LIFES A BEACH!

eph3_12

Julz, nice to "see" you.  All that knowledge, experience and bedside manner, tossed, due to age.  Now THAT's discrimination.

socallisa

wren44

Dust? Snow? Where?

socallisa

It's the beach at the Navy Air Station in 

Coronado

socallisa

this is looking the other way..notice how nice and private the beach really is

julz4

Sorry Beachy's I work nights & had to sleep!  I am off for 3 nights now.  Anyway I live near the Mason Dixon Line.  Google says about an 1 hour...5 minutes away from Green Spring Station of Johns Hopkins.  I have several women I know that go there.  This time I want a comprehensive center with MORE!  I Called my Dr. as I had his number Eph.  The Higher Ups found a way around it.  They said he was sliming Their name.  Even though all he was doing was telling his patients that Big Changes were coming & that he would most likely not be able to be their Dr. anymore.  He was up front & not hiding anything (very refreshing these days)!  If he had an edge to his voice when telling his patients it was rightly so!  In fact if it were not for him I probably have gone to Hopkins to begin with!  In fact the more that I think of it all I am thinking of cancelling my Radiation Onc appointment also which is the beginning of Oct. & setting EVERYTHING up there.  I went to my home town as I lived just a few miles from.  Because my Surg. Onc.Dr. was 45 minutes to an hour depending on traffic from me.  6 1/2 weeks of Rads was a lot of travel.  But now that I have more info & know if this beast comes back I want Better for ME!  Not the best of choices in my back yard right now.  Not bad just want better.  Thank You ALL it's good to see YOU! 

socallisa

lounging at their beach

barbe1958

Okay, what the HECK are those things????

barbe1958

Looks like a beaver had sex with a guinea pig!! 

iamnancy

Looks like an agouti - I only ever saw them in Mexico ... is that what they are?

socallisa

it is a capybara, the world's largest rodent, but they like the water..too

iamnancy

wow - just looked them up.. was surprised they can grow up to 100 pounds..

socallisa

marlegal

Cool hippo! For some reason I always liked them. Hungry Hungry Hippo was a kids game when my girls were young. They loved it, and I liked the fact that hippos were involved. No idea why I like them so much.

This pic was taken by another owner here at our campground. You can see the same old dock pilings that are in a lot of my shots. This too was just a lucky capture she said. I just love it.

eph3_12

I like that one too.  And it's straight

marlegal

lol Eph...proof it's not mine, right? Good thing I owned up to that fact right up front!!! I swear, if we go to the bay tomorrow or Monday I know there will be at least ONE pic that's straight 

eph3_12

socallisa

Too funny.

I went to the beach and saw this..horizon isn't very straight either. .needs editing. 

barbe1958

I am surprised those dock pilings are not taken down. Is that really how high the water used to be??

socallisa

You are right Barbe. They could be dangerous. 

marlegal

That used to be a boat launch. There's  a dock you can walk out on when tide is low. The boat launch itself kind of fell apart. It was a cement ramp on a graded scale. Once it disintegrated there was no money to rebuild, and insurance would have been really high. We're a condo association and took a vote...it was voted down. So it sits, and we capture it in pics now and then. No one really walks out on it, but the pilings are so far into the ground that we can't dismantle it either.

socallisa

but a boat could collide with it at night...do they have lights?

barbe1958

A Disney duck!!! On an artificial dry spot!!

socallisa

He was very content Barbe

socallisa

marlegal

No boats would ever be in that close, angle might be deceiving but it's very near shore. Boats can't come ashore here, so nothing but kayaks and wave runners during the day. We've been here 29 yrs and since they abandoned the boat launch almost 25 yrs ago, no boat has hit the pilings. I've never seen one closer than 100 feet. Had a few kayakers today though...gorgeous down there.

marlegal

Here's the dock tonight at sunset...could have walked out. This is how it usually looks...the other pics have been at high tide. Another gorgeous night here. I'm blessed and appreciative. And - whoa - is that a straight horizon I see????

barbe1958

It never looked like it had a top Mare!

faithandfifty

Wow! It looks like the 'ol gang is still all gathered. That really warms my heart. I see that it has been over TWO years since I've clocked in around here. Or at least I had a private message that was over two years. In any case, it has been a very, very long time. I quickly scanned back through a couple dozen pages, just to revel in the photos!!!

All is VERY well in our little world. We will snowbird at the end of the week -- leaving one beach (northern WI) for another (southern FL). 

I keep up with quite a few of you via FB and then Coonie just found me on Instagram! I nearly had a kitten! 

Took a shot last night that I can take no credit for..... don't have any idea what I did for settings and quite by 'accident' this is what resulted. It made me think of all of the friendships here and the care, concern and support through the many years when I LIVED here/BCO. So glad to 'see' so many of you. 

I think many of you may know that we got to have our first, ever BUCKET list trip to Hawaii and it was everything that I could possible have imagined and so much more. 

Sending encouragement to all who may be reading along and HUGE cyber hug to each and all! 

FAITHIE! 

Marple

Yay FnF.