This and That

Kids are back to school following a week of delightful schedule-free fun. We made another trip to the beach, where my younger one body-surfed for the entire time. Watched the pelicans and toasted under the warm sun.

I intend make Wednesdays writing days. So here I sit, trying to come up with something clever and interesting for this blog. Fortunately, my wine blog doesn't need updating until the weekend.

We walked to school this morning, and my daughter pointed out the sun's rays streaming through the thin layer of early morning gray clouds. On the way home, I paused on the bridge to watch turtles poke their heads out of the canal. I'm looking forward to the day when construction ends in our neighborhood, when I can no longer hear the grinding sound of the cement trucks on our street corner.

We lived in a master-planned community with areas set aside for trees and grass. Of course, nothing can be "too wild", so I was surprised to see patches of clover growing on one of the greenspaces. I pointed it out to my daughter, saying that at evening time, cottontail rabbits would come out to nibble on it. Surely, some neighbor has complained about weeds, and soon the lawn maintenance team will come around to eradicate that pesky clover.

The oak leaves are still blooming. We have two scrawny looking ones in our backyard, and another with lacy, light green leaves. Yellow pollen dust is sprinkled all over our cars and patio furniture.