vamos a la playa

toward the end of my holiday visit in southern california, i was having a grouchy day, so my dear friend, deirdre, whisked me away to the beach for a breath of fresh air.


ahh. a little direct sunlight on my fair, porcelain skin. i think my eyebrows were beginning to melt.



nopales and blue sky: my homeland.



add some macrame and i'm back in the 70's.







i must have a hundred photos of deirdre taking photos.




























the unrestored part of crystal cove.

















i fell in love with sea glass!











i have a thing for rocks and shells. i collected them when i was a kid and i still find it difficult to resist their pull.



you can click on photos to enlarge them. sand up close is amazing. go ahead. try it.



a tree on a hill


lucy and ethel. the woman who took our picture asked if we were sisters. she thought we had the same smile. deirdre and i are old friends, but i don't think that the red headed irish lass and the bald headed latina really look alike. maybe it was the glasses. (note to self: don't pose like that. it looks as if deirdre has a hand growing out of her shoulder.)