Me 10 minutes ago: I have an umbrella! I can totally handle walking to lunch …

Me 10 minutes ago: I have an umbrella! I can totally handle walking to lunch in the rain!

I hadn’t considered the utter shortfall of drainage along this street. I narrowly missed getting completely drenched with muddy gutter water by a full sized truck at this spot.

#rain

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A house finch, perched in a juniper tree. I couldn’t believe it stayed put long …

A house finch, perched in a juniper tree. I couldn’t believe it stayed put long enough for me to go inside, get my camera, come back out, and take seven pictures. Google conveniently linked them together in this animation.

#photography #birds #animation

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I swear none of these turtles moved at all the entire time I was there….

I swear none of these turtles moved at all the entire time I was there.

Another one nearby pulled its head into its shell, but this is a stabilized animation using several photos of these three, and the pond ripples change, the turtles don’t move a pixel as far as I can tell!

#turtles #photography

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Two years ago today, I tried to beat the stress by driving around the coast …

Two years ago today, I tried to beat the stress by driving around the coast of the Palos Verdes Peninsula and found myself at Point Vicente. I posted this video the following Tuesday morning, captioned, “Because we can all use 18 seconds of calm today.”

It seems like a good time to post it again.

#calm #ocean #pointvicente

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Tried to catch a good photo of some waves hitting the pier…

Photo taken at: Manhattan Beach Pier

Tried to catch a good photo of some waves hitting the pier after the Skechers Pier to Pier Friendship Walk. Google stitched together an animation. I’m impressed at the auto stabilization, though I’m sure the distance and the solid pier both help with that.