I agree that it's an African Daisy, also known as a Freeway Daisy in Southern California. I have a mow strip with only African Daisies, and they throw off so much seed that they're about to take over the rest of the yard.

My dad retired as chief of photogrammetry at a nearby county, and my mother retired from, and then sold, a business named Analytical Photogrammetric Surveys, and I still don't know what they did or how, except at the end of the day there was a map.

Excellent "blood spattered" phalaenopsis!

My two cents - I agree that the Olympus TGs and Panasonic TSs are great. I have both brands. Check the sealing surfaces carefully and frequently. But as careful as I am, sooner or later the cameras leak. Little leaks - like the lens is starting to show condensation on the inside - might be fixable by soaking in fresh water (unopened) and then burying in rice, but usually the camera stops working and is unsalvageable. So now I buy used cameras only, to minimize my loss when saltwater intrudes. I also always have at least two cameras with me on any trip I care about because one may cease to function. Also, whoever mentioned floating wrist straps is right; they're a necessity. Only camera I ever lost detached itself, somehow, from the floating strap. Fortunately it spiraled down right in front of some scuba divers so I got it back later the same day. Unfortunately the camera had exceeded its test depth by quite a lot, but I did salvage the SD card by soaking it in fresh water and then drying it. But don't let a corroded camera or two dissuade you - it's so much fun capturing images down below the waterline.

To you, Mr. Fingar, re the AIS site photos!

Quite a nice selection too!

Quite a collection!

Now you must join Shipspotting, too!

The pier gave it away. Which may mean I spend too much time on the beach...

San Clemente?

It's going to be hot. It will be humid. The sun will blaze. Except when it rains. And there will be rain. And sometimes wind. But its beautiful just about everywhere you look. Enjoy!

Also look at the aids to navigation, the buoys, in the harbor. The sea lions like to haul out on them in addition to the bait barges. Further, the U.S. Navy trains dolphins and sea lions in the harbor. Small grey boats with orange panels on their outboard motors are associated with training marine mammals. If it carries a cage, the boat and people in it are carrying or are working with a sea lion. A long grey plastic looking thing with a triangular cross section, in the boat, is for dolphins. Good luck.

Recently I saw a pool full of these fellows - in Tahiti.

Sugru?

Canon AE-1 with a Canon 50mm 1:1.8 lens. It was a graduation present that my dad did not want to get for me. He thought I'd shoot a roll and then put it on the shelf. I did shoot that first roll, and then another. And another ... Got a few more lenses and started buying gray market film rolls a hundred at a time. Persuaded my dad to give me his old Mamiya Press that was sitting on a shelf. Shot a ton of 6cm x 9cm B&W. And then came digital, which reduced my film costs to near zero. Now I can shoot all day long, tinker with the images as much as I like, and store them in the cloud, where I figure they'll be forever whether I want them to or not. What a journey.