Morning Walk, on the Morning After...

We stayed up late (for us) last night to watch the election returns.  Despite that, we woke up at nearly our normal hour, and we whipped out the iPad to see what happened in the election (more on that in another post).  By 4 am I was out with the dogs for our morning walk.

The wind was shrieking through the trees, warm and dry.  The forecast is for a mild Santa Ana wind today, with temperatures approaching 100°F.  Somehow it seems fitting for this wind to appear right after the election, given the results from California...

But I digress.  The sky was clear and moonless, and the Milky Way was the most prominent feature.  I feasted my eyes on it.  The dogs didn't like the dry wind at all; they were all eager to get back into the house.  No crickets or frogs were in evidence; I imagine them all cowering in the deepest recesses of their burrow-bunkers, fearing what the wind might turn into.  This year, given the earlier rains, the risk of wildfire is very low.  Not non-existant, but low.

I'm in a funny mood, simultaneously cheered by the repudiation of the Democrats, but profoundly disappointed by some of the individual results...