Good Morning Sushine

Saturday morning in Huntington Beach...forecast upper 70sF and mostly sunny. The windows are all open and I can hear the neighborhood sounds of power tools, kids crying, dogs barking, Ninja motorcycle tuning up and low flying aircraft heading for Long Beach Airport. Ah, that's life in the superbs of southern California.

Looking out the kitchen window I notice the blooms on my Double Delight rose bush getting drenched by the sprinklers. Grabbing my Nikon and turning off the sprinklers, I proceed to shoot several dozen images of the roses, the leaves, and a rather extensive spider web...sans spider. Here are some of the images I made from that shooting.

The spider web was covered by so much water that it is barely recognizable.I like to think one can see whatever their imagination creates.

A Day at the Races

Monday, last week, was a beautiful, warm, sunny day...a perfect time to take our boat out for the first time this year.
This Great Blue Heron watched over us as we launched in Huntington Harbour.

The temperature was a balmy 80 degrees and yet
we could see a bit of snow still up in the mountains.

After a short cruise around the harbor, we decided to head out to
Long Beach Shoreline Village for lunch.

This nest of Herons can be found just across from the Naval dock.

Nearing Long Beach we came upon a lot of sailing activity.

I set my camera on continuous and proceeded to snap nearly 300 photos.
It turned out that was none too many, thanks to the
rocking of our boat, as half of them showed nothing but sky or water.

These sea lions slept through all the action going on around them.

I noticed that the referees' boats said Alamitos Bay Yacht Club and with a little googling,
I later learned that this is what we were watching:

CISA Advanced Racing Clinic
Long Beach, California
www.cisasailing.org/content/view/18/11/