August 23rd - Sea lions

I was at the coast guard pier, today, and found these guys stinking the place up something awful, but they're so cute! :)

September 29th - Portrait of a "Gurl"

Here's a female seagull. I seem to always shoot photos of the boys, because they're so pretty. She let me get really close before she started to look a bit nervous, too. :)

Here's a shot of Dennis the Menace park, at Lake El Estero, in Monterey, as seen from the other side of the lake.

And because I seem to like to do this, lately, here's a "watercolor" of a rose.

September 27th - Lake El Estero

Lake El Estero in Monterey, CA.

September 22nd - Footprints

Footprints

I thought it was neat that I could see so many footprints on the bridge in the morning dew today. There were more when I was on my way to class than there were when I left, but I was running late so I had to take this shot after. Oh well.

September 12th - Monterey Bay Alliteration

Picture of the day: Monterey Bay from Cannery Row.
Can you find the sea lion, seagull, and sailboat? It's an alliteration!

Bonus shots:
Saucer Plant

Monkey in the Middle

Corn Fed

January 24th - Skully Bones

The water was green today, at the Coast Guard Pier in Monterey.

The boat in the far left background of the previous picture but front and center of this one, is the "Skully Bones." It's green. :)

Here's a closeup of the boat, although it's kind of hard to see (at least on my screen) how green it is. You all get three shots today, because I'm just not happy with any one of them to have it be the only one.

January 18th - 68 degrees

Part of the Galileo thermometer I bought for the hubs for Christmas. The 68 degree bauble is actually green liquid, but for some reason came out quite blue on top. :P

January 31st - Heermann's Gull

I'm pretty sure this is a Heermann's Gull. They are prettier, in my opinion, than the standard gull that is seen around here. They also seem to be coming around more often. :)

Happy end of the month! Yay, the challenge is over! Now, what to pick for my final h2h photo?!?

January 20th - Salinas River State Beach

This is next to the Salinas River State Beach, in Moss Landing, Ca. If I'm not mistaken, this is part of the Elkhorn Slough, but I'm not really sure of that. I just loved this scene. However, I think it could have turned out better. Oh, well.

January 17th - Twinsies

I call this one, "Twinsies," because it looks like a very unusual mirror image. :)
I think the blimp is around because the AT&T National Pro-Am is starting soon.



This one is a bonus, because I had a really hard time choosing today. :) The boats in the background are a fishing boat and a Coast Guard Fire Rescue boat, I believe.

January 15th - Big Sur Coastline

A shot of the Big Sur coastline, here for you, today. Enjoy.

January 13th - Jogger

Cool! I caught him with both feet off the ground. :)

January 12th - Canadian Goose

Here is a Canadian Goose that was at Lake El Estero, today. I think they're very pretty birds. Notice how you can see clear through it's nostrils!

I especially like this image, because I didn't have to crop it or anything. I only adjusted the levels a bit in Photoshop, and boosted the saturation a tad. I usually crop my images, so getting a good composition that doesn't need cropping is a real bonus, for me! ;)

January 9th - Happy boat

Happy boat! How can you not take a picture of a boat that is grinning at you so wonderfully?!

January 8th - Asilomar Beach Sunset Panography

I found myself back in the general area of Ocean View Blvd. today, as the sun was setting. I got a great shot of the (very unattractive) foghorn, but when I saw how little of the sunset my camera was getting, I decided to do a panography instead. This is at the beach at Asilomar, in Pacific Grove. It's a huge tourist spot. There's a great wooden walkway for people, so they stay out of the marine sanctuary habitat and don't disturb the plants and animals there.
I know I've shown a lot of beach photos so far, and I will try harder to get other things in, but this was just too pretty. :) This is 13 different images! I love pano's! :)

I also drove down Cannery Row today, and it's changed a lot over the past couple of years. I thought it would make a good alternate photo, so here it is:

There are three overhead walkways here, two are fairly new. At the very end of the block is the Monterey Bay Aquarium. In between the two adult pedestrians, you can see the Portola sign. It's the old canning logo from Cannery Row's heyday.

January 7th - Ocean View Blvd.

Here is a view from, you guessed it, Ocean View Blvd. The waves were ginormous today! I went there with every intention of taking a photo of a golf course or the lighthouse, but this one just screamed at me, "Post me! Post me!" :D
Enjoy.

January 4th - Scuba Diver

This is at the Coast Guard Pier, in Monterey. He was just coming out of the water. Looks like all kinds of fun, doesn't it? :D

January 2nd - Rainy beach

Bad weather today, rainy and cold. Still, I went to the beach. There's something wrong with me, I fear. LOL :)

January 1st - Surfing into the new year!

Surfing into the new year sounds like a great idea! Here's hoping it's a great year! :D

Happy new year, everyone!

July 9th - Shrimp

I got some new fish for my 100 gallon aquarium the other day, and I picked up 3 of these shrimp while I was there, too, to help clean the gravel. They like to hide under the plants, and I was having trouble getting a good shot of them through the water, but today these two were darn near up against the glass! I was able to get a very close, clear picture of them. :) Good thing they're not that active in the daytime. The fish always swim too fast for my camera!
The one in the front has black dots in it's belly, and the other two do not. I hope that means we'll be getting some baby shrimp, soon! :) (And, hopefully some of them will not get eaten!)

Yes, I know I need to clean the glass. lol