Changing Seasons in the East Bay

September to November brought the change from fire season to rainy season. We won't soon forget fire season and the devastating Wine Country fires about 50 miles north of us. The rain is especially welcome this year.

A September heat wave was one of several. August - October tend to be the hottest, driest months in the Bay Area.

September post-heatwave sunset - Bay side

September post-heatwave sunset - Canyon side

A September sunset before the smoky haze blew in

Crescent moon over the bay - September

There were plenty of opportunities for photos of smoky haze.

September smoky haze from fires to the North

First traces of the smoky haze from the Wine Country fires
- Mt. Diablo barely visible, mid-October

Smoky haze in the morning mid-October

Sun behind smoky haze bay side - mid-October

Afternoon sun through the haze bay side - mid-October

Hazy bay side near sunset

Heavy haze in the canyon -
we had several days of bad air quality

A blazing sunrise thanks to the haze

Sunrise canyon side - mid October

Sunrise over the ridge - mid-October

Toward the end of October, the wetter season began.

Return of the mists in the canyon

Rain approaching - bay side

Rain approaching - canyon side

And now it's November.  The rains are back.

Geraniums are loving it

Other views from the East Bay hills.

I took this photo for the unusual clouds,
and got the airplane as a bonus

Harvest moon - October

Hunter's moon - November

As the days got shorter with later sunrises, I got this series one morning.

Sunrise reflected in picture frames on the dining room wall

Morning star at sunrise

Sunrise with clouds near Mt. Diablo

And while the seasons changed, our grandson got a couple of months older.

At the beach in September

At 10 months

At 11 months 

Some other creatures around the place.

Buddies
Sunny & Ziggy

I think he's taking a cat nap

Dragon

A regular visitor beneath our bird feeder 

We kept up our jigsaw puzzle hobby.

Puzzle 21

Puzzle 22

Puzzle 23
We nearly went crazy with this one because,
unknown to us, there were 4 missing pieces - a mystery.