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Summer!

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Wow, it’s been so long since we’ve had nice warm days in LA!  The past couple of days have been a real treat, since we pretty much skipped right over the summer thing last year and went straight from a brisk winter to a cool fall.  I think I only remember two days being moderately warm in all of 2010.  I feel like I’m finally coming out of hibernation after a year and a half of chilly weather and boy does it feel good!  It makes me want to actually go outside and do things on my time off rather than hole up in my room on the computer like I’ve been doing.

I’m really excited to start inviting people over for pool parties and maybe even barbecues, if I can figure out how to work the grills we have poolside.  I think I might also consider wandering around the Century City mall every now and then, enjoying the warm evenings as I browse storefronts and munch on Pinkberry’s.  What a relaxing way to spend a Friday night after a full week’s work.  I’m really looking forward to the increase in activity that the higher temperatures will bring.  Also, I haven’t craved frozen yogurt in the longest time, probably because it hasn’t been hot enough to make me want something to cool down with.  I’ll be adding that back into my diet now, for sure!  Nothing like a good old yogurt parfait from Pinkberry’s to satisfy my froyo cravings.

This past week was also the first time I’ve gone to yoga class while it was still light out.  That was pretty amazing for me too – I’m so used to associating class with the darkness of the night, but now it still feels like daytime when I head over.  I love having long days of sunlight.  Thinking of long days, I’m almost nostalgic for the warm summer days of the East Coast and Midwest, where we’d sit on the porch and watch fireflies as we ate watermelon or drank lemonade.  Too bad there are no fireflies here and as of yet no juicy watermelon in the fridge.  I can’t wait to see Panda in Virginia this the summer and recreate some of those great memories of my childhood.  I’d rather have days of thunderstorms and flash floods if it meant I could also have beautifully warm nights.  It’s certainly better than the tepid summer we experienced last year.

Sky high

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up in the clouds from Mary Qin on Vimeo.

Drenched

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It’s been a really wet season for many months now and I don’t think a single month has gone by since late fall where we didn’t get a rainstorm.  Today’s was particularly hard and driving on the I-5 was pretty crazy!  The worst of it was worse than anything I remember experiencing in New York.

pouring rain from Mary Qin on Vimeo.

low visibility from Mary Qin on Vimeo.

Blossom rain

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I’ve described “zebra days” before and oftentimes you will find “blossom rain” occurring in such weather, where it’s sunny yet it’s drizzling at the same time.  (I only heard this term blossom rain due to meeting the author of the upcoming book, Beneath Blossom Rain – cool, huh?)

sunny rain from Mary Qin on Vimeo.

Inclement weather

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December 29th, 10 PM. My dad and have been waiting at JFK for two hours, wondering if we can get on the last flight to LA that night. The recent blizzard that swept through the area left many passengers stuck in the airport for days. Thankfully, we were lucky enough to get seats so I wouldn’t have to spend my birthday in the airport!

stations in jfk airport equipped with ipads to play games on

JFK has a lounge sort of area with lots of iPads for people to play games on. Pretty nifty.

cot sits on ground in jfk for travelers who need a place to sleep

With tons of people stranded in the airport, there were some cots laid out for people to use.

a huge snow bank at jfk airport after a huge blizzard

The snow was piling a good 10 feet high as they cleared the runways!

snow piling up outside window at jfk airport

It snowed at least two feet right there. I sort of miss this weather.

SoCal winter

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This winter has been rather cold and wet for Southern California. Got a lot of heavy rain like this and even some snow!

pouring rain from Mary Qin on Vimeo.

Rainbow lightning

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It’s stormy here in SoCal and there are some great shots being captured of this weather, courtesy ABC7’s photo gallery.

picture of rainbow, lightning, and helicopter over hollywood sign

This is my favorite - not only do you have a landmark and two seemingly contradictory weather indicators, there's also that one random helo in the middle of it all.

big bolt of lightning striking ground

Wow, that is one intense bolt.

lightning appearing under rainbow

I call it rainbow birthing lightning.

two bolts of lightning

Reminds me of those globes that create this effect.

Strange LA weather

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mgm building shrouded by marine layer

At night in LA, there is often this marine layer that comes in and gives everything a foggy feel. Makes the entire night sky a sort of glow.

Torrential downpour

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Out of nowhere, the rain poured down in what seemed like bucket-fulls. Just two minutes before, it was clear skies (albeit a humid night). Visibility dropped to about 10-20 feet. Singaporean weather can be so fickle!

torrential downpour from Mary Qin on Vimeo.

Zebra days

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When I was a kid, I used to call the days when rain would come and go very quickly “zebra days.” Much like the stripes of a zebra, the dark would quickly be followed by light and then dark again. This spotty weather fascinated me, so I just had to take some pictures when it happened again. We’ve been getting a lot of little storms coming through, apparently due to El Nino, as I’ve been told.

sun shining through stormy clouds

Dark trimmed with glaring light.

droplets of rain fall even as the sun shines brightly

Got some precipitation even in seemingly clear patches.

clouds through moonroof

The view through my moonroof.

dark storm clouds and others bright from sunshine

Quite ominous, isn't it?

white clouds resembling cotton balls

Some poufy cotton ball-looking clouds in the "white stripe" zones.

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