ROSE MADE A TURKISH LAMP

 I took a crafting class to make a Turkish lamp and it was quite the project. It takes almost 3 hours! You definitely need patience! I definitely will do much better next time as I have learned from experience. Anyway, I am putting photos here for you to see. It is hard to get a great photo when it is lit, but you get the idea. I do plan to do it again sometime! You can probably tell I used pink, blue and turquoise glass tiles.

ANOTHER COAST TRIP TO SEE FAMILY

 August 30th through Sept. 1st 2026 Randy and I met up with family at Seaside, O. Randy's daughter, Sarah, and granddaughter, Aevyn, were out again from New York for a short visit and we were able to meet up! Always fun to see them! We took a few photos to remember our time there. 

I am always in awe of the beautiful flower baskets hanging everywhere there!

I loved this crow fountain!

Randy and I each took our photos with it!

We could see Terrible Tilly from our room. And viewed lots of pelicans!

We saw many seagulls. I loved this gutter drain on one building! 

I think it may represent a sandhill crane.

I loved this sculpture on top of a fireplace! so unique!!

A few photos of our room after we settled in. The windows looked out on the ocean and to the right of the bankette was a door to the private deck and access to the beach.

We did the family photos together!

We also visited the Candy Kitchen and, of course, bought taffy!

Most of the time was spent talking and visiting and shopping.

Always grand to get together!

BIRDS IN OUR BACKYARD

 We are so lucky to see so many birds in our backyard! We often use the Merlin app to help us identify ones we do not know. It sure comes in handy! Here are photos of our visitors.

PURPLE FINCH

GOLDFINCH

NUTHATCH

VARIED THRUSH

DARK-EYED JUNCO

FLICKER

CHESTNUT NUTHATCH

RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER

CALIFORNIA SCRUB JAY

WSTERN BLUEBIRD

DOWNY WOODPECKER MALE

THE TAIL OF THE DOWNY WOODPECKER HAS HEARTS!

YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER

BEEWICKS WREN

BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE

BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK

HUMMINGBIRD

COOPERS HAWK

GOLD-CROWNED SPARROW

TOWNSEND WARBLER

DOVE

BLACKHEADED GROSBEAK

LESSER GOLDFINCH

REDWINGED BLACKBIRD

A GANG OF BUSHTITS

ROBIN

STELLAR JAY

A CURIOUS BUSHTIT PEEKED IN THE WINDOW

JUST A LOOK AT OUR VISITORS!