the calm before the storm

i took this photo on sunday afternoon - just before the rain started to fall. we've had an almost steady stream of rain since then. sometimes just a faint mist, sometimes a heavy downpour. rain is in the schedule for most of the rest of this week. while this kind of thing is normal in other parts of the country, here in the san gabriel valley we're hoping our mountains don't come sliding down into town - especially after this summer's station fire.

hope you're all staying safe and dry in pasadena!

overcast in pasadena

i didn't get around to posting any pictures of our rainy gray weather this week. while we've recovered to get back to our normal sunny weather, we had a few days of wonderful cloudy dreariness. we are realizing that the longer we live in southern california, the more we begin to lament the lack of rain and clouds - weird, right?

storm's a comin'

it is always a troubling feeling to be out on your bike and be racing nature to get back to some kind of shelter. a photo taken in the opposite direction would have shown a bright sunny sky, but these clouds at the mountains were looming. fortunately we made it back home last saturday before this one hit (ryan and meredith know how to pedal hard).