Between storms 01-23-10

As always, when I want to see a distant view I go to the top of Bastanchury ("Bas-tan-chur-ee". It is a Basque name) hill. The view to the west of downtown Los Angeles can only been seen on very clear days. Usually it is smogged out. A daylight filter would crisp up the image, but no provision for that on my 'point and shoot' Canon.

The view to the north shows the mountains solidly covered with snow floating on clouds that block part of the view. When I went up the hill there were no clouds - just white mountains agains a very blue sky, but by the time I came back in an hour the clouds had gathered and so had the lookers and photographers. This image was resized from 4000 X 3000 pixels to 400 X 300 pixels.

I see this fellow with his high end camera equipment whenever there is a very clear day. I wonder if he is up there every morning - I'm not! I did not resize this image, so it is 4000 X 3000. I suppose it transmits very slowly. Fortunately I have found the camera box with all the papers and instructions - it was sitting on top of the TV. Considering how seldom I watch TV I may not have found it for months, but I was checking on the TV weather forecast and 'clang' my brain registered what my eyes were not seeing. So, now I have adjusted the camera to take images at a lower compression, which is what I need for e-mailing and the SQG newsletter.

I am in LBeach with Corky this evening - his parents should be home soon and I will drive home and sew for a couple hours. Unless I go to sleep at the sewing machine. 8>))))