This is one of the beautiful red roses I discovered when I woke early on Valentine’s Day. I’m an early riser and usually get up and journal first thing in the morning. The roses were placed on the table where I like to sit and write.

After breakfast we headed off for a ride on Snowy and Big Orange. In this area of Southern California, we’re always either going uphill or down. Here we’re in Newport Coast, which is in fact hilly with a view of the coast. Near the top we pulled over to take a few photos.

You can see that we were above the roof tops, looking out to the ocean. That is Catalina Island in the distance. It was a spectacular view and we took the time to enjoy and appreciate it, before returning to the lower elevations, and home.