How could you have a coastal California blog without it?  It’s everywhere and right now it seems to have these lovely purplish-maroon coloration set up against the green and the underlying rusty brown.  So it’s actually a bit prettier than usual.

Lots of other things seem to be drying up: the poppies, the ‘highway daisies,’ and many more.  We had a bit of a misty drizzle for a while today, but nothing to soothe the parch.  The parch continues…