Life on our fjord

A few views from our daily boat ride to the one grocery shop in the village.

Beach in Black and white

Newport Beach a few weeks ago. I love seeing the beach in black and white.

Playtime in Nice

I never get tired of seeing the boule (petanque) players. Why should I? Some of them have probably been playing the game for 40 + years and they aren't stopping any time soon.

And, an early morning swim club ~ just below the Promenade des Anglais in the incomparable Nice ...

Big Surf

We are in Newport Beach right smack in the middle of a Big Surf day. Here at the Wedge a thousand people have gathered to gape at the awesome surfers. If I could, I would include audio of the waves crashing and the crowd gasping.




Svein builds up a mound of sand to get above the masses and snap this perfectly-timed shot.

The lifeguards have to give up trying to get on-lookers to stay back on top of the cliff and away from the water's edge.


How huge are these waves?! Reports were 20 -25 feet.


Further up the beach, the Balboa Pier is pounded.


Girls ....standing on the edge of the world.

The Wedge

Newport Beach Peninsula. Five miles of white sand beach come to an end here and this tree is the exclamation point.