Bethany Baptist Church

Last August we enjoyed a couple of days in Cambria and Morro Bay. While drifting along the waterfront in Morro Bay, we stopped to take a picture of some lounging pelicans. One in particular caught our eye. He had swallowed something very large, and couldn’t seem to get it out of his throat. For a [...]

I braved the brisk wind this morning to find four Cormorants hanging out on the pilings near the Martinez Warf. These birds have fascinated me for some time. A few years ago I first observed their interesting behavior. They are mainly black in their plumage with a long bill that is hooked at the tip. [...]

I was walking at the Martinez Warf today and happened to be near the water when a fisherman was just pulling in a Flounder. It was a little fella, but he had swallowed the bait and hook. The fisherman was very astute at this particular problem, and took a long stick and slid it down [...]

The hobby of coin collecting is called numismatics. It has enjoyed considerable popularity through the years. I am not sure how I got started collecting coins, but I was a young boy that probably got interested in it from a book. I still have the penny collection that I accumulated over 45 years ago. The [...]