even a gloomy day...

... is brightened with a bloody mary that features a giant shrimp, overlooking the pacific ocean!  both the shrimp and i were overlooking the ocean, to be clear, and my husband was there as well. 

we are off celebrating his birthday with a night away from thing one and thing two.  a lys may be visited, for souvenir and research purposes only.ツ

there were vacationing knitters at the next table -- we exchanged ravelry names, and talked about stoplight vs. pay-attention knitting.  so fun!

i need to learn to use the camera on my phone.  this is ridiculous.

un milagro para nosotros

here are two short videos from our recent trip to laguna san ignacio, on the pacific side of baja california, to see the whales. we went out on a small panga (boat), the first day with four italian tourists (i got to haul out my ancient french to speak with them), and saw many beautiful california grey whales exhibiting typical behaviors, like the "fluking" i captured here:

the second, more magical trip, on the next day, we took with just our family and an experienced captain. he took us to the mouth of the lagoon, where we encountered a very sociable mother whale, who wanted to introduce her baby to boats and people.  this mama and her HUGE baby were right next to our boat.  she came so close that i was able to touch her head.  it was a remarkable experience.

un milagro -- a miracle -- a gift from the universe.  truly the experience of a lifetime.