Purple Carpet

Every year

the iceplant along the shore

in Pacific Grove

blooms like this.

It is incredible,

and it always

leaves me

speechless.

To be honest

I wasn't going to take this picture

but I had pulled into a parking area

to turn around

and I had to stop and wait

for another car to move,

so I grabbed my camera

and quick shot this

out the window

from my driver's seat!

Here's a more

distant pic

from Lover's Point

looking back

toward Oceanview Drive.

I was out of my car

and standing

on the rock outcropping

for this one.

(Don't forget to zoom in!)

Taken TODAY!

13 May 2011