No rain yet

This double system bringing rain from the Gulf of Mexico as well as the Pacific hasn't brought more than a few sprinkles to CMO so far. At least I'm not hurting for water, would just like to top things off and get a break from watering for a while.

My butterfly guru, Brian, has been visiting the last few days. He didn't find much flying in all this cold, foggy weather, but showed me an Orange Giant-Skipper he raised from an AZ caterpillar. It's so beautiful, I can't resist posting it here.

My friend, Bonnie Wunderlich, who lives near Terlingua, sent me this photo of nearly a dozen young quail drinking at her water feature. You don't see a sight like that very often.  

posted with Bonnie's permission

The weather has caused some interesting mushrooms to erupt from the ground but I know nothing about mushroom species.