Sea Ranch Sojourn

I spent my annual week at the Sea Ranch earlier this month. As usual, it was a pleasant time spent in a tranquil spot, close to nature. With our cool, wet, long spring this year, the countryside is still green and the flowers are abundant. Here coastal goldfields are blooming on the bluffs above the Pacific.

The weather during the week featured five days of sun and afternoon wind, and two days of alternating rain and sun. The varied clouds occasionally provided really nice light, as when I took this shot of the coastal rocks.

Parts of the Sea Ranch are still run as, uh, a ranch! Here sheep are happily grazing the lush green grass right in between the tracts of coastal homes.

Mellow scenes abound, with lush grass, weathered old fences, wind sculpted cypresses, and always, the sea.

Wind and waves fashion the landscape here. The ocean is to the right of this picture...duh!