California burning

The west coast is on fire. From Washington state down to Southern California. A few days ago the ash was so bad in the Bay area that the skies turned red during the day. 

It wasn't as bad here although the sky was very overcast but with a sepia tone to it. It felt very ominous.

On a brighter note, the Bucket of Blooms for the month was a lesson in zhuzhing an orchid plant. It really made such a difference to a simple store bought orchid to put it in a nice pot with some succulents, change out the plain plastic clips and add some moss.