A Ride To Seaside...

 Seaside, is a beach community 1/2 hour south of us, it is not a town we visit too often.

But yesterday was cloudy, cool for the pool, so we decided to go for a ride,

in a different direction, Seaside was our choice.

At the price of gas, we must be out of our minds, but off we went, sightseeing.

On the ride to Seaside, we saw a lot of pretty homes along the many lagoons.

Beautifully manicured lawns, I liked this idea of hanging the flower pots from the fence.

- this was a popular mailbox, we saw at least 3 -

Anchors on the front lawn were popular.

We passed a lot of parks like this one with a long pier for fishing.

This family of 5 left as we were walking around.

I asked them if they caught much? They said they caught a lot of crabs but released them.

The hubs asked the little one if she had fun...

her face lit up, "yes" she said.

It seems they caught a nice memory, they had not released that!

Kayaks and small boats lined the tall grasses.

- it doesn't matter where you go, it's who you have beside you -

Odds and Ends...

 If there are no pictures to prove it happened...did it really happen?

The hubs was up first, 

he headed in to our home office and there was a Great Blue Heron standing 5 feet from the window.

He tried to get a picture, but the movement caused it to fly off.

A few days later, I was in the pool, 

the hubs was walking around and there it was again maybe 20 feet from the pool.

Does it live here with us...I hope so!!

During the middle of the month and toward the end of each month,

I am not as busy with work. 

As each month finishes up, I always have a lot to do.

I have been cleaning, a little and coloring.

I finished the Pumpkin that I last showed you...

I also finished two more, 

 A Bouquet of Flowers & Bluebirds with Flowers

The Bluebirds, way too busy but I really like the Bouquet of Flowers

I have been knitting and I have 2 more rows to finish my

Northwind Cowl

this is the fourth of these Northwind Cowls I have made.

This is knitted with hand-dyed yarn, by my friend Liz at Arrow Acres Farm

It is 100% Baby Alpaca

The color is Fireside, it will be perfect in fall and definitely just right for my Rhinebeck trip. 

I need to organize and repot my house plants.

I got this beautiful hand made clay pot at the Ocean Grove Craft Show, I love it!

I have a plant that needs a pot and this will be perfect for it!

The hubs toasts these yummy corn muffins in the morning, they are so delicious!