Good Things California

1.  Someone turned in my driver's license!  Yay for not being a victim of identity theft!!  Yay for not making a third trip to the DMV this year!!!
2.  Our city is beginning to grow on me.  Not SoCal in general - just our city.
3.  My  parents are coming to visit this weekend!!!
4.  My bangs are long enough that I can somewhat sweep them to the side!

Okay, so the last one had nothing to do with California.  But it is a good thing nonetheless.

California Sky

I don't have the best of relationships with California. But every once in a while California pleasantly surprises me.

The first time was this past February when I came to SoCal from Utah to take engagement pictures with T. That SoCal day was ridiculously beautiful. It was sunny, 74 degrees and clear without a trace of smog.

And I was surprised again last week when T and I went outside to sit on the porch swing (actually to swing on the porch swing - who can just sit on a porch swing?!) and we saw this:


The sky looked SO beautiful and SO fake. Like it was a backdrop at Universal Studios. And it got even better because as the night went on it turned into this:

Just when I think I am through with California she goes and does something like this...