We have finally had some interesting skies here in Southern California this last week.
I managed to catch these clouds in the reflection in this beach pond.
These next three photos are from our beach walk and the fourth photo is taken through our car windshield on the way home from the beach on May 26th. I took the photo and I was not driving :0)
This last photo was taken on May 25th on the way to the airport to pick up Dear.
What to do with shoes on the beach~
Hold them
Put them on a rock
Just don’t put them on your feet
This is our oldest son Josh and his wife Laura at the beach with us in California.
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We’ve had three interesting and different walks on the same stretch of beach in the last 2 weeks. We had low enough tide on these days that we were able to walk among the rocks.
We start early (6:00 AM) so everything is pretty gray when we begin our walk.
The pools around the rocks are fun to explore.
A look back away from the water line.
Here’s my friend Rocky. Can you see his eyes and nose?
Hubby walking among the rocks.
The sun is beginning to rise above the hills and shine on the water.
You can see the color change in my shots as the sun rises higher.
Now I’m off to see what others chose to share for R.
For more posts on the letter R take a trip to Mrs. Nesbitt’s.
We started our beach walk at 6:00 AM today! The sun has not shown up in all it’s glory yet…
The colors in my photos change as the sun comes up over the hill.
We saw a lot of crabs today. The tide was not as far out and we couldn’t get as far on the sand this week.
The Pirates were afoot and we snuck by their ship.
Dear braved the surf while I took the higher road.
We finished our walk on the beach and were home by 7:45 AM. I then got ready to head out to San Marino, California to meet my nieces, sister, and mom for a birthday breakfast.
On the way to breakfast a car fully engulfed in flames was worth a photo! :0)
Julienne Restaurant in San Marino, California
My sister Kathy and her daughter Michelle
The sisters, Michelle and Melissa
My niece Debbee and me
My Mom
I decided on the Earl Grey Tea. Look at that pretty little bag the tea leaves come in.
A Gruyere omelette with scallions and avocado and rosemary potatoes.
Me, my mom, and my sister Kathy
Kathy and her daughters. Happy Birthday Kathy.
And yes it is hot in Southern California today. This was the hottest my outside temp registered when I hit Woodland Hills. (109 degrees) Notice that I’m standing still in traffic so no one was in danger when I took this shot. We’re breaking records today. Thankfully it is a lot cooler than Woodland Hills in our town…
We had a wonderful sandy walk at Emma Wood State Beach in Ventura, California last Saturday. We were so pleased to see the tide out far enough for a true walk on the beach.
These little Sanderlings were scurrying about in full force digging in the sand with their long narrow beaks.
I was excited to catch this Pelican with my camera.
And these Cormorants were an added bonus!
We had fun exploring some of these pools.
We saw many sea anemones
We also saw crabs, mussels stuck on rocks, and a Jellyfish!
Lord willing this coming Saturday we are going to try to do a walk here again at dusk.
We usually have what the weather people call “June Gloom” around Southern California but this year they had to come up with a new one “May Gray”. As you can see from the photo above on a beach walk hubby and I had last Saturday morning, the skies are gray. The last couple days we have been back to sunny and slightly blue. We are suppose to reach temperatures in the upper 90’s by Friday here and the 100’s in the valleys. Yuck, that’s hot for Spring!! Have a wonderful weekend all you Sky Watchers!
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Photobucket is holding all my photos from 2007-2015 hostage and they have blacked them all out. I’m slowly working at restoring my posts without their help. Such a tiresome bother!
Here’s our assignment from Angela at the Lurchers for this week.
“I’m going to make it a nice and easy Fun Monday this week. All I want you to do is take me on your favourite walk. In words or pictures. Or both of course! Tell me why it’s your favourite and point out things of interest on the way.”
My husband and I have two wonderful walks that we do early on Saturday mornings. Our walk along the beach at Emma Wood State Beach in Ventura, California.
The beauty of the Pacific Ocean, the fresh salt air, all of God’s beautiful splendor, what a wonderful stimulation for all our senses.
Then we have another choice close by. Our second favorite is in the Santa Monica Mountains that are in our backyard. In Sycamore Canyon we have several hiking trails with different elevations to choose from. On the Scenic Trail we again are able to see the Pacific Ocean when we reach the top…
We enjoy both of these walks/hikes because we are generally all alone going as early as we do. It’s quiet except for the birds and the crashing of the waves. We see different and interesting plants and wildlife.
It’s great to get away from the neighborhood and into the “wild”.
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And look what Anni gave me today. I love her graphics and this one is so darn cute! Thanks Hootin Anni!
The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 