Waiting For Rain In a Bone-Dry Canyon
The "Wood," 8pm Friday, August 22, 2014/Hope Anderson Productions
August in Southern California is a very dry month, the prelude to an even hotter, drier September. Those of us who live in canyons live in dread of fires, which can start from a single match or cigarette--hence the NO SMOKING signs that tourists somehow ignore. In the fourth year of a great drought--the worst on record in California--we are waiting for the winter rains. On Friday night, I looked north and to my surprise saw an unusual amount of cloud cover at the Hollywood Sign. It seemed to be a harbinger of better days to come, so I got my camera and took this photo.