alla spiaggia

Finally this weekend I was able to enjoy a proper day at the beach. Although I only stayed an hour or so, it was the first time this year (other than a couple of minutes a month ago). We walk to the beach almost everyday, but normally in the evening when it's cooled down - and since our days and weekends have been so busy, we haven't made it out to just relax. A couple friends of ours from California came to visit and so I spent some time catching up with them and got my first bit of color. Chris has been going out to surf now several times since last week as well - but I'm still waiting on better conditions and a bit warmer water. Luckily this weekend wasn't too bad with the smoke in the air from the wildfires that are in the county to our south. But the winds picked back up yesterday and we woke up to a smoke-filled beach this morning along with the nasty smell in our house.

You can barely see the pier from the smoke in the air (which is better on the beach than anywhere). The strong wind turns the sand into strange patterns.This year seems to be a popular year for fires because I know we're not the only ones dealing with this. Even reading nyc/caribbean ragazza's blog this morning - I know those in L.A. are now dealing as well. The stories of the loses really put things into perspective.

Fill in the blank...."Even though there's lots of smoke in the world, I'm thankful for ___________"