Since I'm going to be back in this area in May - I need to finish up posting my photos from January.  I'm really looking forward to another trip to this area, and I'm especially looking forward to warm sunny weather (but not too warm).

First ones are of a walk through a neighborhood and i loved the plants and front yard seating area.









Next door to the beautiful new hotel we got to stay at The Inn at Pismo Beach, is another big hotel going up - I think it is a Marriott.  The hotel in the background was the new one we stayed at and if you overlooked all the construction you have a beautiful ocean view. 




These buildings below are going to have their view blocked when the new hotel goes in.



On the fence is pictures of what it is going to look like.  Pismo has always been an old fashion beach town but a lot of changes are being made and in a way it's sad, but, at least the new hotels are beautiful and once in, you would think they have always been there...well that's how I see it anyway.

so you can see from the rest of the bottom photos how this building in the back is going to have its' view blocked.  All of these bottom ones were on the fence showing what it will look like.

Posting some more Harmony photos.

I'll probably finally get all my photos posted from January's trip when i find myself up at the central coast again in May.  Laura and I are taking a road trip up to Northern California and a little bit into  southern Oregon coast  the first week or so in May.  Her daughter will join us for part of the trip but probably can't get all the time off work she would need to stay the whole trip with us.  She will fly back at some point.

Harmony has this cute little visitor center where you can walk in and make yourself a cup of coffee or get water.  I looked for the beer but couldn't find any. 







Sometimes when taking a photo I'm so into the textures so of course I have to take lots of photos.  Brick, wood, metal plant life - all go together so well.

After the last snow we drove over to Lake Arrowhead and on the way we passed through Agua Fria (an extremely small town and then Blue Jay and  on to Lake Arrowhead - it was a gorgeous drive and I took many photos). 

This restaurant opened up a few months ago - It's the only Italian Restaurant I know of up on the mountain here unless you go up to Big Bear.  We had one other one in town but it burned down a couple years ago.   Hopefully one day we can try it out.  I use to always love Italian but rarely if ever any more, go to an Italian restaurant. 

The plan for today since we have one or two days before it starts raining again is to go to Arcadia to visit the Arboretum, that is...if I don't change my mind before it's time to leave.  I can be indecisive sometimes and think I want to leave and then discover I'd rather stay home or go out some place close.  From the mountains it will take about an hour to get there. 

What's your plans on this beautifully dry Monday?

I particularly like the blue house below - i managed to get several views.  They way the yard was lit up subtly was so pretty with the trees near the house.





There's always one house in an area that I end up liking and thinking "I could live here".  This blue one is such a house.

I'll do some in this post and some in the next.  The weather was probably mid 50's, a bit chilly and breezy but we were going uphill a lot and warmed up.  There's just a little bit of spring blooming over here in this area but not much - just a few trees with buds on them, could be dogwoods.  I find if I can just get out for at least 2 hours a day I don't get too tired of the weather.  The rest of the week through the weekend will be rainy and some snow later.  Everything is so green so there's little evidence of any drought here in the mountains.  Our local lake also is filling up. 

It was easy to get pictures as hardly anybody was home - a few houses had cars around but most didn't.