Sunday, July 24, 2011

July 7th



“Prehistoric Gardens, look Eric dinosaurs.”
“I like dinosaurs.”
“I know, in 13 miles.”

“It’s got to be better than the walk through safari,” which from our moving southbound 101 vantage point seemed to be animals in cages.
12 miles later.

“It’s coming up.”
“Ooooh.” Prehistoric Gardens WAS in fact better than the walk though safari.

A very tall stoned looking smiley tyrannosaurs rex stood outside the gift shop and we could see other equally concrete dinosaurs behind the fence.

I didn’t stop or slow down, but waited for the inevitable:
“You know if we have time tomorrow, I totally want to stop.”
“I know. We’ll have time.”

Apparently we did. But just for this picture.

Thursday, July 21, 2011

July 6th



This is a picture of a beach I didn't go to. I don't remember it's actual name, but as we drove by and we stopped for a picture, I remarked that it looked prehistoric. In my head I've named it Jurassic Beach. It is between mile marker 33 and 35 on Highway 101 in Southern Oregon. There was road construction right beside it and the wind was blowing like crazy. Enough that I didn't insist on stopping. But, I love the idea of saving adventures for later.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

July 5th



Tillicum Beach, just south of Waldport. Our campsite overlooked THIS. I'm standing 15 feet from our tent. We picked this site on his dad's recommendation. By far the best of the 3 campgrounds we picked. In this photo however, you cannot see evidence of the gale force winds. I fully expected to be freezing, but by a stroke of genius, I convinced my handsome friend that he wanted to lug the huge futon mattress in and out of the car for 3 days. And it was so worth the effort. We slept like babies, well if babies also shared their bed with a 50 lb boxer, and 3 inches off the ground, under a massive sleeping bag we were almost sweating. Luxury camping.

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

July 5th


An unexpected surprise creature at an adorable little rest stop off of 34 West. I wanted to strip down and go swimming. But, that's sort of my default for sunny days and clear water.

No deep thoughts.

But I've got some fun pictures of this summer. I can't figure out how to configure this blog to load multiple pictures and captions so I'll just treat each as it's own post.

Friday, July 1, 2011

Wedding post

Maybe not an actual post but a list and not even a complete one. But, the start of one.

After the wedding I was laying on the couch at my handsome friend's place, picking bobby pins out of my hair and talking to his roommate/brother.

"How was the wedding?" Roommate/brother asked.
"Wonderful." I said. "But, you know what, I don't think I could actually give a valid opinion I love them both so much." And it's true. I'm so fond of them and happy for them that it is impossible to be biased.

Things I loved about getting to be a part of this wedding.
1. The bride's grandmother wore shiny sparkly blue nail polish on her toes and fingers.
2. My little brother finagled an invite, by reassuring the bride that no matter what happened with her dress, she'd still be beautiful. He somehow had never been to a wedding, besides my mother's and needed help shopping. It had to be explained that pinstriped pants do not match any sort of striped shirt.
3. The bride was brave enough to let the florist, a friend, "surprise" her with the bouquet. It was a beautiful surprise, vintage NOT earthy.
4. The step mother of the groom offered the bride a half a Valium before the wedding. The bride politely declined.
5. The wedding started at 5:00. At 4:40 the bride, two bridesmaids, a grandmother and the officiant (me) were still at the salon. Which was okay, because when we got there the arbor had apparently just toppled over and problems were being solved.
6. A hellion of a flower girl. Very cute, very bad. I have a dog she should meet.
7. Dogs! At the reception. A squirmy black lab puppy and two very old wiener dogs.

That's all for now, possibly more later.