"when the coast is clear...."

These photos were taken on a walk to the beach sometime last week. The only reason I feel the need to clarify that is because Hailey is still sportin' a pretty steak worthy black eye in these shots and now all that is left of her battle scar is a little bit of discoloration.

I know I have said it a hundred times before, but I LOVE where we live. I love that the lake is just steps away from our front door. I love that on a sunny day we can decide out of the blue to go hang out on the beach for a bit. I love that on windy days you can hear the waves roaring from right over the dune. I especially love spring and fall at the beach. The sky is a true blue and more often then not the lake is as smooth as glass and there is not a soul in sight. It always reminds me of Jimmy Buffets' "Coast is Clear" song.

I didn't realize until I was editing these photos that they were both wearing shirts with alligators on them. Very differently depicted alligators. There is not much description to go with any of the photos - they are just snapshots of a very entertaining couple of hours spent in one of our favorite places.

Photo note: I have been playing around a bit with some textures in PSE. The first photo of Hailey's feet and the black and white of the two of them have a texture added to them. I don't know how much it adds, just kind of fun to experiment with.