Last weekend, I had the infinite pleasure of visiting Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, with a number of my book-club friends. We had the best time eating, drinking, window-shopping, hiking, and deepening our friendships with each other.
With the beautiful Pacific always near us, I captured a bunch of images featuring my favorite color, blue.
Here are some of them, for your enjoyment:
Pt. Reyes Nature Reserve
Pt. Reyes Nature Reserve
Public-access beach staircase
Tiled wall, downtown Carmel
Tiled arch, downtown Carmel
Private residence
Garage door
You've been warned
Lots of Carmel houses sport a name...this one was in the surrounding wall
Garage door
Plein air painter
"Pride of Madeira" (foreground)
Fireplug
Garden gate
Private residence
Lobelia
Flowers outside shop, downtown
Watch that first step
Tiled fountain
Dog's water bowl
Make a wish
Blue-and-white transferware display, shop window
Candy-shop offerings
Carmel is very dog-friendly; so was this guy
Tiled shop exterior
Old Buick
Don't do it
A walk on the beach
Tidepools
Happy patron, dog beach
Oldie oldster dog
T's mussels for lunch
Local microbrew logo
Otter using rock on tummy to crack open clams
Wild Lupine
Bird sanctuary
Pt. Reyes Nature Reserve
My best seals-on-the-rocks shot
Pt. Reyes Nature Reserve
I don't know what this wild plant is
Quiet cove, Pt. Reyes Nature Reserve
(So close and yet so far -- we're only an hour from Carmel.) Such lovely, creative shots of blues in such gorgeous country (a blue fire plug!?...who knew?!). Sounds like a lovely time! I'm jealous -- its been too long since I was there. *sigh*
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pictures--I can hear Carmel calling my name (unfortunately, it isn't calling Kasi's name, and we are joined at the hip these days...)
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