Beach Combing

The afternoon cleared up and a couple of hours before sunset, Liza and I decided to go beach combing.  I desperately need bookends as books are overflowing my shelves.  (I know!  What a shock!)

We ambled up and down a beach a mile or so in each direction and just enjoyed the afternoon (and found some heavy shells).

I couldn't resist sharing a couple of pictures.  The sky was absolutely amazing as the sun sank behind the clouds. We were walking near a bird sanctuary and a pelican decided to pose for us.

These pictures are unenhanced.  Unfortunately, to get the sky, I had to let the green hills be in shadow (the flash showed the green hills, but bleached the sky).

The pelican posing with his wings out.

A closer view of him.

I wish you could see this photo uncompressed.  Unfortunately, blogger doesn't like the 4,000 pixel file a 12.7 megapixel camera takes . . . (Note the cacti jutting out from the hill)

The view behind me when I was photographing the pelican.