Laura On Ice

My friend Kim and I did a little walk up to Roll Cage Mary. She is thusly named because she is a statue of the Holy Virgin, but for some reason they felt the need to protect her as if she were a racecar. The day we went out, it was sort of warm (well, like 30 degrees - it’s all relative, I guess) and you could see where the sea ice is melting, and seals come hang out here lots now.

Here’s the sun on the little channel of meltwater. That dark thing that looks like an abandoned rug is a Weddell seal. He’s just hanging out, sleeping in the sun.

This is Kim, posing at the rollcage. There was lots of fog over Ob Hill, which is in the background. It also got hella-windy once we got up to Mary.