Where is the California sunshine on this #footpathfriday? You may be wondering why it is so gray in sunny Southern California on a Friday in May.

The sun is playing hide and seek on this typical "May Gray" day in Southern California. "May Gray" is a seasonal weather pattern where the cool, moist marine layer from the Pacific Ocean rolls into Southern California almost daily, creating cool, cloudy, grey mornings that usually give way to sunny afternoons. This weather phenomenon continues in June, when we call it "June Gloom."

What causes "May Gray" and "June Gloom"?
https://www.laalmanac.com/weather/we720.php

#maygray #junegloom #footpathfriday #cactus #peppertree #footpath #arlingtongarden #southerncalifornia #weather #garden

Heh. So, I had a bushy plant that was thriving in a container indoors, but had forgotten what it was. Turns out, it's a cayenne pepper plant that's turned into a pepper bush! Not sure how I kept it alive for a couple of years, but there you go.

#Gardening #ForgetfulGardening #SolarPunkSunday #PepperTree?

One of the primary visual references for #BrightOak is the town of #SanJuanBautista in California-- so in honor of #thicktrunktuesday here is an absolutely glorious old #peppertree growing alongside the main road ๐Ÿ’š