After a tasty breakfast at the Long Beach Cafe, Rob and I rode along the beach path to Belmont Shores, which is a lovely area of Long Beach (and the real estate far out of our reach, unfortunately). But there is a park and marina and a protected bay where people swim and kayak.
We stopped to watch the boats

And we heard a strange noise in the tree and we saw several of these guys:

It's a night heron of some kind--black crowned, maybe. I have to look him up.
I've been uploading lots of new goodies to my vintage shop. If you haven't looked lately, here is the URL:
http://vintagedazzle.etsy.comMore later,
Kara