LIMITED BLESSING-A POLITICAL THROWBACK

LIMITED MERCY

    A blessing of this area is the coastal fog, especially so in this third year of California drought .

     The marine bank begins to thicken and roll when temperatures rise on the eastern side of the Santa Lucia range.  

   Here on the western slopes, fog trickles around sunset and begins to billow into valleys.

   During the night it may remain in the valleys and cling to the slopes,

 or fill the sky and obscure the pristine star field over the mountains and pacific. Some nights it hovers thickly as though written into the moors by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle but  will quickly wisp away revealing an ocean of galaxies. Coastal dreams are woven beneath this dance of misty gossamer.

  Morning will dawn under a damp blanket of moist relief and cool.

   It is a dose of mercy.

    By late morning sun angles on the grazing slopes, orchards and vineyards.

     The great golden light and saturated color returns.

     Tender shoots nurtured by the fog and the cool are quickly gone. A dry land and its inhabitants await the start of a rainy season.

     And we hope.

THROWBACK CLASS OFFICERS

    Ball State University Sophomore Class Officers 1966. John Yount, Joe Peach, Joy Novak, Sally Staley, Tom Cochrun.

     See you down the trail.

BUT THE MEMORIES SURVIVE AND A REQUIEM FOR OLD TREES

THEY CAN'T TEAR DOWN THE MEMORIES

Photo courtesy and copyright Rob Goebel-The Indianapolis Star

   It was jarring to see what is left of the administration building of the old Weir Cook, later Indianapolis International Airport, a place I spent a lot of time as a reporter. 

    It was there I met Gene Roddenberry, creator of Star Trek,  had my first meeting with Fred Friendly of CBS News/Ed Murrow fame, caught my first glimpse of Barry Goldwater, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and many other luminaries.

    The conference room was an easy spot for news crews to assemble and catch the famous he or she before they headed off. It was also the place I watched as directors began the process of dreaming the new ultra modern airport that doomed that very building.  

     The old giving way to the new, it is a cadence of life. 

        

REQUIEM

    Wilderness areas of the central California Coast are rich with ancient trees.

      Some are massive. As they come to the end of their sentry era, they sill afford visual power.

   As our pines reach the end, they go out with a last hurrah, creating a bonanza of cones.

    And in life or demise some of these giants play to the imagination.

  I wonder; as the old ad building held memories, do these old giants hold memories of the Salinan, Chinese or ancient explorers of this coast? 

  See you down the trail.

STRANGE ECHOES, FLASH BACKS AND COASTAL SCENES

STRANGE ECHOES

   I wonder if you were struck by the time shifted irony of John Kerry appearing before the Senate Foreign relations committee, again.  

    A generation ago Viet Nam veteran Kerry appeared to speak against military action.  Now in a kind of through the looking glass coincidence Secretary of State Kerry appears to rally for a military action.

     The circumstances are not at all the same, but here we go watching as Hawks and Doves carve out their positions on a military strike against Syria.

     Noted here previously is my criticism of President Obama's handling of the terrible situation by "drawing a line," and thus forcing his hand and limiting his options. It was a bad move.  That is not to say the world should not be outraged by Assad's use of gas on his own citizens.  And it is the world that should be outraged.

     Sadly the UN can not and is incapable of responding as the civilized world's rebuke of that barbarism. So now Americans will once again watch the flurry of position taking and speechifying as our pitiful excuse for a legislative branch stumbles to approve or reject the President's call for a military action.  Maybe the old saw is right---everything is a repeat of what's gone before, but with new people doing it.

COASTAL SCENES

   See you down the trail.

THE WEEKENDER-SKYLINES

PAINTING THE SKY

    Gale winds from the Pacific create an interesting seascape, adding texture to the surf.

   One of my favorite quiet spots is just off a rock.  It offers a place for a meditation on the setting sun.  A relaxation for this Memorial Day weekend.

The Weekender Video offers another take on painting a skyline.

Have a great weekend.

See you down the trail.

THE WEEKENDER-THE WAGON AND THE BEACH

THE VISIT

    Central California Coastal scenes draw thousands each year.  If you are a frequent reader of LightBreezes you know that a friend and fellow blogger, Bruce AKA The Catalyst, was here, and away from his own posting, but he was "working"

 pondering and posing.

I'm interested to see how his exposure of this overly back lit and entirely too bright scene turns out.

A great visit with a couple of great friends, but time flew

all too quickly. 

THE WEEKENDER VIDEO

Taking you for a ride....

Have a great weekend. 

See you down the trail.

THE WEEKENDER :) FLOATING CARS & DREAMS

A COASTAL SNOOZE

     Saturday or Sunday was always good for a couple of things-getting outside and sneaking a nap, usually in a hammock or lawn lounger.

      Our first stop this WEEKENDER :) is a place where snoozes and snoozers combine.

The Dreamy Scene

 The coast north of San Simeon

 where the big boys-the elephant seals-snore

   These guys excel in napping.

A DREAM COME TRUE?

Would you believe a "floating" car?

Enjoy this ride.

Catch a nap and have a dreamy weekend.

See you down the trail.