Weekend Reflections - No Fishing

One of those photo opportunities that doesn't come along very often. 

No Fishing

(he is clearly fishing)

Weekend Reflections by other photographers at Newtown Area Photo.

Laguna (north of Broadway)

A while back I did a couple of posts about Laguna Beach. One was related to before and after a MAJOR storm. The other was some general photos of the beach area south of Broadway, in the middle of town. At that time I said I'd do a post of the beach area north of Broadway.  Here are a few photos of that area. This is about two miles (as the crow flies) from our house. (any closer and we couldn't afford to live there)

Tropical Laguna Beach, last week in mid winter (sorry folks)



 Bird Rocks



A house in a very nice spot

   

 American White Pelicans

One of the very nice private coves

 Million dollar condos on the beach

Out for a sail (with no sail!)

 Looks more like the South Pacific than Southern California

Another Tropical looking cove

Another bird rock

When Hopeful Evening Takes The Day

From my mind's eye
I cannot chase

The soft gentle image
 Of that classic face

When hopeful evening
 Takes the day

Red brown hair
Catches moonlight
Every ray

Set reservations aside
Let fate rule tomorrow

Let me for a life time
Your sweet love borrow
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Happy Valentine's day my love...

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Also, Happy Valentine's Day to all my lovely blogging friends out there!

This one is for you...

Weekend Reflections - Skirmish Line

please enlarge for best viewing

Weekend Reflections by other photographers at Newtown Area Photo.

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Everything is Nothing!

Ingmar Bergman (movie director, producer and writer) said "Everything in life is worth as much as a belch, the only difference being that a belch is more satisfying."

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One day several years ago, my granddaughter Tay (at the age of 3-ish) was very mad about something and screamed, "EVERYTHING IS NOTHING!"

That girl just may grow up to make great movies full of bleakness and despair...

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New Glasses

I'm not sure when it happened, but when I need things, I usually think about Costco first.  Between their physical stores and their web site, you can pretty much buy anything.  As long as you don’t mind buying large amounts, or multiples of many items, it’s a great place to shop. 

I recently noticed that my eye glasses seemed to not be working as well as they should, so I made an appointment at my local Costco optometry department.

When it came time for my appointment, I discovered that the examination and testing was done exactly the same as anywhere else. The optometrist even had a diploma on the wall!  There were no major surprises, but my prescription did have to be adjusted.  They told me it would take about a week for my new glasses to arrive and that they would call me.

Five days later I was notified that my glasses were ready. I went back to Costco to have them adjusted for fit. I loved them! Now I'm hoping that my prescription doesn’t change before I've had a chance to use all eight pairs...

Only folks who frequent Costco got that... (I hope)

I wonder how much food purchased at Costco ultimately gets thrown away because it gets too old before it can all be eaten. Do we really need to buy a 55 gallon drum of mayonnaise?  Can we really use a case of anything? How about a 42 inch flat screen television multi-pack? 

Weekend Reflections - You Tell Me

Before you ask, yes I rescued him and put him in the sun to warm up.

I'm not sure what it was, but I know it wasn't a rat.

Weekend Reflections by other photographers at Newtown Area Photo.

Hot Mess Chronicles

Some of you might remember a post from last year relating to whether or not I’d ever worn women’s clothing.   The post was basically the story of the what, when and why, relating to my “cross dressing” incident.  Cake Betch at “The Hot Mess Chronicles” has taken my story and added her zany illustrations to it.  Even if I have to say so myself, her pictures make a good story great.  I’m so happy and pleased with what she has done with it.

I’m sure that very few of you have been exposed to this lady yet. That is too bad, because she is FUNNY and her illustrations are creative and hilarious. Please go over to her blog right now and check out my vastly improved post.   She is pretty new to blogging and I’m sure that many of you will like what she does so much, that you may even follow her.  You can thank me later for the referral (cash or check).  Please leave a comment there after you go see it (if you do), so I know what you think of it.   Thanks my friends…

May I now introduce you all to...

Cake Betch

Just to show you that I'm not exaggerating as to the talents of this lady, she has already been featured on The Sassy Curmudgeon ( by Una LaMarche). I'm sure you all know who she is. If not, just take my word that Una is one of the funniest people on this planet (or any other).