On this day, three years ago:

I'm celebrating.

Good morning from the Left Coast.
The sunshine is peeking through the clouds. A cool, collective sense of victory is in the air as Kamala Harris heads to the Capital to seal the deal with the nation's people, on who will represent them against the fascist forces of entitlement and control. It is a great and historical day for democracy. I am getting ready for tonight's celebration of freedom.

Create a Halloween Pumpkin Like a NASA Engineer

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/learn/project/create-a-halloween-pumpkin-like-a-nasa-engineer/

Good morning from the Left Coast. It is a cool, cloudy 51°F, just ahead of daybreak. We will be warming to the high 70s. This looks like the warmest weather we will have for the next week. There is a chance of rain on Monday. That would be nice.

Boots is soaking up the evening rays. Cats are the original solar battery.

Good day, from the Left Coast.
Today's the 1st game of the World Series between the LA Dodgers and the NY Yankees. It promises to be an excitement packed contest. On this day, 23 years ago, our granddaughter was taking a Water Safe class at Seal Beach. She graduated by being thrown into the pool and making her way to the side and out. In an area of the country where the ocean and pools present a ubiquitous area for fun and danger. Water Safe was an insurance policy against the later.

Padres' Jackson Merrill Wins Rookie of the Year Award Over Pirates' Paul Skenes

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/padres-jackson-merrill-wins-rookie-of-the-year-award-over-pirates-paul-skenes/ar-AA1sSuwn

U.S. Government Scrambling To Finalize EV Plant Conversion Grants, While Biden is Still in Office

https://gmauthority.com/blog/2024/10/u-s-government-scrambling-to-finalize-ev-plant-conversion-grants/

Georgia election official says battleground state fended off cyberattack likely from a foreign country

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/georgia-election-official-says-battleground-state-fended-off-cyberattack-likely-from-a-foreign-country/ar-AA1sOmo5

Time for a glass of 2019 Paso Robles blended red.

Good morning from the Left Coast. Time for coffee and a nosh.

On this day, nine years ago:

Oceanside, looking south from the pier.

Rudy Giuliani must give control of luxury items and Manhattan apartment to Georgia election workers he defamed, judge rules

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered former Donald Trump attorney and New York mayor Rudy Giuliani to turn over all his valuable possessions and his Manhattan penthouse apartment to the control of Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, the Georgia election workers he defamed and to whom he now owes $150 million.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/rudy-giuliani-must-give-control-of-luxury-items-and-manhattan-apartment-to-georgia-election-workers-he-defamed-judge-rules/ar-AA1sJbGy

A giant, ancient meteor four times the size of Mount Everest may have sparked life on Earth

The research team traveled for three field seasons to Barberton Greenstone Belt in South Africa to collect the samples needed for the study, accompanied with years of laboratory work.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a-giant-ancient-meteor-four-times-the-size-of-mount-everest-may-have-sparked-life-on-earth/ar-AA1sINBs

Arizona official who delayed 2022 election certification pleads guilty

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/arizona-official-who-delayed-2022-election-certification-pleads-guilty/ar-AA1sFrtq

This San Diego evening is as graceful as a ballerina.

54°F, not a cloud in sight.

Evening is silently settling into place.

An Ancient Celestial Traveler

Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, which likely traveled from the outer reaches of our solar system, made its closest transit past the Sun on Sept. 27 and was expected to come within approximately 44 million miles of Earth on Oct. 12.

https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/153444/comet-tsuchinshan-atlas-arrives-from-afar