Beaching

Usual sentiments aside.... I'll just post some really pretty pictures of the beach on a recent visit...

You know how I love a beach....

particularly love this beach ... as I briefly lived here once upon a time..

Junior 'Guards were out in force, being trained

One of my favorite flowers - dahlias - ... I usually am able to buy a newly clipped bouquet from a leathery garden lady in this beach town. On this day she was not out in her yard. Sure hoping that doesn't mean she's no longer gardening...

Horse-Flies Up Your Nose

What do you think.. does the term/name horse-flies have to do with the size of these beasts with wings? Or, rather is it that horse-flies like to fly 'round horses? I'll be with the party that goes with BOTH. Size of a horse, they are! And, have you ever seen the eyelash and nostril area of an equine friend? Frequent buzzing going on in those parts. Poor things !

can you believe I'm posting this picture?

Okay, that was a bit of a tangent I got lost in....

Was feeling a bit equine-ish myself while hiking around the hills much too late on a HOT summer day. Hills = exertion = sweat+open mouth breathing... and then before you know it you feel like the Burrito I talked about in a recent post. Flies buzzing all about your nasal passages... UUUUGHH.

Most days this does not happen. Most time when it does, it is actually little gnat-type insects. Still I hate those buggers near my boogers...   AHHHAAAA... hhhee haawww

He  ^ finds that funny too!! Hey! wait a minute - I don't see flies up those nostrils!! ^

Possibly the lowly horse-fly has a purpose in our world? This girl doesn't take kindly to sharing her bodily fluids with said insects, however. I'm just far too civilized for that. (yeah - read that last sentence as far too wussy).

Is this the kookiest subject matter ever?

Maybe caused by very little sleep and staring at this screen far too long. Working on Goat Hill Fair items. In fact, getting ready to do a post on that blog that somewhat relates to this. I'm going to show this photo ~

With the title:  Working Our ASSES Off!!

Think that'll go over okay?? If you never hear from me again in blogland... you'll know why!! HA

Time for this to end.... 
Need rest...

ahhhhhh break time....

The Man from PA & All Is Right in This World

Just like that  {insert snap of fingers}... Five minutes and we had the world spun into a warm, fuzzy ball and swaddled in sunny yellow silk! This nattily dressed man from Pennsylvania, and I...

Initially I stopped to offer help should it be needed. PA man assured me all was well. He'd only been stopped and  grasping the post "for show" as he put it. Didn't want the wife to expect much more walking out of him, don'tcha know. His sunny outlook beaming across my hand as I extended it to him ... "how kind of you to stop and ask".. his seemingly astonished smile suggesting others in the world might not do the same. How wonderful that there are people out strolling that would...

I captured his "bin of goodwill" through my lens. This is where we found our mutual surprise of world sunshiney silk ~

An apple bin!

How possibly does an apple bin express hope for the world? Why did PA man and I find sunshine and sparkly-happy sensations in the tiny cost of this produce?

Out in the middle of nowhere sits this stand.. albeit a busy footpath that many frequent.. but not a vendor in sight. No one to sack up your purchase and pocket your change. NOPE! There was a small box and a note to leave the correct amount for whichever fruit you choose.

Pennsylvania man commented firstly... "this gives me reason to believe that not all is wrong with the world in which we live"... and "I am happy to see that someone TRUSTS that we will do the right thing by leaving our monies". I'm in complete agreement, PA man! We grasped each other's hands softly for a second and nodded. Yes, so good to know that there are people and places like this!

I shared with him, that there are in fact more people like this... just like the Los Gatos family that I've mentioned that sets a table and scale out front their home and honor-systems their abundant flowers and veggies to passers-by.

Ahhhh - nice realization we mutually agree! And then just like that we parted with "HAVE A GOOD DAY"

Strangers when we started - a fellow believer once we parted!

the end of my walk on that "yellow-silk" day...

Yo, Weather Man! - Take A Vacay!!

What the heck has happend to California summer weather?

It rained the other day. I found it refreshing. Yet, perplexing. So not what I expect of weather in June. It nearly gave me the excuse I wanted to sit inside all day, watch my current Netflix, eat popcorn and never move! DIDN'T HAPPEN!  See what I mean about this {click ->} "walking situation"? Where I mention that I haven't put in many miles lately. NO MORE rainy days, California! It only serves to give me one more excuse!




When the sun stepped up it's summertime game again.... here's what I pleasurably Instagrammed whilst walking ~

Must apologize - have you noticed how frequently my photos are Instagrams now? My poor, beloved big girl camera sits at home lamenting the invention of that marvelous I-app! On walks 'tis much easier to stick the ipod in my pocket.

Ah... yes, the quintessential California view ~

Not feeling the sun and summer fun from the photos? Then how 'bout clicking on this song below? Now that should get ya in the mood!

Adios, for now... off to don my polka dot bikini and head to the beach in my vintage Woodie, to take up the sport of surfing.... as, I'm finally off my buttocks and these are classic daily activities for we-California-girls!    hhhaaa

Where I've Been

Walking... one of my favorite things to do for my health - well, it's taken a back seat lately. Not sure I can be honest on why this has happened. More likely I'll not take full responsibility. Busy-ness gets in the way, sure - but, what's new there? I've a couple of items on the getting-older-have-aches-and-pains list and some slightly larger fish to fry too. Really need to lace up those tennies and get moving again.

Along the sidewalks and trails that I traipse, I've snapped some Instagram shots...

Even some shots captured with my feet not on the ground ... instead on some pedals ~

Slight failures in exercising, and also in exercising my writing skills. I acknowledge my rare journaling posts here...  again, need to GET ON IT! Hope to be back soon....