Writer's Block

Well that's the excuse I'm going with. I think the upcoming holidays slowed me down back in November, but that's no excuse for not posting.

We moved. We're about 12 miles from the center of town but now just a few feet from the coast. It's lovely here. A bit damp and foggy, but with the mighty Pacific in full listen at all times you tend to get over that. The neighbors are delightful people, all of them. Life can go on after San Francisco!

An unexpected and delicious benefit of living by the sea is the crab. Dungenness and Red Rock Crabs are plentiful here and if lucky enough to have neighbors like ours will end up on your plate if they catch more than they can eat.

I'm not yet a sea gull aficionado, but I am more curious in learning the differences is in our most numerous and homogeneous bird. But fret not, there are raptors aplenty and a decent smattering of other bird groups. But you'll have to look at the Bird Log for the low-down on that.