There are lots of flowers in this part of California and I see quite a few on my morning walks. Here’s one beauty that caught my attention.

There are lots of flowers in this part of California and I see quite a few on my morning walks. Here’s one beauty that caught my attention.
I’ve been walking along the beach in the mornings on The Strand, officially the Marvin Braude Bike Trail, a paved, 22-mile (35-km) path running from Will Rogers State Beach in the north to Torrance County Beach in the south. There are houses of all sorts, from enormous to small (all some degree of expensive), houses that would look perfect in New England while others wouldn’t be out of place in Europe, modern to houses that might have been in Italy for many years, and of course all these houses have doors. The problem for me is that there are quite a few people out and about in the early morning and it feels a bit awkward to me sometimes to be taking photos of doors when I’m not that far away from the house itself and the homeowners might be looking out as they sip their morning coffee.
Nevertheless, I’ve managed to capture a few doors and today I’ve chosen some wooden ones that look quite substantial. Don’t try to kick these doors down the way they often do on TV! The only thing likely to break would be your leg.
While walking along Hermosa Beach recently, we came across two houses whose doors were overshadowed, literally and figuratively, with what appears to be nature’s hair. I also enjoyed the contrast between the first house and the stark simplicity of the second, yet both are attractive.
As I mentioned earlier this week, I took a break Tuesday to drive to Prescott, Arizona to spend a day and a half with Marsh from Always Write blog. She and her husband were wonderful hostess and host and despite a (welcome) pouring rain that kept us from going to an outdoor concert and probably rained out the concert, we had a great time. Cheers to meeting in person with another meeting planned in just over a week with a surprise blogger. 🙂 Also, can anyone tell me where June went??