. This house is quite close to several, and at night, the air is heavily laden with the stench of the sulfurs and bacteria uncovered in the mud. Like tonight for instance. It's making me ill with headache and nausea and I've been forced to close the windows. *sigh ( Read more... )

Oh it's so NICE outside...got a morning sea-haze foggy thing going on and it's so cool and wonderful. Course, that begs the question as to why exactly I felt I had to stop sleeping at 6:30 when I was up till midnight. *frowns* Still, won't dally the cool-weather card I've been dealt. Window's open, shower's took, clothing acquired; now to get some ( Read more... )

Tonight has been something funky weather-wise. First, it was pitch black clouds all day, but in a circular fashion around the hill, so we were both sunny and twilighty dark. Once night fell, we've had not one but two moments in which small hail just went FWHOOSH in a torrent for about four minutes at a time, and about five minutes ago I just heard ( Read more... )