We are currently on vacation in Northern California. A remote little community called Sea Ranch. The locals are spectacular.

Baby Seal

Seal Pup II

Deer

Frog

Witches Cave

The gorgeous and creepy green lichen on the trees above was a treat to find. Nature at her most Hallowe’eny.

New lens! New lens! New lens! Yay!

New Lens!

Lens of Glory!

And a few first snapshots with this hallowed behemoth (the sucker weighs a billion pounds):

Sea Star

Sea Spray

Bird

A few snapshots from the garden.

Preying Mantis

Kyna's Birdhouse

Kyna's Bird Home

Passion Flower

kangaroo Paw

Here are a few last photos of France. We stayed at La Madone and recommend it highly. The owners, Nathalie & Jean Bernard, were lovely and we have fond memories of appartifs in the garden with our hosts and the various guests. We stayed in the Appartment Contemporain. Très cute.

Archway in small provencial village.

River

Evening sky from the car.

Gourdes, Provence.

Windows and a small bird.

Stream weeds.

Ruins.

More photos from rambling drives.

Above: one of the many old farm houses dotted throughout the fields of the Luberon Valley.

A group of young horses were skittish before a small rain squall.