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I've been getting up at the same early hour Maia does. Some mornings for the days baking (I bake about three times a week, for a total of about five lbs. of flour).
Other mornings, when the clouds are in abeyance, it's to drag my sorry self to the beach, and take pictures.
There are several really nice places along this part of the coast for taking pictures, Morro Bay, Avila Beach, Pismo, Oceano, Pelican Point, the Dragon Caves.
Pelican Point has become a favorite because there are a lot of birds. Cormorant, Grey Gulls, Seagulls (the sort with the red spot on their beaks) Rock Doves (a more evocatice name for the common pigeon), and some various birds of the foam (long billed and long legged, digging for small animals in the wet sand) as well as the seals, sea lions, surfers, passing dolphins, California Grey Whales, and Sea Ottters (I saw one this morning. I was giddy to the point of slap-happy glee. I was glad no one was there to see me as I bounced around going, "I saw an otter!" interspersed with moments of tongue lolling agogment, staring to see if she would come back. I pointed her out to an Italian family, a pair of elderly women wearing dusty perfume, a couple who might have been from Britain; a long time ago, and a middle aged woman who was stopping to stretch her legs on a trip from Carpenteria to SF. This was the first otter I'd seen in the wild. At first I thought it a seal, or sea lion pup, but the lens told me different).
The air is redolent of kelp, and salt. There is sound, the crashing surf, the crying gulls, beak-clacking pelicans, pebbles being dragged by the turning tide, wind, and the occasional person.
So, just in case any of you wondered what sorts of things one can see at such beaches.
Behind the links (all open in new windows) are some pictures.
Stretch
Be warned, this first one is large (and has some so-so photoshopping to remove a sprig of grass which was in the way), because I just couldn't bear to crop it anymore. It's 1200x795, at full size, so I sent you to the picture page, which is adequate, click through at your own risk.
Soaring
Morro Rock
Surf's up
Other mornings, when the clouds are in abeyance, it's to drag my sorry self to the beach, and take pictures.
There are several really nice places along this part of the coast for taking pictures, Morro Bay, Avila Beach, Pismo, Oceano, Pelican Point, the Dragon Caves.
Pelican Point has become a favorite because there are a lot of birds. Cormorant, Grey Gulls, Seagulls (the sort with the red spot on their beaks) Rock Doves (a more evocatice name for the common pigeon), and some various birds of the foam (long billed and long legged, digging for small animals in the wet sand) as well as the seals, sea lions, surfers, passing dolphins, California Grey Whales, and Sea Ottters (I saw one this morning. I was giddy to the point of slap-happy glee. I was glad no one was there to see me as I bounced around going, "I saw an otter!" interspersed with moments of tongue lolling agogment, staring to see if she would come back. I pointed her out to an Italian family, a pair of elderly women wearing dusty perfume, a couple who might have been from Britain; a long time ago, and a middle aged woman who was stopping to stretch her legs on a trip from Carpenteria to SF. This was the first otter I'd seen in the wild. At first I thought it a seal, or sea lion pup, but the lens told me different).
The air is redolent of kelp, and salt. There is sound, the crashing surf, the crying gulls, beak-clacking pelicans, pebbles being dragged by the turning tide, wind, and the occasional person.
So, just in case any of you wondered what sorts of things one can see at such beaches.
Behind the links (all open in new windows) are some pictures.
Stretch
Be warned, this first one is large (and has some so-so photoshopping to remove a sprig of grass which was in the way), because I just couldn't bear to crop it anymore. It's 1200x795, at full size, so I sent you to the picture page, which is adequate, click through at your own risk.
Soaring
Morro Rock
Surf's up
