Bird O' Prey O' The Day

An Osprey (aka sea hawk, river hawk, fish hawk), seen at the newly-opened Don Horsley/Tunitas Creek Beach Park*. There was also a pair of Peregrine falcons soaring along the edge of the bluffs, but they were too far away to get a decent photo.

*In our opinion the most scenic beach between San Francisco and Monterey.

Nightmare on E̶l̶m̶ Pedro Street

On a normal day, this would be the scene on Pedro Street looking east toward Lincoln Avenue:

 

But things weren't quite normal this past Friday afternoon. We were walking home from Artega's Food Center when we heard a huge CRACK! behind us.

 

Looking around, the cause became apparent: a semi truck driver had misjudged the height of his cab and trailer vis a vis a low-hanging branch. The result was a nightmare for the truck driver, the tree, and local residents wishing to drive down the street in either direction.

 

We did not stick around to see the branch removal and cleanup operation

Teaser Trailer: TSG Visits Bell Plastics & The Hayward Toy Museum

A sneak peak of a video/slideshow coming to a blog near you.