for the birds

Taken at the San Clemente Pier.

i'm just here for a moment...

Just a couple of Diana shots from the last days of summer. I'm very ready for the beach again. More than ready.

Currently listening to: Pretty Lights-"Solamente"

shades of blue and grey

Taken last month in San Clemente...I took a lot more photos than I thought.

I love the marine layer that shrouds the coast early in the morning. We took a little stroll down the pier and watched the surfers for awhile before breakfast. I am in desperate need of more mornings like this one.

Oh, and I want these rings very badly.

huntington pier at sunset

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These turned out way better than my hazy Polaroid (thank God!). I love ending the day watching the sunset at the pier...pretty much any pier will do. This night was particularly gorgeous. The weather was pretty perfect and the horizon to the left was covered in a misty dusk fog.

sunset at the train tracks

More photos from San Clemente...possibly my favorite beach city in Southern California. This was the night before the Hurley Pro at Tresles, which we unfortunately missed, but caught on TV.

I'd really love to have a bonfire here one night...

beach cities on film

Laguna, Newport and Huntington 
(click to enlarge, I couldn't figure out how to fit the original sizes onto the page.) 

Three different beaches, one glorious afternoon PCH drive. I finally got some rolls developed from our little weekend drive to California.

Today was a pretty grueling day considering it was supposed to be a pretty laid-back Saturday...car shopping was just as torturous as I had imagined...it's still close to 100 degrees outside, and as usual, I have a million things on my to-do list. Yoga was amazing last night though, and was exactly what I needed. Slowly but surely I'm learning to focus on gratitude again, and not be so consumed with the petty everyday things...like I just was today..but, like I said: baby steps. I guess we're all a work in progress.

Right now, I'm just tired and not really in the mood for anything except finishing this book I've been reading and going to sleep.