In the trees...

Don't know what type of raptor this is, but...

It's impressive!

The same, but different...

These pics were taken on a recent walk - California Golden Poppies, and possibly Spanish Poppies...?

These are very yellow...

These are California Golden Poppies,

Bright Orange.

I've also seen, although not recently, poppies that were orange and yellow.  I wonder if they are different species, or just color variations of the California Golden Poppies.

Wildflower walk

Here are some pictures of wildflowers taken on one of my walks...

I like this...

and this...

There are just too many pretties to choose from....

Don't forget, you can click on the images to make them larger.  Does anyone know the names of these beauties?

Some days are just like this...

Kinda lazy, kinda slow...

Little Snail...

Splish Splash...

Have I mentioned - I LOVE sea???

...and the things in it???

xoxoxo G. :-)

High flier...

These pics speak for themselves... Yowza!

I don't know who he is, but away he goes!

Flotsam and Jetsam

Look what we found washed up on Carmel Beach...

Gooseneck Barnacles 

Kelp

Seaweed 

more seaweed...

I think this is a Bell Jellyfish...?

... & more seaweed

Being a beach bunny at heart, I really miss being able to walk on the beach whenever I want too.
Do you notice how white the sand is?  This is different from all the other sand on the Monterey Peninsula Beaches.  I have heard that Carmel periodically has their sand shipped in from "Elsewhere" because storms wash this beach clean of sand.  I collect sand from beaches and all the other local beaches have either brownish sand, and/or rocks.

Monterey...

My dear friends from Oregon, Mike and Janina, invited Suzanne, her husband Jeff, and me to to spend some time with them in Monterey.

We could not have had a better time...

At the beach...

What fun....

& there goes Mikey...

 

The Pacific Rim - My favorite place in the world!

Mike and Bixby...

That's us.... :-)

Two finds, two friends!!!

Thank you guys, we had a wonderful holiday...