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In Distress

A harbor seal, unable to swim, rests on Carmel Beach. Volunteers have found four seals in distress on Carmel Beach over the past week. This is uncommon.

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A Baby Orca “Saved”…for now.

A baby orca washed up on Carmel River State Beach yesterday. Volunteers and staff from the Marine Mammal Center tended to the orca, including loading it on a truck where it was taken to a marine hospital. Don’t know the health status of the orca. 🙏🏼

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Meeting at the Beach

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The High Five

My granddaughter gave me a high five at her second birthday party yesterday. My daughter took the photo. It was an incredibly special moment.

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Another Scream!

Yesterday while the fog was coming in, I went to the beach where my old eyes saw Edvard Munch’s The Scream…and there was no admission charge!

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Early Light

We are enjoying a mixture of fog and sun in the early hours of each new day—time to pause and be grateful.

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Sand Toys Galore

In the early morning hours Carmel-by-the-Sea beach features clusters of sand toys left by the previous beach goers. These toys are collected by volunteers and left at the top of the stairs leading to the beach—they are reused in most cases, or put in the garbage.

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Dorothy’s Slippers?

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Sign of the Times

I haven’t posted lately, my thoughts and images distracted by world chaos and other such things. But then I had an epiphany in my driveway. I had just driven a 40-year-old VW camper van 192 miles over challenging roads without incident. I looked at the front windshield where a beautiful yellow butterfly was tucked under the wipers—road kill somewhere along the trip. I removed it carefully and…

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Leo Ignoring the Geese

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Butterfly on the Roadside

I was walking Leo around sunset yesterday when I almost stepped on a butterfly (gulf fritillary). It barely moved its wings. Since it was half the size of the typical adult fritillary, it might have been premature. I moved it off the road and left.

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Three Cheers for the Lion’s Ear

We bought this drought tolerant plant, the Lion’s Ear, about six years ago. Put it in a pot outside. After three years I thought it was dead. It had one bloom when I dropped it into a hole and forgot about it. Now the Lion’s Ear is truly the king of the jungle, aka, the front yard.

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The Ladybug…

I only recently learned that the ladybug is called the ladybird in the United Kingdom. There is so much I don’t know!

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Time for Wisdom

I’ve walked down this street a thousand times. Once, there was a rainbow at the “end”. I may never see one again in this place. But I took the time to enjoy it. The beauty here is that I’ve been back a thousand more times without expectations of seeing another rainbow. The good parts of life are best when accepted like this…rainbow.

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Lost…

Little kids loose shoes all over Carmel. I assume someone found this child’s sandal on the road to the beach and placed it on a mailbox.

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Nasturtium Jungle

The Mission Trail in Carmel features nasturtiums climbing a hillside. Hiked there yesterday with Leo with his snout to the ground.