I just got back from a lovely week in Ventura with my friend. Amongst many other things I spent much of my time taking pictures. Too many I suppose! My last morning there my battery had died so I made my morning jaunt 1/2 block away to eat my breakfast on the beach, camera free. Apparently this caused some commotion in the neighborhood. Just 3 doors down an elderly gentleman walked out and met me curbside,
“Hey, are you the picture girl?” (I loved that he called me girl!)
“Ummm…I guess, yeah!”
“Well, where is it?”
I explained the battery had died and I was leaving within the hour so I hadn’t bothered charging it. He asked if he would see me again, I assured him I would be back soon…with camera in hand!
I get to the beach and am approached by another man,
“You’re the camera lady!”
“I am, I am the camera lady!” was all I could come up with
“Where’s your camera?”
Again, I explained the battery situation….
He replied with, “When will you be back?”
“Soon…”
“Maybe you could take my picture?”
“I would love to!”
Feeling both, a little amused and embarrassed I sat on the beach and ate my breakfast. I walked back to the house to finish loading my car when I hear a voice. (a legitimate voice)
“Get any good pictures of the sunset last night?” a man asks as he stands on his balcony across the street.
“Um, a few….my battery died”
“You know, you really need to come back in the winter, we have the most amazing sunsets. One time…..”
“I will do that thank you”
“Have a good day”
“I will you do the same”
O.k. now I am more embarrassed than I am amused. What the heck…can’t a girl walk up and down the street a few gazillion times a day without everyone knowing her business? They are on to me now, they know. I am a little coo-coo. But without that camera, I wouldn’t have gotten these sights and memories documented! Then if I didn’t have them documented, I couldn’t share them! (click on album below)