Peace Offering

Has it really been two months since I last posted something? Apparently, the answer is "yes" judging by the date stamps.  Ooops.  Sorry about that.  So by way of a peace offering, and just to show I've not been totally idle whilst invisible, here's one of a series of shots I've been doing along the local coastline.

Believe it or not, someone, somewhere, thought it made sense to sail a decommissioned concrete-hulled tanker to a point off of Aptos, near Santa Cruz, sink it, and call it a tourist attraction. Unsurprisingly, this was a short-lived venture, leaving as detritues a broken-backed cement-based wreck just yards from what otherwise is a pristine California beach.

Oh well.

More soon!

Commute #2: Closing-in

Wet this week, and with the promise of snow at higer elevations tonight just to make life exciting! History tells me that if this is the case then getting out of where I live to work may be difficult until the roads clear a little. And speaking of cars, I think my commute vehicle is on it's last legs and so it's time to search for a replacement. We've had a good experience of buying vehicles over the web (www.carsdirect.com) and so I'll probably go that route again.

(Sorry for the quality on this one - even IS on a small P&S couldn't eliminate shake caused by the dreadful state of CA's roads ...)