Writer's Block: Doppelganger Week

[Error: unknown template qotd]When I was very small, people used to tell my parents I looked like Shirley Temple.  My hair was very curly as a toddler.  It's not so much in the icon here (I'm about six here), but that was pretty brushed out for school picture day, and when I was younger, it straightened out more as it got longer.  Puberty seemed to make it a lot curlier again.  As a grown-up, one of my mother's elderly church friends told me I looked like Nicole Kidman in "Far and Away" - although I was never that skinny or blonde. I could probably be two of her.

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Shortly after Avalon's birthday last summer, I bought a Groupon deal for half-price for whale watching, and bought six, thinking it could be a birthday present and she could take a friend. And of course, I almost forgot about them. They expired at the end of January, and earlier in the month, there was stormy weather and after that, a huge swell. Sunday was sold out already when I called to make reservations, so we decided they could take a day off for something educational. ;) Instead of a friend, we took John's grandmother along, as she's never seen them off this coast.

We left out of Dana Wharf Sportfishing on the F/V Dana Pride - GGma was a little surprised we went so far south as she was expecting for us to go out of Long Beach. Well, we only saw small whales. Common dolphins and bottlenose dolphins, and sea lions of course. And tons of shearwaters, seabirds that don't usually come very close to the coast. But that was fine. The kids had never been out on a boat like this before or seen wild dolphins, so it was all good. It was a nice day for it, especially for January. John's grandma had a nice time too.

And I forgot the stupid card for the big camera, so I put it away and there's only crap phone photos. Which I couldn't remember where the stupid lens was so my fat finger is in the way half the time. >:p



Sea lions on the buoy outside Dana Point Harbor.

( blurry dolphins and fingers ahoy... )