POTUS has landed

 

On a cool and rainy Wednesday, Barack Obama comes for a visit. I went around the corner from where I live to catch a glimpse of the plane landing 

The local police do a look see, police choppers overhead  and the President's plane

 is in plain sight.

Playa del Rey - Hills to walk and ocean views

 I have discovered a lovely walk to the Pacific Ocean...

California poppy and purple lupines

Bright pink fushia

Choppy waters and high winds

Slope down to the beach - the easy part

And all within a stone's throw of airport

Getty atop the hill

Brilliant skyline with sunny skies and sea

See any angle to the city

View from the Photography buidling

Up and down on the tram to the magical Getty

Century City views

Benz stop

People movers at the Century City mall

A water view....see below

Grand sweep of hotels/office/mallscape

Gensler's CAA headquarters....sublimely modern

Now you seem them....

Now you don't

Whale Watch Long Beach

Gray whales in tandem

Spouttng off - about every 6 minutes

Oggling the Queen Mary

Captain who pulls you right up to the action - seal base

Notice a little tilt on the boat....

The tail is called a fluke....a way to id them.

Leatherback turtle surfaces

I like the formation....very orderly.

Setting sail to a happy 2012

Traditional Irish Blessing

May the road rise to meet you
May the wind be always at your back
The sun shine warm upon your face
The rains fall soft upon your fields
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the hollow of his hand

Happy New Year

Ring in the new.....


and here's to a new spark for a new year!




Happy 2012!!!