Sunday, July 18, 2010

Tiger Lilies

Tiger Lilies
West Camino Cielo
Santa Barbara, Calif.
July 2010




Lilium Columbianum.


Stamen.

Monday, July 12, 2010

Crack


Crack
Lizard's Mouth, Santa Barbara, Calif.
July 5th, 2010




After four days fighting against the rain and wet and fog up all over the mountains, trying to climb but not having much luck, and dodging douche bag July 4th vacationers, the sun finally came out for a little bit.





Say no to crack bubba, pull your pants up.


Pull.


Impatience.

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Damp


Damp
Carp Sewers
Carpenteria, Calif.
July 3rd, 2010




Its California, more or less Southern CA for arguments sake. Geographically & culturally I suppose that that could be dabated. Though admittedly we have enough fake boobs, spray on tans, former child actors, 300 days of surf, and enough broken dreams in Ventuckey to qualify as SoCal. Anyhow I digress, its California, SoCal really. And we all know it doesn't rain much in SoCal. In fact it rains even less in the middle of a 7 year drought in SoCal. Which is what we are in the middle of, except of course that the 7 year drought has so far last 12 dusty miserable years.

The rain we do get is traditionally quick and painless and falls from Christmas through Valentine's Day. Lately though we have gotten considerably more of the liquid sunshine then in decades past. It was a miserable winter rain wise. It felt like it never stopped. Thankfully its summer now; 4th of July coming up, burgers & BBQs on the beach, climbing and flat water surfing for the foreseeable surfing. Sunny and 75 until Halloween. I couldn't wait.

So imagine my surprise when I hike out to my favorite climbing spot and discover it to be just a tad damp. So much for summer...




Flooded.


Pond.


Scum.

Marine Layer



Marine Layer
Rt. 154 Santa Barbara, Calif.
July 4th, 2010




Summer, whats that? June gloom started in March and hasn't dropped any hints about letting up yet.




Curves in the road...

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Aboard

Julie Marie
VTA Harbour
VTA, Calif.




Living the dream.




Vagabonds.


Julie pushed the button.


Mac-n-Cheese.

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Fosters

Fosters Park
VTA, CA
circa summer 2008



Where zombies come from.





Overrun.


Scars & Bars.

Sunday, June 27, 2010

Notebook


Notebook
Ventura, Calif.
June 2010



I haven't been photoging much lately. Instead I have really been focused on editing this homeless doc and working on the book. Every now and again I will pack up the dog and go for a walk to stretch the legs. More often then not I am in no hurry to make it back home and start editing again. Lately I have spent more and more time sitting on a rock down at the beach or on a log in a mountain meadow and writing short stories or poems. I have a little notebook that I've carried for many years. Its the perfect size to pull out whenever the spirit moves you. Needless to say its been through a lot.







I wanted to be an A-lister,
wanted to walk the red carpet,
be chased by papparazzi
be #49 on People's most beautiful list.
Bottle of wine, climb the hollywood sign
slipping the breeze & watch the sun set.

Torquoise water wash over me,
surfing sliding riding gliding.
Daydreaming by the blue blue sea,
wasting away as i sing you this song.
Santa Barbara summertime
Santa Barbara summertime.