Fall Scene
“The climate of Southern California is palpable: a commodity that can be labeled, priced, and marketed…The climate is the region…It has given the region its rare beauty. For the charm of Southern California is largely to be found in the air and the light…Without the ocean breezes, the sunlight would be intolerable; without the sunlight and imported water, virtually nothing would grow in the region…But this is not a desert light nor is it tropical, for it has neutral tones. It is Southern California light, and it has no counterpart in the world.”
Carey McWilliams, Unfolding Beauty; Celebrating California’s Landscapes

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5/17/02