October 18th, 2020.

A month and a half after evacuations meter hours before everything was incinerated in the #August_Complex fires.

A #waxing_moon following the dissipation of smoke and other toxins that settled and lingered along the coastline of #Humboldt_Bay, where I made my new home for the next two years...

A #waxing_moon that signals #new_beginnings and emergence from tragedy.

New beginnings mean novel possibilities, and hopes of eventualities that did finally bring me home to #SuperSunnySouthernCalifornia in another two and a half years.

I can live without the #redwoods, and I can always visit, but not knowing I needed #sand, #surf, #seagulls, and #palm_trees ๐ŸŒด was a revelation, and a joyous realization.

#tallship

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I woke up Monday and while lying on my bed during my waking moments, looked up through my bedroom window to see this.

Odd, that it suddenly occurred to me that I hadn't seen a ๐ŸŒด palm tree in six years.

I'm finally back home in #SuperSunnySouthernCalifornia ๐ŸŒ„

This pic, I took just a few minutes ago on the balcony. To the west is Catalina Island, outside my other bedroom window.

Let the summer begin!

#tallship #Los_Angeles #Palm_trees #SoCal

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