A Super Laguna Beach Tuesday

On Super Tuesday after dropping off our ballots (they were mailed to us too late to mail in!) my granddaughter and I headed over to Laguna to do some photography...only five minutes south of the cottage we are treated to these beautiful vistas...

Some residents of Laguna vote at The Lawn Bowling facilities...

Dig the stencil graffiti -my thoughts went straight to Mary Ann.
A renovation and restoration of Heisler Park is being done and since Laguna Beach is an artist's community ...even plywood used in the construction becomes a canvas...the Pacific Ocean makes a nice background, eh?

Not a bad view, ya think? I am standing in Crescent Park taking this photo...just on the other side of those trees is a vista point where you can watch dolphins and whales -- not to mention the hundreds of sea lions on "seal rock"....

Ahhhhhhhh.....

Laguna is just plain BEAUTIFUL...

Hummingbirds held our attention for a long time....

Just another day in paradise...

Just Another Day In Paradise

Ready to Para-Sail away? This flyin' high guy's feet are about ready to touch the water...as soon as he does the boat will pick up speed and he once again reaches great heights...

No, I swear, we don't live on a tropical island...this view is from LookOut Point looking south towards Little Corona beach...you can see right through the hole in Arch Rock...one of the most sought after backgrounds for photographers. From where I stood to take this photo it takes me only a few minutes to walk to Little Corona...I have gazed at Arch Rock for over 40 years!

I have loved fishing boats all my life. One of my favorite times is the late afternoon when the fishing boats start coming home in the harbor...they remind me of my (late) favorite Uncle Lee who was a commercial fisherman all his life...

I am never without my camera...I just never know what I might see...like this man and his DOG in the harbor...how cool is that?...

Big Corona del Mar State Beach...
Corona del Mar is Spanish for Crown of the Sea...

I shared a bench on the cliffs at LookOut Point with this sweet couple for nearly an hour. "Dr. Ralph" and his wife, Madeline. They both turned 85 last March. They are no longer strangers to me now, but instant friends. Dr. Ralph was a surgeon/physician for 50 years "in towns along the banks of the Mississippi"....where he told me he "did surgery in the morning, saw patients in the afternoon and delivered babies at night"! Up until only four (!) years ago Dr. Ralph was swimming a mile each day! Married 63 years...I am so glad I invited them to share the bench with me...they shared their stories and touched my heart...