It’s slow going, but moving along…the mural on the rear and side of the Del Oro Theater in Grass Valley, California. And while it looks good close up, what will it look like from the freeway? Will the detail be lost? Will it work from a distance? Here’s a photograph of the new mural in progress taken from the Safeway parking lot.
New Del Oro Mural, November 2009
And here’s the old mural that was there previously…
All in all an excellent 4th July Parade in downtown Grass Valley, California. Thoroughly enjoyed then synchronized shopping carts of the Briar Patch, the Viking long boat….
Driving around Grass Valley today (Monday October 13th), there’s still a load of trees that have green leaves, but more and more are showing signs of fall including the one below on South Auburn Street (Not far from the intersection of Empire Street).
And some trees are just brilliant at the moment, like the one on Race Street, an absolute cacophony of blazing color. However, on Conaway Ave, running parallel to Race St, there’s a tree that has already shown fall color and is now almost bare!
Taking a small walk around Grass Valley this morning (October 10th) revealed that Fall is here in Grass Valley, and I don’t mean just because the temperatures were low (33F as a low today)! Yes, as well as the nip in the air, the leaves are changing color, but there’s no overall pattern at the moment.
A couple of trees have changed and already lost their leaves, but there’s still a predominance of green leaves in the trees. Actually this is kind of nice as the trees that have changed and are displaying their autumnal colors are standing out against the green backdrop.
Rain is expected in Nevada County this weekend starting late friday and tailing off on Saturday, with temperatures dropping off by about ten to fifteen degrees compared to recent days. Over the mountains snow levels are expected to remain about the mountain passes until the cold front sweeps through, dropping the snow levels to around 6500 ft.
Here’s the current forecast for Grass Valley from NOAA.