canyon climbs

it was really gloomy yesterday... and just when I thought this endless ca summer would never end. Oh well, it was a good day to stay indoors and get cozy. 

Last weekend we went on a glorious hike, here are some of my iPhone shots.  ps, I love my barefoot merrells!

the valley

a new city and place to call home - via instagram (my name is starisa)

a fresh start

2012 has arrived, we are settled down (kind of) in our new little house, and starting to explore. . .
new grocery stores, surf spots, restaurants, trails, people, and everything else~ a world away from japan.  the iphone 4S takes some pretty decent photos, doesn't it?

curving roads and rolling hills . . .

along the central coast

San Luis Obispo mission de Tolosa and sunny weather. I love the central coast. . .

harvest season on film

for our 4 yr wedding anniversary (!) we had a beautiful time on the central coast wine tasting and wandering around vineyards. if you've never been wine tasting and are thinking of going, the central coast is a really pretty, relaxed area to try it out :D

moving moving

we have been in our car for the past couple of weeks driving up and down and down and up CA.  Wow the weather was beautiful for most of it, with crisp blue skies and lots of fall colors.  We're so excited to be in one place this week, with just a bit of packing to do for the move into our little yellow house.

happenings

//  ojai cactii 
//  the 400 year old Oak tree in Westlake that was cut down ~ R.I.P.  
//  roasting eggplants for a curry

have a great weekend !

last month of summer

for weeks after we got back CA, the weather was summer~like and made me sooo happy. I even went in the water without a wetsuit one day! it was freezing, but at least the sun was warm once I got out. Even though those hot days are gone, fall is certainly nothing to complain about . . .

a few things:

  //  I missed  //  

1 warm, golden sun that only exists in CA.  2 in n out.  3 our kitty.  

4 frozen yogurt.  5 (not japanese) pears.  6 driving through the canyon.

 

 

 

last post for a while.

We're packing like crazy, attending farewell parties, and trying to keep our cool through it all.  4 days left. 

We estimate being back in beautiful CA in a couple of months (mid september?) 

I'm unplugging and shutting down my computer now to ship it to my parent's house.  But I will have Internet sporadically over the coming months during our Asia travels, so look for me on facebook and send me email messages (please!!) 

have a wonderful summer!!!!  and see you in the fall . . .  <3

 

holidaze via instax

my grandma cracked me up the way she ooohed and aaaahed at my instant camera. aren't instants from yearsss ago? ha!  . . . and isn't eddie cute in my new ukulele case? 

└A holiday love

3 weeks at home was as always . . . a  m  a  z  i  n  g  !
here are some of the sights ~