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!!!

Whizzing by

When you work with kids...everything goes whizzing by....Kids don't amble, they motor to their destination.

Our last day at school involved sleeping bags, PJs and Polar Express beamed on the wall and an auditorium full of young learners. We turned the school into a cozy living room for the day.

Cuteness factor - 10
Joy factor - 11

new dawn

December for openers....












is a hellapalooza for holiday hoopla.

I say it's time to rest up!

Gobble gobble

Gratitude is the way to joy....says my very wise friend


and many thanks for so much.

Rosey red to foggy bog

Rosey reds



















simmering down the day














Elongated lines woosh through the lane






on over to bridges and moats of dimming light






























To foggy waking


and driving on



down the turns














by the foggy bogs


















over to straw stalls.