Moss Landing Views

One thing I know for sure.....if I lived here, I would never tire of seeing how the light spills onto the water.....

and each and every time, the view is just that much different, so you think, you know.......that you haven't seen that particular view before, ever.

In tandem........

The way back to camp......

Reflections of Balboa Park

Spreckels Organ Pavilion

It's funny how I have been to this park several times, but never really seen it.......

As I wandered around with my camera, I saw details I never saw before......

And all over, were the faces that leapt from the plaster walls....

All photos were taken at the Spreckels Organ Pavilion in San Diego. The pavilion was donated by John D. and Adolph Spreckels specifically for the Panama-California exposition in 1914. It was built by Harrison Albright, a self taught Architect. This beautiful pavilion houses the 4,530 pipe organ. Since 1917 the City of San Diego has had a civic organist who performs free concerts each Sunday in Balboa Park.

Sunrise over San Diego

The world is waking up once again.......and what better way to greet it, but on the shore.....

A good time for fishing.......

Bird of paradise grow here like Oleanders grow in Arizona........they are everywhere........

Something about boats looks so very restful.....

Along the beach pathway

Walking along the beach we saw this incredible house......

I wondered who lived there, wondered about their lives and how often they came here.......

Then I saw the name.......so I printed these up and framed them, and gave them to a dear friend whose last name is Bruno.

I asked her why she has never invited me to her enchanting villa.......

All photos taken walking along Newport Beach, California

Monterey Views

On my 2 month off sabbatical last year, one of the places I went was here....

Walking the boardwalk at dusk

Jellyfish that look like glass.....

Ready for lift-off , I caught this guy taking off......

Every morning and evening the seals lounging close by on the shore, barked their greetings.

While out walking....

On foot, you can see things you would never see while driving by......

In the rain, we ducked into this Restaurant where I had the best Mexican dish I have ever had in my life......crab stuffed prawns.

I can still taste them.......more than a month later.

The rain that washed over the area has left with a glow of pink trailing behind it......

All photos taken in Moss Landing, California one of my new favorite places

Recapturing the peace

This place captivated me.......I am wanting to go back

The back of Phil's Fish Market.......like a child at Christmas I discovered joyously the big wide ocean literally steps away.

Cat lover that I am, how could I not have captured this........at the end of the walk we discovered one........

I caught this fellow in the early morning light from a distance. I couldn't figure out if he was studiously watching something, or dozing off in the warmth of the sun.....

All photos taken by me in Moss Landing, California

Bird Views

These brown pelicans flew, sometimes so close to the water I was sure they would get swallowed up in the waves....but they knew just how close to go

They were looking for food down below those waves.......

While these guys were looking just below the sand......as the waves retreated they would run around looking for air bubbles from the sand crabs that the sea had washed up.

Breakfast on the beach.....