Peace on the beach

I love it when the world actually does something nice. Mo and I were in Santa Cruz walking the beach last weekend and looked down to find this lovely almost crop circle looking design in the sand. It was very nearly perfect, and so delightful that some group of people got together to actually make this thing. I am not sure you can tell how big it is in the photo, but the diameter is at least 60 feet or so and it's really complex. It was a great uplifting moment to come across this lovely thing that evening.

We drove the 3 hours to the coast so I could get a chance to unwind from all the review and sampling frenzy that has dominated my life for so long now. Beaches, redwood forests, long walks on the water and long hikes in the woods. Rain on the roof of the motorhome. Abby at the dog park.

This is the other thing about Santa Cruz that was so much fun. As fearful as I am of dogs in big groups, I loved this place and watchings at least a couple of hundred dogs laughing and playing on the beach. After 4pm they open up the beach to dogs off leash and is was totally wonderful.





In fact, I went to google earth, my new addiction, and when you zoom in to the Sant Cruz beach there a photos there of the lighthouse and of the dog park. Lots of fun to cruise around on Google Earth. Worth downloading rather than just settling for the online version of Google maps. Google is somewhat of a wonder I think. Privacy is a distant memory anyway I am afraid, so let the googles have it. At least they make our losses seem like we are having fun.