Storm signs, wolf moon, flowers

The January storms got wilder and wilder. Rain sloshed down in torrents, wind tore trees loose, waves pummeled the coastline.

This sign on Mirada Road at Miramar took a beating:

Getting to the post office in Granada was a drenching experience:

29 January brought us the wolf moon -- the first full moon of the new year. It was spectacular. When a full moon occurs during the perigee (the closest the moon gets in its orbit to the Earth), the moon looks its biggest and brightest. It was a cloudy, blustery night, but the heavens opened to give us this glowing glimpse:

Then the rains paused and the sun shone on the oxalis that dances in neon yellow across coastal hillsides.

We called oxalis sour grass when we were kids... sucking on the stems gives you a definite pucker.

And of course you can play in the fields of oxalis when you want to, even when you grow up.