Captain, Needing Solace

Captain, reminding me that I am not supposed to be away from home for more than a day at a time.  I'd just come back from three days down in Monterey this summer.

He may not be a dog, but he's a good boy.

Lady

Rising and Falling: Purple Urchin, Abalone

Increasing, marauding hoards of purple urchins cause kelp barrens, which leads to undernourished abalone, depleted populations of abalone and all the other creatures that belong in the kelp-ecosystems.

Very sad.

Entitled

"Now that I see your full name, I have to say this:
'Matthew Duckworth . . .
. . . Earl of Sandwich.'"

--clerk at the hardware store

Sub-Tidal Still-Life

My mood improves, goes up, the more time I spend down below . . . .

Random Paddle Shots

Wishing I were on this jaunt right now . . . .

Flowers

Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens.

My mother and father happily visited these gardens many times.