pogonip

pogonip?? who thought up that one?

anyhoo, joe had most of the day off today (thank you, Lord!) so we went out and did something! we went to The Buttery in Santa Cruz for lunch, and I seriously had the best chicken pot pie I have ever had!! We LOVE this place. It's where we got our wedding cake (cheesecake wedding cake) and it too is the best cheesecake i've ever had. the chicken pot pie reminded me that i have't made chicken pot pie in a pumpkin yet this year ( a martha stewart recipe from like four years ago that beth harding and i made for her parents on fall break...remember beth!? i've made it every year since then!) but this year, i'm too late. joe and i went searching for pumpkins, but with christmas on the move, there were not any in sight. i'm sad to have my tradition broken...but then again, i'm glad not to have to carve out all those slimy pumpkins.

after our luckless pumpkin hunt, we drove. joe likes to just drive, and i don't particularly like it unless there's a goal for which the driving is endured. so we made a deal, and i trusted his driving me "somewhere." that somewhere was one of the main arteries of Pogonip, a sort-of state "park" that's more like some protected land for wildlife habitat and such that stretches along the coast for miles and miles. if you're a pedestrian, or have no more wheels than a bike or skate can afford, you're allowed in. i had always heard about this place (and have always thought the name ridiculous) but had never found it. but, my trusty man can always find anything, especially when he's not looking for it. so, we went for a hike in the sunset. it was cold, but the sun was buttery and warmed our backs. we saw the ocean, the woods, the plains, a couple making out in the grass, and a flock of birds. no other wildlife was spotted, but i did have a great suspicion that there were piles of bugs to be found if you stood still long enough, and couldn't help but think that i could have got a better grade on my bug collection had i had Pogonip out my backdoor. ah well... sorry, dr. wilson.

joe took some fun artsy pictures, as he does so well, and we made a memory of it. it was a perfect november day.

the Buttery - kind of a lame picture, but my view was limited

(speaking of the photo above, not below ;)

hm?

how do you pronounce it, anyway?

yah, the telephone pole kind of distracts from the general splendor

laughing at my man who accidentally just interrupted the two making out in the bushes behind me.

not laughing anymore, let's get out of here!

whoops...sometimes joe forgets how tall he is. let's try again, shall we?...

that's better

a little november silhouette smooch. though that couple was inspiring, this was as far as we went. :)

aw, shucks