It’s a beautiful autumn day in Santa Cruz, so at lunchtime I headed downtown to Zoccoli’s on Pacific Avenue for a sandwich.
This might be my favorite sandwich ever. Warm grilled chicken, pesto, roasted peppers and swiss cheese. I had good intentions of only eating half and saving the other half for dinner. I ate every bite.
First a walk at Seabright.
I practically had the whole beach to myself.
On my way back to work, I stopped at Betty Burgers.
So. Good. They have awesome sweet potato fries and dipping sauce too… but I wasn’t “that” hungry, so I used a little self-control and just got a burger. It was delicious.
Hula girls dancing under the palm trees make an inviting, entertaining pattern on the beach.
Pattern is this week’s word on Illustration Friday.
My son Cole’s band played at Hot Topic in the mall the other day (yes, it’s true) and I tried to do a good thing by ordering buttons to hand out… too bad I don’t know how to spell Battalion. They still managed to hand out 50 of the mis-spelled buttons, and we’ve decided if (when) they get famous, that someday these will be a collector’s item.
These tiles are on the wall at the end of the Esplanade in Capitola. I’ve counted over 50 people surfing in that spot at one time.
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Even Tinkerbell looks pissed. One cherry and the rest lemon?
The next day, things were looking up. 
Not to be confused with the Bologna Festival, the Begonia Festival is held Labor Day in Capitola, CA. Capitola recently recieved the “Best Beach Town on the West Coast” award from Sunset Magazine. I hate to spread that around, because it’s still got it’s quiet moments.
The floats are made from fresh Begonia’s grown locally.
A gazebo decorated with flowers.
A pretty house on the river decorated for the festival.
My brother’s 3 9-year olds (triplets) came down and they stayed the weekend with their Auntie. They are wonder kids!
My sourdough toast looked like hearts this morning.
A little watercolor for this week’s Illustration Friday word STRONG. A strong man… some strong coffee…. what else could a girl possibly need?
The wine flows and magnifies my joy. Magnify is this weeks word for Illustration Friday.
