So I am home this morning, sipping coffee, playing with the dogs, knitting, listening to some Paul Simon, all with this lovely breeze coming in from outside.
Doors open during August in California's kitchen you might ask? (or not, but go with me here)
Yes. It is 80 degrees in Fresno today which might actually be considered hell freezing over, in which case I have some promises I may have to cash in on. Seriously. 80 degrees in August. A dinner party and fire in the pit are in the plans for the evening. And a sweatshirt. IN AUGUST. Did I mention 80 DEGREES IN AUGUST.
Ok moving on.
Santa Cruz was lovely as always
DOLPHINS! Click for bigger
On Monday my DH took me to the Monterey Bay Aquarium, one of my favorite places. Seriously. When I was little (like, five!) I told everyone I wanted to be a Marine Biologist and work at the Aquarium.
Beforehand, we walked Cannery Row and stopped for some clam chowder (covered in Dungeness Crab, YUM) and ahi sashimi.
We then spent about 4 hours with the fishes. We had our nice camera with us, and we got some amazing photos.
This was my best shot of the day:
For reference, this guy was the size of my thumb nail:
We then headed out to the Old Fisherman's Wharf for dinner at Gilberts. On our way out to the patio, the hostess asked us if we had seen the jellyfish yet. You mean the ones at the aquarium? I wondered. Did we look that much like tourists?. But then she pointed over the side. HOLY CRAP.
Please click that photo for the full size.
This was literally 30 feet off shore at the most. Add they continued in this frequency around the entire wharf.
The manager at the restaurant said he had worked on the wharf for 30 years and had never seen that many jellies come up.
It was a perfect getaway! Knitting tomorrow.
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