Pacific storms are visiting.
Bringing prayed for rain,
and postcard waves.
Santa doesn’t need a sleigh in Caly.
He just surfs on in!
Cheers to you from Caly’s Surfing Santa~
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The time has come to pay the piper for our crimes against nature. Your photos as always are beautiful.
Sad, but true! Thank you my friend and Happy Holidays!
Lovely images Cindy. Here is a youtube of surfing Santas in Australia http://theinspirationroom.com/daily/2012/aldi-perfect-aussie-christmas/ hope it plays for you
Oh my gosh!!! I particularly love the ham!! Cracking up…….
It is an ad for a grocery chain but scroll down to the video clip….
This is hilarious, I was trying to get my kids to don a surfers hat and catch a wave but they won’t do it…..go figure!!!! 😉 😉 I told them it was for ‘art,’ I attempted bribery. No dice……ingrates!! Laughing…….
It has been another wonderful year with you Pauline! Happy Holidays and Happy and Healthy New Year to you and Jack!
What spoil sports Cindy, not even for art, laughing with you….
It has been a good year for us and you and yours too. I have loved sharing it with you. Hope you have a peaceful Christmas and here’s to 2015 and more adventures my blogging buddy… 🙂
I can just about see the reindeer in those breakers. 🙂
They don’t even need a surfboard!!! Happy Holidays Brenda and Happy New Year to you and your family!
And to you as well! 🙂
While the West coast was in need of a good soaking we all wish it didn’t come all at once. I hope you’re ready for a great Christmas and a very prosperous New Year’s 🙂
So Cal hasn’t gotten slammed like NoCal. We have had three mild storms and need more. Wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Hi Cindy, what beautiful Picture…I use to live right on the beach in San Diego…I miss it…but I guess I will have to come over here and see it..lol
Thank you for all your likes..so nice of you..
Merry Christmas
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Thank you so much for your thoughtfulness Sherri! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
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So kind and so appreciated! <3
Rain! Hooray!! Thank you thank you :star:
Oh yes! The joy is remarkable! You should have seen the birds taking bath in the rain water filled birdbath! They liked it so much more than hose water. They lined up for it and I have the pics to prove it!! Joy!!! We still need more, but the snow pack is building in the Sierras!
😀 😀 Zippideedoodah!! My oh my!!
Romantic (as in nature) pictures in spontaneity has best views. You capture them so well.
You are very kind~
Merry Christmas Cindy.
Stunning images 🙂
Mil grazi~
Fantastic images as always. Have the more wonderful Christmas and New Year. And all the best to your family.
Visa versa 2 U x 2!
Let’s hope for peaceful 2015 after a “stormy” 2014. Sea, ocean, river, stream, water always beautiful, live-giving and dangerous at times. My best wishes for You Cindy. Happy Holidays and all the best in the upcoming year. I wish you many beautiful moments, people, places and photos. Cheers. Wanda from Poland.
Yes, we all need to pray for peace in this hostile world. Nature shows us the path to peace. Happy Holidays to you Wanda my friend and the happiest and healthiest 2015! <3 <3
I LOVE these, Cin. Esp the first. Could look at ’em all day. (But then I couldn’t blog LOL.)
Merry Cmas, my friend. You’ve been with me since my fledgling days and I am grateful for the faithful support. I am so happy to be journeying along, going where you go and seeing what you do.
Love,
Diana
Back 2 U x 2 my friend. Love your blog and look forward to your posts. Wishing you the happiest and healthiest blogging New Year! <3 🙂
I wish I was there…love wild oceans!
They are wild and free, so I love them too!
Wonderful way to deliver our Christmas pressies on a surfing santa sled!! Looks wonderful too 😉 Have a fantastic Christmas and big Woflie hugs surfing their way to you! Hmm….a surfing Wolfie…lol now there’s a thought for the Christmas cards!! 🙂
ohhhh, surfing wolfie, I’ll come up and take the pics…..of course it’s just an excuse to meet the wolf child!
The power of the sea is so awesome, Cindy. I could spend hours just watching and listening as the surge overruns the land during and after a storm. There’s a magnificence in it that transcends beauty. Beautiful shots….., especially like the first one. Hugs, Cuz !
Yes, the ocean is simply remarkable when storms hit. It was a thrill to see it top the bridge, although not for the drivers when they were under the water!!! Hugs back at you cuz~
Happy Holidays, Cindy!
Visa versa 2 U x 2 !
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. I’ve so enjoyed your insightful words this year and look forward to what you come up with in 2015
Christmas Blessing to you and your family Ana, and wishes for the Happiest and Healthiest New Year! Love your blog and photographs and look forward to seeing them!
Here Santa’s sleigh is pulled by hundreds of swallows. feliz navidad
Santa is so creative!! Feliz Navidad!
There’s always bad news for somebody, Cindy! Hope 2015 is kind to you 🙂
And to you my friend, only the best!
It seems Santa (or Father Christmas as he is known in Zambia) is creative in delivering gifts. He took to the skiis here when he brought us a package or two. I hope you had a great December 25th.
I have heard he is a very adept skiier! Happy healthy New Year!
Merry belated Christmas Cindy, and all the best for you in 2015!
Visa versa 2 U x 2!
So dramatic, what a great time to shoot!
I missed the really big waves that came later though!
Hope you got enough rain to ease your drought – great wave shots.
We got enough to turn everything green, but sadly, not nearly enough to end the drought.
Gorgeous!! (even if it is a storm coming)
In Caly storms are cause for major celebration as we are still in major drought!
Liebe Cindy super schöne Fotos wünsche dir einen gemütlichen glücklichen Sonntag mit ganz vielen lieben Grüßen Klaus
Vielen danke und Gluckliches Neues Jahr Klaus!
Cindy – Truly awesome. Pictures of stormy waves of the Pacific are always my favorite. Your photography comes with sound they are so good.
Awww, Happiest & Healthiest New Year to you and Tom my friend~
Powerful shots, my friend. Great gallery!.
All the best to you. Aquileana 😀
Mil grazi & Happy New Year!
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Hi Cindy, I can’t locate your email address. Here is mine acpien@gamil.com. Will mid March work for you? After April, probably is travel time (?) Otherwise, Dec. will work since SD is warm in winter. 🙂 Feel free to delete my comment. Thank you, Cindy! Have a great weekend.
Yes, that will work well. I will email you when I return from Polynesia. Should be such fun!
Thank you, Cindy! Have a great time. 🙂
Awesome photo of Nature’s wrath!
So happy you enjoyed & cheers to you!
The picture says it all.
storm surges in our country destroyed so many beach fronts and devastated coastal communities…
People underestimate the power of waves. Don’t stand on or near black rocks (wet).
Oh yes, I grew by the sea and used to try to warn people, but they ususally got mad at me, before the wave got them on the rocks with the barnacles. Always made me cringe.