Christmas in February

 

This bush is about 5 feet tall, beside a 1920s apartment building in the 'hood.

At the Beach

 

Not Bad...

 

Some Signs

 

To the Sea

 This Pisces loves to go to the ocean, especially on my birthday. So, today, to the sea!

Some Signs

These are all from here in San Diego--I am determined to capture cool signs where I live, just as I do when I travel. And they need to be documented before they all get torn down...

Owl/Coffee Coffee/Owl

 

Coffee yesterday at James Coffee, a cute place with a cute logo. And you have to love a big ol' neon sign proclaiming "COFFEE."

Art-y

 

Not sure what this means, exactly, but "art"?

Margie and Katie

 

I love a named apartment building--and NOT the modern pretentious crap like "Möde" or "Denizen." These are charming, and even though they are not right next to each other (but are within about a quarter mile or so), I have to think this is a dad naming these after his daughters. (The text is weirded out here because I inserted the umlaut; I have tried to fix it but cannot, so..._

Birds, Seen

 

A fun hike on Sunday at the San Elijo Lagoon. 

We saw an egret.

A belted kingfisher (I've never seen one before!).

A Great egret.

(Size comparison here between the egrets...and some ducks!)

And not sure what this bird is...a mockingbird (maybe?).

'Hood Sign

 A cool neon sign in my very own 'hood. I wish they would fix the neon and light this up! 

Palm Line

 

Christmas View

 

On Christmas Day we went to have lunch...right on the beach (well, the restaurant is right on the beach, we weren't ON the beach). A gorgeous view...

Fun Friday

 

Today I took myself downtown on the trolley to hear the San Diego Symphony in rehearsal at the Rady Shell. They played Beethoven's Seventh, the second movement of which is so beautiful that it brings tears to my eyes every time I hear it. An amazing free opportunity to hear classical music in a lovely setting.

Atmospheric

 

A Walk in the Park

 

Back to Lake Murray today (to walk with my friend and her sweet dog)...LOTS of cool clouds...

And birds! I think this is a California towhee.

More clouds!

And birds: Casein's kingbird (he has a lovely soft yellow chest that you can't see here).

Clouds...

And birds! Little birds that I can't identify...some sort of a sparrow? If anyone reading this is a birder, please let me know what this is (small and cute!).

Still more clouds.

And a bunny!

California Dreamin'

 

Happy October

 

Right on cue, San Diego autumn weather kicks in: chilly at night, then a Santa Ana in the afternoon.