I live in a beautiful place. Two weekends ago, fellow Word Pirate, Morgan, invited a group of us up to his family’s property in Jenner for a picnic. There were gorgeous views of the ocean and surrounding mountains. Here we are on the deck:

(L to R: Marcia, Julie, Morgan, Kyle)

Laura was also there. Also Penny, Morgan’s dog:

We ate a lot of food–salami, homemade bruschetta, cheeses of all kinds, sourdough bread, olives, fruit, wine, dolmas… Afterwards, we burned it off by playing Frisbee.

Then we took a hike to the lookout on top of the mountain. The views up there were even more incredible. I am not feeling very wordy right now, so here are more pictures. The rest are in my gallery, if you know where that is.

Laura

Listening to the ranger read from a book he had with him.

me

sunset

On the way home, the waves along the coast were literally glowing. There must have been some sort of phosphorescence in the water. We stopped for awhile to watch sparkling black waves hit the shore.

I have a pretty awesome life.