(this image Friday, 06-Dec-2024 15:08:27 PST)
We have a webcam mounted on the South winery wall outside, looking SSW
(center of photo ~195º).
(Details on camera and mount below.)
(this image Friday, 06-Dec-2024 15:08:27 PST)
Explanation of the view:
Approx 2/3 across the image (from left) the heavy vertical line is a
post that held up the deck (see camera mount photo below.). That deck
has been removed, thus this post is no longer blocking the updating
image...
Near the left edge, just below center, the bright white is the growing
tunnels on the Morales property - this is part of Butler Greens
Farms (light blue oval). This summer they held tomatoes.
Just above the tunnels is a small strip of highway SR-305 at the
Lovgreen intersection (bright pink oval). If you're seeing cars
here, this is probably a northbound backup from the Day Road traffic
signal - this happens most every weekday afternoon with each ferry
unload.
Road slanting down from left edge, midway down is shared driveway with
my neighbors (gray line). A snippet of my driveway is visible
immediately below the tunnels (dark blue line).
The vineyard on our own property is the strip about 1/3 up from bottom
(yellow oval). At this writing (Nov-2014) this is a lovely strip of
bright yellow, but the leaves will be dropping soon so this will be
less obvious. In the sample photo the first rows of bright yellow are
Seigerrebe.
All of the trees in the foreground are slated for removal this year in
order to expand the vineyard. Once the trees are gone and you can see
the sky, you'll be able to see incoming weather at the top - this is
where most of our weather comes in from.
The bottom left foreground is a precious flat/level area, so you'll
find things changing here. At this writing there's a pile of scrap
wood and old pallets, and a bunch of coiled up hoses removed to
protect from winter freezing.
The webcam is on the winery wall where it's mostly protected from the
worst of the weather. This particular webcam (Logitech HD C310) is
really intended as a computer desk camera for closeup indoor
use. I had it just sitting in a box unused, so I decided to set it up
and try it out. It may go away at any time - if the unit were to fail
I probably wouldn't bother to replace it.
The camera is at the top of the yellow oval, with the sign that says
"Smile! You're on our webcam!". The light brown near the left edge of
the photo is the post the bisects the view.
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