I know, I know. Chickens and gardening are my thing. But I need to take a break once in a while! We’ve had a series of storms blast though our little hamlet on the central coast of California. Fifty-seven homes were damaged by falling Monterey Pines. We were lucky. The 150 foot “beasts” surrounding our house, fell away from our structures. It will cost us thousands in clean-up costs but our home and chickens are out of danger.
We took a nice walk along the coast yesterday. A reprieve from worrying about falling trees. I took these pictures. You’d never guess that a day after a coastal storm ripped through, the water could be at such peace.
We used to live near Scotts Valley up in the mountains so I know what those coastal storms are like and I remember how everyone would say that Monterey Pines were the worst trees to have because they would fall over even without a good reason. Glad you got to take a break and enjoy the beach. I used to love to pick up “treasures” on the beach after a storm; sometimes, I would even find little pieces of jade.