Ran into this trio basking in the warm winter sun off of Point Lobos.
I think the bottom one is laughing at me.
I assume they’re harbor seals. Aside from the fact that they don’t have the cute little ears of sea lions, and don’t look anything like either Northern Fur Seals or Elephant Seals, well, they were in a harbor…
Jackpot (boy, 2) is a big fraidy-dog! He even hid from me! And he looks so happy, too.
(Posting from my phone today.)
Hi there! I am taking a much-needed vacation, and slowly driving down the coast of California. I’ll eventually make it to San Diego, but so far I’ve only made it as far as Big Sur. I spent the day wandering Monterey and then Point Lobos, where I made the acquaintance of several adorable sea otters. I have a new lens for my camera, a 150 to 500 mm Sigma, and while it’s no five-thousand-dollar marvel, it’s more than good enough for my purposes. (Next time I’ll make sure the ISO setting on the camera isn’t 3200, which will make the close-up quality a lot better.)
Consider this a otter preview. I’m at a hotel with no wifi in the rooms, and I have no cell signal, and I’m sitting in the middle of their little grocery store, and posting from here is kind of awkward.
Sea otter pupping season starts in March, and they tend to stay with their parents for only a year.
This one must have been born very late, or perhaps his mom has more patience than usual.
Snowy is two years old, and has an Instagram account. The unusual coat color is (I think?) due to a recessive gene called ‘dilute’, for obvious reasons.
The one ear up. So awesome. Apparently it varies according to how tired Snowy is.
Momo (girl, 5 years old) came from Nepal, and despite a rather rough start in life, loves everyone in sight. She’s also among the most photogenic dogs I’ve ever run across.
Very, very tired, so I will let Momo speak for herself.
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Oh god the eyebrow. The one red eyebrow. How do little miracles like that happen?
Our first ‘baroo’ in some time. And four months old at that! SO CUTE.
These two were an amazingly odd couple, but they seemed to get along pretty darn well, not just with each other but with everyone else, too. Renzo, by the way, is the older, at 7, and his larger and less shaggy friend is 5.
Anyone else reminded of ‘wookie’?
Such an amazingly expressive face. Sad…
…to happy, in like three seconds.
Harlequin coats are so gorgoues. I’m a sucker for merles.
Someone had a long day at work.
This pup is a long-time Airbnb pup, whom I have seen quite a number of times.
He (she?) always looks totally exhausted. Always perks up for petting though.
Evie is one of Autumn’s frequent kitty-sitting charges. I just got to spend the day watching the Puppy Bowl with her, and she is the sweetest thing EVER! She sat in my lap through the whole thing and just purred and purred and purred.
Autumn sleeps over there fairly frequently, and Evie sleeps on top of her. And purrs. Constantly.
She pretty much let me do anything. I held her upside down, I held her while she had her claws clipped… she just mellowed out.
Evie’s an indoor-outdoor cat. She’s getting older so she’s more into hanging out inside now.
Look at those eyes!
You might remember Panko. If you don’t, it is probably because you were stunned into amnesia by cuteness. Well, just as I walked out of the door for lunch at work on Thursday, Panko was walking through the atrium. And just as I was mid-squeal, Panko met Luke, the 5-month-old German shepherd/husky/Lab mix. And my day, and quite possibly my entire month, was made.
Too many pictures for captions and hovertext. So much cute.
Incidentally, the pictures that look like Luke has Panko’s entire head in his mouth? Yeah, that’s because he does have her entire head in his mouth.
