EFFETTI a la Posterous

...this Monarch takes a lunch break on an unidentified flowering shrub
as it heads North on it's migration journey through Silicon Valley.

...Butterflies => Oops, he missed, and now he smells !!

Thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, maybe even
millions of Monarch Butterflies were migrating through Silicon Valley
today. The birds were having a picnic. I tried to capture some of the
flight patterns, but, alas was only quick enough to get this Monarch
taking a break on, of all things, a piece of cow dung. For more
information on the Monarch Butterfly Migration in Northern California,
this site might be of interest:
 
( http://tinyurl.com/dbc2ea )

Next time you are near San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge see if you
can find the location this photo was taken from. Moon photography is
an art form due to the low light conditions. If your interested in
shooting the moon, this article will be helpful:
 
(http://tinyurl.com/dx29ou)
 
Also, you may have noticed the crescent shaped moon setting last night
@ ~10:15PM, and here is a website where you can find daily moon rise
and moon set information:

(http://tinyurl.com/debn98)

Silicon Valley receives a Sunday morning hail storm leaving millions
of perfect 1/8" to 1/4" snowballs, at elevations down to ~700 feet
above sea level. This shot of rapidly melting hail on the hood of a
1964 Chevy Impala.

Exotic cloud formations over San Francisco Bay, painted by a setting sun as the lights begin to come on in a darkening Silicon Valley. The lights yellow hue is due to the use of Low Pressure Sodium ( LPS ) bulbs, which enhance the star gazing capability of the astronomers at the nearby Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton.
 
( http://mthamilton.ucolick.org//public/lighting/Summary2.html )

... I think I see this one's !

Once upon a time on a warm spring afternoon two boys and their
faithful dog ( Jake the Wonder Dog ) were exploring a seasonal spring
pond in a quiet meadow. Boys being boys, they soon turned the meadow into a
baseball field and were using a large stick for a bat, and slugs for
baseballs. Fortunately, many slugs were a bit too small, and escaped
the ensuing "slug fest"...

Apparently some wonder "what do butterflies eat?" - Among the many
jobs butterflies have this Anise Swallowtail is ?...

The setting sun reflects on the windows ( actually I don't remember
any glass being left in the window frames ) on the west facing side of
the building as the light from the still working fog light rotates.