Since I decided to move to micro 4/3 I started small and went to Olympus and bought a refurb camera and two refurb lenses. Everything arrived in pristine condition, and has worked flawlessly since. I've gone back and made several more purchases, and still no complaint. I've also since been buying up older film camera lenses from various sources, and adapters on Ebay, and that's been a different story.

With all that going on behind her, I wonder what's happening off her left shoulder to keep her attention!

Monarch, Cabbage and Buckeye?

In the general area of the Ferry Landing on the San Diego side of Coronado. You can move along laterally to find a good view of the city, and the bridge will be to your right. There's also a park along the shoreline nearer to the bridge that you can go to as well.

Also:
Coronado Island - take the ferry or go the long way out through Imperial Beach along the Silver Strand beach. Or take the Coronado bridge.
And for that matter, take a two hour harbor cruise and see the Navy, along with whatever commercial vessels are in port and sea lions and plenty of sea birds.
Mt. Soledad - drive to the top for the views and the war memorial.
Chula Vista Nature Center.

I'm glad my tip worked out for you. And they do have a lot of ship photos posted there!

You might also want to post these excellent photos to ShipSpotting.com. They'll be appreciated, I think.

To me, that looks like a Canon FD mount, although I've not seen one with that lever appearing in the upper right portion of the first image.

We're trying to figure out the make, model and year of this car.

To help you help us with educated guesses, the original print is marked 1939, but the real date almost certainly is the summer of 1940 or 1941, so the car was built no later than 1941, but probably was built sometime in the 1930s. The two girls are twins born in April 1936. The photo was made in Kearney, Nebraska.

Some visual cues that others have called out are - There is a radio antenna attached at the top of the split of the split front windshield. Unusually long side windows for the rear passengers. A long accent strip at the belt line from nearly the grille to the tail end. Note that there is another break above the belt line accent and below the side windows that doesn’t seem to run out far into the hood, but you can’t be sure. Running boards with what looks like a chrome strip next to the car body and another chrome strip on the outer edge. A two door and we can’t really see the door handle. A horizontally lined, chromed, grill. A modest hood ornament (for the time) and what looks like a chrome strip running down the center of the hood from the ornament to the windshield. The ornament is nearly as long as the turn indicator housing and may have small wings or projections out the side. The ornament also seems to have some sort of small button or knob on the very front. Un-pierced steel wheels and chrome hubcaps. The rear hubcap seems to have some detail on it, but that may be reflection. Pressed, chrome, steel bumpers instead of flat bar stock. A bit of a “v” in the front fender and chrome fender guards front and back. A long turn indicator housing atop the headlight housing. Can’t tell if the headlight housing is molded into the front fender or is separate and hanging off the side of the hood. It’s probably molded, and the whole front fender seems to be one piece of metal with the lower hood sides. Rear fender is bolted on. Small low, ”stuck on” tail lights. Solid color - not a two tone paint job.

Any ideas will be appreciated.

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I bought a Benbo (comes from "bent bolt") tripod ages ago and liked it so much I bought the monopod too, which I also like a lot. It's larger and heavier than most monopods, which is not to say I think it heavy or tiresome to carry. It's also very sturdy. At times I've used it as a sort of walking stick and I'd have no qualms about using it as a club, should that need ever arise. Also, as others have pointed out, the monopod can stand a few feet in water with no problem.

My monopod did not come with a ball head, or any head, so I have no opinion about that.

Some more ideas - the San Diego River for birds and other wildlife from its mouth all the way back East to the dam in Mission Trails Park. Also, Mission Trails Park, including Cowles Mountain, early or late in the day. South in Chula Vista starting at the Nature Center and then out onto the salt marsh. The Silver Strand between Imperial Beach and Coronado. Palomar Mountain or Julien for trees. Head East into the desert. Southwest to the Los Coronados Islands off Mexico on a half day boat trip. When you are in San Diego check to see if the whale watch boats are still going out. It will be too early in the season for gray whales, but for most of the summer they were going out after blue whales.

Osteospermum fruticosum, if they have a deep purple center. Most common name is African Daisy. Also known as Freeway Daisies. Also come in white with a deep purple center. Takes full sun, blooms year round.