Pebbles on the Edge

Pebbles on the Edge
Lake McDonald, 2014

Sunday, July 14, 2013

Wave Action


Souveniers from our beach trip to the Oregon coast in June.

Sand waves

Whirlpool within

Morning light

The same wave
 
Afternoon
 

 Altogether, it was a great weekend, with family and friends to celebrate my retirement and my birthday. My only regret was that it wasn't longer. I love the ocean.
 
 
Sets
 
Splashing on rocks
 



Saturday, July 13, 2013

Summertime Fun

Finally, a new blog entry! So far, retirement is still sinking in and I've been busy going through boxes of school stuff and closets full of clothes, sorting and washing and boxing for give-away. Yesterday I took the first things to the charity shop in downtown Echo. Still have lots to do.
 
We've been refinishing the decks with heavy-duty deck paint, and I've been growing tomatoes and eggplant in pots, pulling weeds, hoping to get some things transplanted, and taking lots of pictures of the wildflowers. I'm glad to say that I have three thistle plants which are starting to bloom. Something is eating all my shade plants (probably pillbugs and snails) so I've set out an experimental beer-trap in hopes they'll have a great time while dying.
 
The redecorating of the guest bedroom is moving along. It looks as though I'm going for a kind of flowery-seashell theme, with turquoise and lime and a kind of periwinkle blue-lilac.
 
The new bedspread, pillows, and lamps.
 
The little green monkey.
 
 
And some of the hundreds of flower pictures I've been taking and messing with in PS.
 
Flowers

 Sunflowers

Sunflowers
 
Coneflower

Thistle

Blue flax