Friday, November 22, 2013

Addendum to the Previous List

More Things I See in California That I Didn't See in NY:

Seagulls sitting in the middle of an empty road staring into space
Empty roads

Rabbits quietly nibbling grass on an open hillside
Open hillsides

And on a rainy day, I'm the only person I see holding an umbrella

Thursday, November 21, 2013

Things I See in California That I Didn’t See in NYC


Snails on sidewalks

Boxer dogs

Men in their sixties with bright blue painted toenails  

Sand on my windows

Giant birds of paradise

Poison ivy growing in cultivated shrubbery

Palm trees

Bougainvillea

Torrey Pine trees

Dog poop all over the place

Beach birds eating busily in the sand and skittering with the tides

Pelicans flying overhead

Surfers

Wetsuits

People gathering on the cliffs to watch the sunset over the ocean

My cat walking on a leash

Lines and lines of waves