south coast rain

[15_the_circle]

[OT from cottage renovations]

for my last full day out here, seemingly just for the sake of variety it rained.  by late afternoon it had all blown through and there was that soft sweetlight that comes after a storm, as well as water droplets clinging here and there, changing everything.  while my brother went off to return the borrowed truck I went out to see what was happening but never made it any further than his yard. 

(click through these thumbnails for higher resolution images)

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miniature orchid

I'm not sure what kind this is, but I got a small cutting to take back to Maryland. 

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Callistemon (bottle brush tree)

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orange blossom

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Jade plants and fresh rain, what a combinatio!

with bud


the blossom is finished; the droplet lingers


in bloom


concentric rings in the raindrop