OCEANO, HALCYON, ARROYO GRANDE

Due to taking some of the photos I'm posting through a car window rolled up that has a bit of a tint to it - it makes the sky really blue.  It was blue for sure - but not this blue.

Central coast has so many small towns and neighborhoods - they also are known for their "micro" climates - which means you can find varying weather depending on what town you are in and how close or far from the ocean it is.

Arroyo Grande is above Grover Beach which is a beach town.  There are also many vineyards in these areas.

This house definitely caught my eye so I will use it for my front porch photo for the day.

One of the many fields of ...well I know we traveled by cabbage fields - not sure this is one..... while on our way through  Arroyo Grande out to Lopez Lake.

There is a really small town named Oceano which is pretty darn cute.

and then there is the Halcyon Post Office - this is an area that is very rural but has the cutest place to go pick up your mail.  Lots of Zen stuff to look at and it smells "divine" ..kin dof like the Catholic Church I went to as a kid, incens-y

I bought some incense that smelled good in the package but not in my house!  Too much of a burn smell - ugh.

I put it in my dresser drawers and it smells great when I open them up.

FRONT PORCH - ARROYO GRANDE, CA - HOLLY AND HANNAH'S FIRST MEETING SINCE TODDLERS

My granddaughter Holly who is the one in jeans and long blond hair and my sister's granddaugher and my great niece Hannah who is in the pink hat and dress, met again when they were out of the toddler stage, at my sister's house.  The front porch is the house they lived in (a house I loved) and since I found the folder with these cute pics of the girls thought I use post them today.  This was back in 2009 so of course, they are older now - both in 4th grade.

This was such a fun weekend - following them around and watching them play and get along with each other.  One of those moments in time I wish I could go back and relive.

Holly cannot pass a tree that she doesn't have to climb - wasn't but a few minutes before she had Hannah out in the backyard climbing trees.

These are just a few of the steps up to the front door - I remember I sprained my foot on these steps and it took forever to heal.

Checking out where they are going to have a bath later.

In some shots they really look like sisters.

and here is a photo of  them in the last year.

Hannah with her best friend forever Ashlyn.

Hannah and Holly are both tall girls - they take after their grandmothers.

Holly sitting in the back seat of our jeep letting her brother sleep on her shoulder.  Such a good sister.