Spring Has Sprung
Not exactly sure when Spring started (a while ago I suspect), but the wildlife in and around Monterey Bay doesn't need a second opinion, their spring has definitely sprung.
The extra fencing is up along the coastal trail to protect the beaches where the Harbor Seals raise their pups. On Sunday, I took the camera along to see what I could see. The highlight was a baby seal that was hassling its mother. I originally thought it wanted milk, as did its mother, who laid on her side, but it turned out the pup wanted to go into the ocean.
The mother wasn't too keen, but when the pup headed towards the ocean, she felt the need to follow, and soon enough they were both in the water swimming around.
My week this week is messed up normal schedule wise. It all started on Sunday when I drove up to San Jose to go watch the Sharks in the NHL playoffs (they're doing really poorly - down 0-2 in their best of 7 that they should win!). That combined with a big website push going live on Tuesday allowed me to switch my days around this week - working from home today (Monday) and in the office on Tuesday (probably well into the evening for the push).
Wednesday is a vacation day (I'll hopefully have an update from Wednesday later in the week if everything comes together), so it didn't really hurt my work week.
We're in the middle of a mini heatwave, which hurt my run this morning - though before I flaked I got to see a Sea Otter with its pup on its chest as they swam around. I was getting too hot towards the end of the run and ended up walking the last 0.4 miles back up to the house. I thought I was being a wuss until I checked the temperature when I got home, it was already 80 degrees - before 9am! I don't feel so bad now.
After working all day, and it got up to 90 degrees outside, 84 here in the house, I treated myself to a cooling paddle in the ocean this evening!
The extra fencing is up along the coastal trail to protect the beaches where the Harbor Seals raise their pups. On Sunday, I took the camera along to see what I could see. The highlight was a baby seal that was hassling its mother. I originally thought it wanted milk, as did its mother, who laid on her side, but it turned out the pup wanted to go into the ocean.
The mother wasn't too keen, but when the pup headed towards the ocean, she felt the need to follow, and soon enough they were both in the water swimming around.
My week this week is messed up normal schedule wise. It all started on Sunday when I drove up to San Jose to go watch the Sharks in the NHL playoffs (they're doing really poorly - down 0-2 in their best of 7 that they should win!). That combined with a big website push going live on Tuesday allowed me to switch my days around this week - working from home today (Monday) and in the office on Tuesday (probably well into the evening for the push).
Wednesday is a vacation day (I'll hopefully have an update from Wednesday later in the week if everything comes together), so it didn't really hurt my work week.
We're in the middle of a mini heatwave, which hurt my run this morning - though before I flaked I got to see a Sea Otter with its pup on its chest as they swam around. I was getting too hot towards the end of the run and ended up walking the last 0.4 miles back up to the house. I thought I was being a wuss until I checked the temperature when I got home, it was already 80 degrees - before 9am! I don't feel so bad now.
After working all day, and it got up to 90 degrees outside, 84 here in the house, I treated myself to a cooling paddle in the ocean this evening!
posted by Tim H at 8:56 PM
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