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Pool Lights and Sunny Days at Lake San Marcos

·Lake San Marcos, California·#autumn#home#backyard#southern-california
A swimming pool at night glowing blue/purple, with purple string lights above a fence and city lights in the distance.

November and the pool is still the center of everything here. The floats haven't been put away, the spa got a run in the late afternoon, and the water is holding on to enough warmth to make all of it worth keeping open.

We went by the nursery to look at trees for the slope behind the fence — a strawberry tree in a big box, already flowering, that would fill the bare corner if we can get it up the hill. Also been looking at red hot pokers for the same stretch. Nothing bought yet.

After the sun went down the string lights on the fence came on and we cycled the pool light through its colors — purple, then green, then the blue it usually stays on. The sunset behind the rail went orange for a long while before it quit.

A vibrant green swimming pool and hot tub at night, with purple lights above a fence.A backyard swimming pool with floats and a hot tub, overlooking a town and hills under a clear sky.A sunlit backyard swimming pool with two floats, a patio, outdoor grill, and blue chairs.A brightly lit outdoor hot tub with blue mosaic tiles has bubbling water and a view of houses.A vibrant cluster of red and yellow torch lily plants with spike-like flowers in a lush garden setting.A brown wooden lounge chair rests on a stone patio beside a blue swimming pool.A twilight scene with a blue-lit pool, a fence with string lights, and an orange sunset over distant hills.A large, leafy tree with bell-shaped flowers stands in a wooden planter at a garden center under a clear blue sky.

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