It's raining, and I have a pink hat

I'm in the Bay area of California, and it's raining! There's wet drippy stuff outside my window, and the sky is grey and the ground is wet. I'm told this is very early in the season for rain. I wonder if I'll get a chance to see those brown hills turn green?

Addendum: I walked over to Maria Elena's for an early dinner. The air was still moist, a misty drizzle that you could just barely feel, and very, very fresh. The damp brought out the smells of all the wild herbs in the area, and the air was ripe with the scent of wild fennel. It was like walking through licorice.

Maria Elena's fish tacos are absolutely awesome! I recommend trying them if you're ever in the area.

( Cut for pink hat )

Winchester Mystery House, part 1: Front and front garden

Last weekend, I toured the Winchester Mystery House and snapped about a jillion pictures. See the preceding link for an explanation of the place, which is a huge, sprawling Victorian mansion with 160 rooms. Some of those rooms are very tiny, true, but most of them aren't, and the place is a labyrinth.

Winchester Mansion


I'll be splitting this up into multiple posts, and still not really have a place for all the snapshots.
( Photos of the outside )