Peaceful Valley Farm provides youngsters like Jaylen Leonard the opportunity to let loose. Shmuel Thaler/Sentinel

Marielle Garman, right, and Catherine Spiers head into Peaceful Valley Farm's turkey coop under the watchful eye of Pam Carrica on Wednesday. Shmuel Thaler/Sentinel

Playing around the chickens is just a normal afternoon activity for Marielle Garman and Jaylen Leonard at Peaceful Valley Farm. Shmuel Thaler/Sentinel

Catherine Spiers and Marielle Garman count the turkey eggs that a hen warms during their afternoon at Pam Carrica's Peaceful Valley Farm on Wednesday. Shmuel Thaler/Sentinel

Pam Carrica feeds Peaceful Valley Farm's goats with preschoolers James Spiers and Jaylen Leonard on Wednesday. Shmuel Thaler/Sentinel

A surfer has a close encounter with a trio of dolphins at Manresa Beach on Monday morning. With the hoopla surrounding the recent local stay of a pod of Humpback Whales it is easy to forget that the Santa Cruz County coastline of the Monterey Bay is filled with a number of other small, yet no less majestic marine mammals. (Shmuel Thaler/Sentinel)

A small, but clean swell allows a family at Manresa State beach front row seats to watch surfers try their luck at the break in La Selva Beach on Monday. (Shmuel Thaler/Sentinel)

A surfer paddles out to the small, yet consistent and clean swell coming in to Manresa State Beach on Monday morning. (Shmuel Thaler/Sentinel)