Do You Happen To Have Any Grey Poupon?

Traveling down Highway 101 making yet another run to the hardware store last weekend, this car pulled out in front of us.  It jettisoned onto the highway along a quiet stretch that comes directly down from the mountains.

A true coastal car, this vessel had rope and a cleat in case of high tide, a motorcycle for a fast get away, a wooden plank tied to the right side so as not to be side-swiped, a missing persons sign in the back window, a bike wheel on the roof and a coffee pot swinging in the breeze.  Appearing to be held together by rust and mold, it squeaked and bounced down the road randomly firing puffs of black smoke at us.

Easing alongside at the first stop light, we noted the interior matched the exterior of this road warrior.  Slyly glancing over at the driver, he appeared to be a coastal character too! 

Today's Tip

 

Along the Pacific Coast, if you leave anything sitting long enough without attention, Nature will reach out and give it a hug.

Happily, this applies to people as well as old trucks.

 

You Read the Blog, Now See the Movie

My thanks to Shawna McKinley for inspiring, supporting, teaching and applauding me as I learned how to make a video from my photography!

Note To Self (and others)

"Solitude is not a luxury. It is a right and a necessity." 

-- Anne Wilson Schaef

What Are You Waiting For?

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did.

So throw off the bowlines.  Sail away from safe harbor.  

Catch the trade winds in your sail.

Explore.

Dream.

Discover.

--Mark Twain

Decorations by Mother Nature

Salal blossoms or soft pink Chinese lanterns?  Native plants on the coast create their own enchanted world.

Didn't Do It, Wasn't There

"For the last time, Nancy, I have not seen your precious koi.  I have been here, on this rock, the entire time. 

I would never swoop into your backyard looking for a snack.  How can you accuse me of such a thing?  Seriously.

I didn't eat 'Goldy' even though I love those delicious orange and white fish.  You know, they taste just like Dreamsicles...

OOPS!"

Surveillance Cam