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That little dust-settler of a rain that we had on Friday didn’t amount to much precipitation, but it was welcome nonetheless as it washed the air, returning pollen and other particulate matter back down to Earth and clearing the way for those typically stunning blue Tehachapi skies in October.
We had .17 of an inch of rain at our place, which is normal for these early season storms. Golden Hills reported .25 of an inch and the rain tapered off towards the east end of the Tehachapi Valley, which it usually does unless the storm is one of the unusual ones that arrives from the east.
The Black Oak (Quercus kelloggii) leaves are beginning to turn yellow at the higher elevations where they are found, typically between 5,000 and 8,000 feet. We haven’t had a killing frost at our lower elevations yet, though, so the warmer days still bring a flurry of activity among insects, birds and other wildlife.
Acorns began dropping from local oak trees in late August, and the...
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