Today the light had a quality I associate with summer's decline. It was as though the light had been filtered through haze even though the air was clear. This made my eyes feel dried out and made me wish I could go to the beach. Won't happen, of course.
Something to look at : A straw bale house in Santa Barbara.
Something else to look at: The San Francisco page of Fwix, a local news aggregator now available in a few dozen cities (choose from the list at the bottom of the page.)
Oh look at the time.