How can one day be the greatest and then the next day is the greatest too?.  I must sound like a broken record.  God is so good.  I think each day is the greatest because “this is the day that the Lord has made and I will rejoice and be glad in it”!  Everyday I live is a day of rejoicing.  I wish everyone could feel life with the joy and intensity that I experience life.  It is especially intense now that I am constantly seeing new sights and each one I see is so awesome and inspiring that they take my breath away.  Today was not exception.  I had planned to go to Santa Cruz but My cousin Bill’s wife Vicki spoke so highly of Seaside, Monterey, Big Sur and the ocean views that I had to do some investigating for myself.  What made it easy to do was that cousin Bill took the day off of work to escort me to all these breathtaking views.  I was so glad he was driving so I could gawk.

Not only did I have a chance to actually sight see instead of doing the driving, there were many pullouts that allowed us to stop and explore.  We walked down trails, and up trails, and down hillsides of stairs and back up hillsides of stairs.  We walked across bridges and out onto catwalks to take a better look at the sights below us.  And having Bill with me meant that I had a built in photographer with me.  So you may get to see more photos of me than usual on this day.  All I have to do now is stay away so I can get the blog done.

I will make this blog short as I must get up early for another busy day tomorrow.

Bill drove me all around the ocean view points, we ate our lunch in the car and kept driving some more.  We went across lots of mountains and through several state parks.  Then we headed home and met Bill’s wife so we could go to the farmer’s market.  An interesting farmers market.  A lot of singers and entertainers performing for tip money.  There were many things that were non food items but somehow fit into the theme of farmer’s market.  There was hand made jewelry, jams, breads, lots of strawberries, kettle corn, purses, scarves and lots of personal items for sale.

After the farmer’s market we walked on the wharf overlooking where the cannery used to be in years long gone.  It was a beautiful wharf but the time of day did not bode well for photos.  I was shooting into the sun.  I did come across a pelican that allowed me to get within two feet of him/her (want to be politically correct) without ruffling a feather.  Up close and personal I don’t think I would want the pelican to nip me with its beak.  There was a long curved nail-like claw protruding from the upper beak point.  It looked wicked.  The pelican was so stunning up close.

AND THE SONG IT SINGS

By Kathleen Martens

April 28 2015

The grandeur of the mountain is such a small thing

When compared to the ocean and the song it sings.

Waves crashing one by one on the sandy shore,

From whence they come there is always more.

Relentless and pounding; the heartbeat of the earth.

And only God knows the Ocean’s priceless worth.

It’s beauty alone unable to express in words

So the reason it’s voice must be heard.

Listen carefully so that you will hear,

The heartbeat of the earth while it is still near.

The above poem is my poem for the day.  I wish you could have been with me and experienced the sounds of the “heartbeat”.

After walking the wharf we came back to the house and had a wonderful dinner of salad and chicken.  Delicious! Tomorrow is another day and it is packed full again.  I suppose I won’t get to slow down until I arrive at my long time friends, Jeanette and Denny’s on Thursday evening.  Tomorrow is aquarium day and a Tour.  We changed our days around.

Note to Lana:  Be sure and refresh your screen on my blog when you want to see new post.  I had several posts of my time with you.  Let me know if you can access it.

Must close my tired eyes.    I’ll proofread tomorrow.  Smile!

P.S.  I am going to post a photo of me looking out over the ocean.  Bill is standing in a tunnel looking toward me with the ocean in the background.  I asked Bill to take it just like that because I liked the view so much.