mrizh and I went to the beach yesterday. It's not something either of us do much, despite living near several great sandy beaches with gentle surf to play in. So we made sure to go yesterday. The water was cold but not frigid; the sun was bright, the sky deep blue, and the beach littered with people tanning, building sand castles, and teaching their ( Read more... )

I hadn't lain out at night to watch falling stars, not even the Perseid meteor shower, since I was in my teens. But mrizh loves the stars--he even has a decent small telescope--so this year, we went up into the high desert and camped for one night to watch the meteors.

( Stars and cliffs and Joshua trees, oh my )