Rugged cliffs fade into golden coastal mist as turquoise waves crash against ancient rock formations along the iconic shoreline of Big Sur, California. A serene yet powerful moment where land, sea, and light meet in timeless harmony.

Fine Art Print available: https://joegiacaloneart.pixels.com/featured/misty-and-mystical-big-sur-joseph-s-giacalone.html

#BigSur #CaliforniaCoast #CoastalArt #Seascape #LandscapePhotography #OceanLovers #NatureArt #WallArt #FineArtPrint #ArtCollectors #MastoArt

"Half a century had passed between the monk supposedly growing pot in the monastery garden and Fratis getting these seeds. Back to square one."—Lester Black for SFGATE

https://www.sfgate.com/cannabis/article/big-sur-holy-weed-21350979.php/?src=longreads

#longreads #bigsur #california #weed #cannabis #essay #writing

“County officials update their website with road closures right away, but map apps like #Waze and #GoogleMaps rely on user input and might be a little slower to reflect reality on the road.”—Sara Rubin, #MontereyCountyNow https://www.montereycountynow.com/blogs/opinion_blog/it-s-just-a-normal-winter-day-with-a-reminder-that-the-weather-is-humbling/article_73ab51ed-cdc2-4109-8ff9-51dda7ab1944.html#tncms-source=mosaic

#RoadClosures #Weather #CAwx #RoadConditions #MontereyCounty #rain #flooding #wind #PowerOutages #storm #Hwy1 #BigSur #CaliforniaHighways

Is anybody as suspicious as I am about these new updates Apple is pushing out for old OS versions? I got notifications on my old Catalina and Big Sur macs, installed one of them and realized it's a full-on OS replacement, allegedly for "security" updates. But I get this niggling feeling that it could also be enabling an array of snooping & tracking features nobody is mentioning. Has anybody around here analyzed what these updates actually do?

https://mrmacintosh.com/macos-catalina-10-15-8-2026-001-released-six-years-after-its-original-launch/

#macOS #Catalina #BigSur

Morning Light.

Pfeiffer Beach, Big Sur, CA, USA - January 2026

#photography #travel #travelphotography #landscape #landscapephotography #beach #ocean #usa #california #bigsur

"Hurricane Point is named that way for a reason. There had to have been gusts up to 60 to 70 mph.” — Big Sur Fire Chief Matt Harris, as reported by Katie Rodriguez, #MontereyCountyNow
https://www.montereycountynow.com/blogs/news_blog/one-dead-after-vehicle-goes-off-highway-1-at-hurricane-point-in-big-sur/article_1662b2bf-63f3-4a63-a6ef-4208e4a5c52c.html

#MontereyCounty #BigSur #CASR1 #Highway1 #BixbyBridge