The winter of our contentedness

We’re right in the middle of winter.

The weather forecast for later in the day is wind and rain, but it was a pretty morning… the water was as smooth and clear as being in the pool.

Three rainbows so far.

This magnolia tree, and others like it around the city, are among the very ‘spring’ blooms as the days start to get longer. It’s a slightly mixed blessing for us because this, our Olympic gold medalist neighbour’s tree, does block our view out to the bay, but they’re very pretty and attract a lot of birds.