SIGNS OF LIFE....

....the loony and cantankerous weather in the bay area....

has been driving half of those i know including myself

on the brink of psychosis...

hikers on the Great Highway with Cliff house
in the backrgound

San Francisco
is beginning to look

like Seattle...

Apartments/Condos in the Ocean Beach area

the drizzle, light and heavy rains

with strong wind gusts characterized the

The windmill in Golden Gate park

everyday mood of nature in the
previous weeks...

bikers on the Great Highway

sure it solved the drought issue

but along NorCal's perimeter of
concerns came 

mudslides, flooding and

dangers of dam failures...

one is reminded of scenes from

the disaster

movies in the 70s...

late Friday night

with my artistic mood loused up...

i had to frantically
send distress signals to a few friends

who were quick to come to the rescue...

One of them I'm afraid i may have

intruded into her observation of
shabat but was sweet 

and quick to recognize the SOS

to make an exception
and be one of the First Responders...

...with a great sense of humor

she claims it was her thoughts and not

the weather that throws me off course...

With my musician/composer friend she'd cast her

magic over the weather without hesitation...

but only if she had the power...

a Florence Nightingale
from Chicago
cheers me up and makes sure
i've had my coffee and brunch
before I'd make excuses... 

....

Beach hikers

the resilient ones calmly

went to the ocean beach area

for therapy....

during the first wave of storms 

I had a chance to stroll and jog

over at Lands End

Lands End/Sutro ruins

...my

Polish friend reassuringly says,

"no bad weather can overrule the desire

to go for fun"...

so she went out for a
late Sunday afternoon bike ride...

a biker at the Conservatory of Flowers

Thursday and Friday offered a respite
to an otherwise new norm
in the weather...

we don't know when

the weather will normalize
the way we've known it...

A bagpiper at Union Square

I'm sure a return to normalcy
would kick the blues away
...it would be a welcome

idea to San Franciscans and

tourists alike...

c'est la vie...

A bientôt j'espère

jt