at the barn...at the pier

My nephew and his wife came to visit for a few days. I took them to some favorite haunts and of course we had to feed the animals.

This guy here seemed to have a plan. I wouldn't want to be cornered, at least not empty handed.

dainty eater...

not so dainty eater...

we've always thought of this one as an ewok.

the fancy chicken. rooster?

At the pier, we saw oodles of seals and sea lions. This guy here looked a bit worse for the wear. He or she harumphed a lot and snorted a lot. Some of the wounds looked fresh. I wonder what happened?

A different seal. There were a lot of them lazily circling the pier and flinging themselves up on top of a random deck. There was one enormous sea lion barking out orders and I fear I could watch them all day long.

The water looked incredibly green. There were a lot of starfish hugging the legs of the pier and even more seals and sea lions in places I didn't think they could reach.

You cannot tell from the picture but this guy was quite HUGE. He or she was also quite content dozing away in the sun. Golly, how lucky am I that I live so close to the ocean, many beaches, and the piers?

not too long ago...

I made blueberry muffins.

 

 

 

Made from this recipe, a favorite. I added lemon zest and black pepper to the mix.

 

I may need to make some more. Yes, I think I need to make some more....

stuffity stuff, blue paint, and sunflowers

Things have gone a little caddywhompus in the a-go-go household. Between packing and painting and visiting and new job prepping there are all sorts of little bits slipping through the cracks. Next weekend is moving day and I'm afraid the packing might take us all week to finish. My poor sad, and sorry lungs and sinuses have been duking it out with all the box dust and dusty dust and sadly it seems the dust is winning. I've been a snurfly mess all month!

I have managed to pack the important things. I've even managed to install them into the homestead a-go-go.

mister finished painting up the bedroom. the color looks kinda crazy blue but it really isn;t all that bright. It's called minty teal and it's from Ace Hardware. The doors to the closet might remain this odd bergundy color...It's just so much work painting and since my allergies keep me down for the count, the mister ends up doing it all on his own. I kinda like the bergundy and I think it could work once all the other color is infused into the room. What do you think?

The sister a-go-go's garden is slowly becoming the garden a-go-go. I started these sunflowers back at the tiny casa and the sister planted them out. Look at them now! They stand well over eight feet and counting! Happy August!

summer road trip: day 9

My aunt took us to a nifty fabric store and then I hit the town for a photo excursion.

summer road trip: day 8

Visiting with friends and family and taking in some art and scenery.

the august bed

Hi there! This is my last bed post for the tiny casa as the mister and I are moving back to the homestead a-go-go. We'll have much less space but there will be light, fun, laughter and more. We will be reunited with the witch-baby and there will also be a garden...whoo-hoo! in the meantime, enjoy this bed post....instead of making any art for above the bed, I hung my tiny collection of thrifted art. I think this arrangement may be a keeper. What do you think?