A few more random photos from the coast....

 

Here are some random flower photos from our coastal trip....

 

Margene came in to town on the 1st, and we made a quick trip to Brookings over Labor Day weekend.  The coast was beautiful - sunny and 70 degrees (vs. smoky and 112 degrees in Redding).  We visited with Margene's ex-daughter-in-law and Margene's grandson in the afternoon, had a very fresh fish dinner, and then went to the harbor for sunset.

I provided a new toy for the kittens without meaning to.  I bought a new mattress pad for Alli and left the packing on the table “for just a minute”…. 

Margene and I are taking what has become our annual trip to the coast. This time it is to Brookings OR, and it’s been great!  The hotel is fabulous and I wish we were staying more than just one night to take advance of the kitchen.  It’s a suite with a separate bedroom / living room so we each have some privacy, and it down by the harbor within walking distance of the beach and restaurants (if we wanted to walk…). Last night after a wonderful dinner of fresh fish, we went down and watched the sun set. More pictures on my camera…. They’ll have to wait until we get home to post

 New (temporary) addition to the family….I have a (hopefully) broody hen and (hopefully) fertile eggs. If any hatch I’ll keep a couple but the rest and mom go back to Cindy M

No wonder Jessie is so skinny, she only gets to eat one bite of food at a time!

 

My latest project…a quilt for Conner. He’s getting married next month. 

 

And yes, the new kittens are both quilting helpers....

 

I think it’s a bit hot today…

 

More vacation pictures! Cindy M and I went up to McCloud Falls (walking Lower to Middle Falls) and the drove up to Burney Falls, stopping at McCloud Upper Falls along the way.

There was a young buck foraging along the river bank on our way back from Middle Falls - still in velvet.

And a doe came up while we were eating lunch.  She visited the next table over - probably hoping for a hand-out.

 

One other vacation project - my IKEA trip.  I picked up a new office/sewing room chair, and AJ got a display cubicle for his Pokémon collection. The chair was quick to put together, and is ever so much more comfortable than my old chair.  AJ's cubicle took a bit more to put together, but still went together rather quickly.

He now has a serious display for his collection....

 

And one project almost finished!  Alex and I did two dump runs Saturday before the heat got too much for us, and I loaded the next on Sunday, ready to go next Saturday.  

All that is left is some of the bigger items - one more load!

And here were out temps for the weekend - I was lucky to get Alex to do two runs - it is hot!!!