My birthday was at the beginning of the month and I wanted to spend it at the beach looking at tide pools, something I haven’t done since I was a kid. Unfortunately, in order to get to the tide pools you had to hike down a steep trail to the beach and then walk a ways to where the tide pools were. It was pretty hot and humid that day and I get heat exhaustion easily so we didn’t go to the tide pools. We did walk a little bit down the beach, though, and it was the first time I had gotten my feet wet in the ocean in six or seven years.
After the beach we drove down Rodeo Drive which I’ve never seen before. There were lots of people taking selfies or doing photo shoots. One young women was part way into the street trying to take a picture of herself. I was reminded of David Spade on Instagram poking fun of people lying in the street to take a photo.
I would have liked to have parked and walk around a bit, look at the high end stores, people watch, but we’re still in a pandemic. No way am I mingling in public in a big city like Los Angeles.
This is the smoke from the Apple Fire. I got a great a view of it from my apartment balcony.
And finally nature shots from walks, featuring my mother, and one of the stray cats at my apartment complex.
J.A. Photoblog 