Click/Tap to enlarge. Casa Pool Life Guard Tower La Jolla California.
Big waves barreling,
onto Boomers Beach,
in La Jolla California,
during the current storm.
La Jolla Cove,
which rarely breaks,
was thundering with big waves.
And surfers.
It was quite The New Year’s,
show!
Although the pelicans were not very impressed and chose to snooze through all the drama.
Happy & Healthy New Years to You from Stormy La Jolla~
✴.·´¯·.·★ ꔠʌƿƿႸ Ꞑᶒພ 𐍅ᶒʌ໗ ★·.·¯´·.✴
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Southern California,
is getting hammered,
with huge waves,
for The New Year!
These waves are breaking,
off Casa Pool,
in La Jolla, California,
my birthplace and hometown.
The waves easily over-took the breakwall,
built in 1931,
confusing the sea lions,
most especially the pup in the center, who was not happy with all the excitement!
Next I will show you Blacks Beach & La Jolla Cove, both of which are getting hammered with huge waves.
Surfs Up!
Cheers to you and Happiest New Year from La Jolla~
Be With You and Yours. (Tap/Click to enlarge).
Peace on Earth. Goodwill Toward All.
Wishing you a Happy & Healthy New Year!
Christmas Cheers to you from The Holler~
Holler Mockers (click/tap to enlarge)
are way too smart. They saved me from a rattlesnake when I was young.
Cardinals are luscious little beauties.
Lark Sparrow’s,
song makes your heart fly.
While Scrub Jay’s beauty,
is belied by their name.
Egyptian peli-cans,
are effortless comedians.
Cheers to you from your Holler feathered friends~
Oliphants River Kruger National Park.
Curious Impala.
I never posted photos of the time I was chased by a baboon in South Africa because they were terrible photos taken in poor light conditions.
It all started peacefully enough, until some people started throwing rocks at the baboons because they were raiding campsites. They were raiding campsites because the same people didn’t properly lock up their food.
We were on a safe raised viewing walkway, behind electrified fencing that looked over The Sabie River in South Africa, as dusk fell, and the situation turned south.
Jim had just walked away. I was snapping a few last sunset shots, when a large furious male baboon, leaped the fence in the tree tops, jumped onto the platform in front of me, and ran directly towards me in a rage.
I moved rapidly backwards, not wanting to turn my back and run, clicking off a few shots as I moved away. A man in an adjacent campsite saw the whole thing and was doing jumping jacks and yelling, trying to distract the baboon. You can almost make him out in the upper right of the photo. I very much appreciated this man!
If the baboon had wanted to kill me, he clearly would have. He was thankfully content to raise my blood pressure and chase me away.
We also got charged by a furious male elephant on a prior trip when our game driver pointlessly harrassed him. If you look closely at the photo, you will see a male elephant in musk. He should have been left alone. We had to jump out of the range rover, face the elephant, while the ranger drew his rifle and prepared to shoot, causing the elephant to stop his charge.
Wise elephant. Unwise human.
We have luckily never encountered any similar problems when self driving on our two trips to South Africa most likely because we always respect wild animal’s space. We spent more than an hour waiting at a reasonable distance in our car, while we respected these guy’s space. It was awesome experience and they seemed to appreciate our restraint.
The moral of this story, don’t harrass wild animals, they are bigger and stronger than you.
Cheers to you from the civilized wild ones~
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Sometimes,
it takes,
patience,
to fully bloom.
Cheers to you from the late blooming Holler Bearded Iris~
Looking at the first six photos only,
no metadata peeks,
or google image seeks, please.
Where would you guess this is?
There are wild buffalo,
and vast empty spaces of nature conservatory land.
Now, with these photos, the answer is far more obvious!
We are off season in The Channel Islands off the coast of Southern California. This is Catalina Island, the most visited of the islands and not a National Park,
but still replete with wild spaces and wild faces. There are about 150 buffalo roaming free on the island.
Off Season, we are mostly alone with the locals, and their four legged paddling companions.
Cheers to you from The Channel Islands~
of a flower (click/tap to enlarge)
lifts our spirits everyday.
Cheers to you & stay safe and well~
Who sat down beside her.
Tarantulas measure around five inches in length, eleven inches if accurately measured. See:
And she frightened (click/tap to enlarge photos).
Mr. Tarantula away.
Tarantula Hawks sting large tarantulas to the point of paralysis, and lay their eggs on them, which then feed on the paralyzed tarantula until it dies. Tarantula hawks have the second most painful insect sting in the world. This is the closest I have ever gotten to one even though they are here all the time. I happened to be sitting next to this one as it peacefully gathered pollen. Unfortunately I didn’t have my full zoom camera or there would be more up close detail.
Reflecting pool Ritz Carlton Rancho Mirage.
Sunnylands Garden Rancho Mirage.
Cheers to you,
from The Holler~
by still waters. (click/tap to enlarge)
The harsh desert,
softened,
by silent pools.
Trees offer shade,
in the fierce summer heat,
allowing buds to bloom,
and thrive.
Water,
turns Sunnyland,
into wonderland.
Cheers to you from The Annenberg Gardens in Palm Springs California~
