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When we travel to Washington state at this time of year we almost always get some rain, but here in Northern California it’s sometimes hard to believe in the ‘rainy season’. We did get a lot of rain in November, but December, so far, has been dry and is supposed to stay dry for the next week or two. Fingers crossed that the rain comes for a few days mid-month and then stops for the Christmas holiday…but that’s not a sure thing, either.<\/p>\n

For a number of years I’ve checked out the pyracanth shrub berries each fall to see if I can guess how wet a winter it will be overall. It seems to be a fairly good harbinger. In the years when there are lots of berries packed onto the branches we have a wet winter and in the years when the shrubs have berries spread apart on the branches and a smaller number of berries we tend to have a dryer winter with less rain overall.<\/p>\n

This year the berries are packed (see photo above), so I expect that by March we will have had a good wet winter. Check back in March and see how we did!<\/p>\n

Cooking and baking recipes will be suspended for a few days but then I expect to post some pie made with one of the grandsons…probably on Monday or Tuesday.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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