Beautiful forwards and back

The wind is still rocking the waves, but we made it to the grocery store and have plenty of sweet bread in case the storm lasts longer... : ).  I just took some pictures in the daylight of where we are (the front --a view of the hills, the back--a view of the ocean)...seriously, we're lucky.



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