John & Anne Wiley

2015/09/22

Baby Love

Filed under: Coasting Adventure,Flying,Happiness,Has Photos,Nature,People,Random,Relationships — John @ 22:39

Took my baby to Big Sur. Well, flew her to San Luis Obispo then drove Big Sur in a rental car to a fancy hotel in Monterey. Along the way we stopped at some favorite spots and I took her on a surprise detour to Asilomar Beach where she danced a sunset delight. The next day driving back to SLO she kindly posed for this.

0704 Big Sur Baby

0704 Big Sur Baby

Even though we’ve driven and flown this coast so many times, we’re already talking about going back. This time the focus was on celebration more than exploration.

2015/09/19

Coast Colors

Filed under: Flying,Happiness,Has Photos,Nature,People,Random,SB Region — John @ 07:46

Sometimes the colors along our coast are just breathtaking, like the blue in this wave fan shape around Rincon dotted with surfers.

0372 Rincon Fan

0372 Rincon Fan

Other times we see very different colors, like the Andree Clark Bird Refuge where drought has turned the water toward some strange palette. To me there are notes of pink, purple, salmon and others. When we drove by it on that same day there were birds diving for fish. Maybe out of habit?

0395 Unknown Colors

0395 Unknown Colors

2015/09/17

Silent Roar

Filed under: Aviation,Flying,Happiness,Has Photos,Inner World,People,Random,SB Region — John @ 07:21

Old airports are fascinating to me, because they evoke the presence of the past. SBA has a spiffy new airline terminal and many recent upgrades, yet here and there are remnants of the past. Like these two hangars left over from WWII when top gun pilots prepared to fight with the Corsair, one of our best aircraft of that conflict. Looking at these derelict hangars you can almost smell oily exhaust, and in the silence hear the distant echo of a giant radial engine’s defiant roar.

9980 Fading Memories

DSC_9980-b29980 Fading Memories

2015/09/16

Art Appreciation

Filed under: Flying,Happiness,Has Photos,Inner World,Nature,People,Random,SB Region — John @ 07:27

Flying over the Sunday arts & crafts walk in our town I snapped at maximum zoom just to see how it might come out. When I opened the photo at full resolution to check the clarity and looked at the center this popped out.

8546 Art For The Birds

8546 Art For The Birds

These colorful giant murals look spectacular to me from this perspective, arrayed as if for the benefit of birds and other aviators, nestled beneath towering palms with intricate shadows. The quality of light brings such magic! As if rekindling memory from a dream.

2015/09/15

Rockin’

Filed under: Flying,Happiness,Has Photos,Nature,Random,SB Region — John @ 00:09

I quite enjoy touring the rocks in our mountains, and seem to always find many new favorites and different perspectives on old friends. On this flight my fav newcomer is this one Anne named the witch hat.

9716 Witch Hat Rock

9716 Witch Hat Rock

To me it was an exploding star until she pointed out the pointy black hat with hair trailing off to the right and even an impression of a broomstick. Then I noticed some sort of Bart Simpson cartoon character in this one.

9727 Bart vs. Mouse

9727 Bart vs. Mouse

There’s a black mouse facing right nose to nose with “Bart” who’s facing left. I like the other shapes and textures too, including that dark shape carved deeply into the light colored stone at the top left of the pic. These features are on the slope below Lizard’s Mouth, with Witch in the center of this pic and Bart just off to the lower right.

9724 Rock Array

9724 Rock Array

Then there’s this spot a bit further to the right (East) where I see other shapes. Do you see any?

9736 More Impressions

9736 More Impressions

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