Full Rainbow Santa Cruz Bay

First time that I have ever seen a full rainbow over the Santa Cruz bay.

Sun rise over Cowell beach.

Santa Cruz Board Walk

Digital photography has been increasingly popular in the last decade or so. Nevertheless, the time has come, for me, to remove the dust from my 40 years old mom's camera and go shooting. It was quite an experience!

Possibly one of my best picture in a long time.

Lucas, Claire and Benoit posing in front of an old building.

Santa Cruz West Side Sunrise Sunset

A few photos from the west side of Santa Cruz during the sunrise and sunset. Enjoy.






Who knows who got the best pictures? I bet I did :)

Santa Cruz In Hotel

Red Fireballs Santa Cruz Soccer

Lucas has been playing with the Red Fireballs team for a few months now. They play the division 4, less than 8 years old.

Check what Ronen, their coach, had to say about the players.

Aidan: Our fearless goalie of many quarters, you stopped almost every attempt to score against us. I enjoyed your good sense of humor in our practice and games. Your goal earlier in the season set the standard for what the other kids termed a giant kick.

Adrien: If any opponent underestimated you, they got a nasty surprise. You really understand the tactical nature of the game, one of the first to get why clearing the ball will best stop a dangerous breakaway. And those kicks, wow. You have a dangerous leg.

Anthony: A fast player with a good understanding of the flow of the game. I'm grateful for your positive influence on the other guys. You were always very focused and dedicated in practice, and upbeat during the games.

Colby: When you got the ball there was no taking it away from you. Your energy and ability to dribble fast helped the team switch rapidly from defense to offense. Many times you dribbled up, pressed against the line by the other team, but still kept our attack in play.

Dalvin: A hard working player, I could depend on you to fill a position with little notice and know that you'd be focused when you stepped on the field. As a goalie you stood tall through waves of attacks, and as a defensive player you never lost your cool, heading off attackers and slowing down breakaways.

Ethan: Serious, dependable, and skilled, I often used you at the tip of our offense. I could trust you to cut your way through our opponents, easing up pressure on our defense even in hard fought games. And after a while we discovered that under all that seriousness there's a very funny guy, too.

Garrett: A strong, fast player with an ability to draw a mass of defenders to you, clearing up spaces for your teammates to operate in. You assisted several goals in just that way. In practice you helped keep our time light-hearted without ever holding back on effort.

Hamish: When we started you seemed a bit timid fighting other kids for a ball, but you've turned into a model of tenacity. I knew that if I needed a tough fullback you where my guy. As your coach it was a pleasure to see how much you improved from one game to the next.

Kienan: A good dribbler with a great awareness of his surrounding, you cooked up some of the nicest passes we had in our games. In good games and in hard ones, you were always a great guy and supportive member of the team.

Lucas: A great midfielder, I could count on you to bring together our attacks, and to take dangerous kicks at our opponents' goal. Your skill and perseverance helped set a good example to the rest of the team of how to keep pressing ahead no matter the score.

Teilo: An energetic player, willing to invest any amount of effort needed to protect your goalie, then quickly turn the direction of the attack in our favor. Your ability to coordinate the forwards during attacks was excellent. You helped turn us into an actual team, with good words and support for your teammates.

Zach: What a noticeable change you had. You started out unfocused and ended up fighting for each ball, kicking well, executing good passes and sending great throw-ins from the sides. I'm very impressed with the effort you put into becoming a better soccer player.

Benoit Soccer 4-1

Benoit's soccer team had not won a single game this season but that was before this game.

They played at night on a very large field which somehow suited their style. Benoit played quite amazing like his all team who defended like never before.

Time to pick up the shirt.

Benoit could not be stopped. Don't even try, it is hopeless.

Larger field is good since it stretches the lines and creates space.

They play for fun but winning adds to it.

Pumpkin Patch

Halloween is just around the corner. Lucas and Benoit visited, north of Santa Cruz, this nice pumpkin patch and choose a few of them.

Lucas selected the smallest and the least expensive so he could get many of them. Make sense, indeed.

The biggest one were a bit too expensive for the kids.

Santa Cruz Fire

A huge fire has been burning for the last few days just miles away from Santa Cruz. The fire is still not contain and will probably burn for one more week. Helicopters, planes have been flying around.

The pictures were taken at Davenport and Swanton areas.

Bear Valley DEVO Santa Cruz Camp

Check up the video here:




A few pictures taken during the Bear Valley DEVO Santa Cruz Camp.

Devo Santa Cruz Camp

Santa Cruz Garden Harvest

Benoit, posing, proudly in front of Claire's garden.

Natural Bridges Sunset July 2009

Yet, another Natural Bridges sunset photos that were taken a couple a days ago.

Waddell Creek Double Sunset

Another spectacular sunset at Waddell Creek, where the sun was cut in half by the cloud.

Only one brave surfer was surfing the sharky Waddell creek waves.

Surfer magazine picks Santa Cruz as top spot to surf

Yes, Santa Cruz is the top US spot to surf. Not a surprise, with the variety of beaches and point breaks that can be found. Tonight, the wind was dead and the waves glassy. I was too late for the surf but just in time to take that nice sunset at Waddell creek a few miles north of Santa Cruz.

The blue whale skeleton can be found at the Marine center just a few miles from our house. The weather patterns have been really strange lately. A large storm with thunder light strike us. I am pretty stoked that I could snap that picture which is a bit dramatic with those dark clouds.

Natural Bridges Sunset

Taking a good sunset photo at Santa Cruz is harder than it look. First of all, the fog blocks the sun about 2/3 of the time and second of all, when the fog is not in sight, the sky does not have any clouds!

Santa Cruz Backyard

Waiting for the summer and the tomatoes.

Benoit Birthday

Benoit had a few friends over to celebrate is 9th birthday. They spend a few hours at the climbing gym, drew a few pictures with Colette and biked in the backyard.

Pacific Edge Bouldering Video

Benoit & Lucas School Portraits

Lucas & Benoit

Lucas has no longer his cast but who knows, winter and its snow is just around the corner.

Santa Cruz Mural

This nice mural can be found in Santa Cruz near Telopa's old studio.