Castles made of sand!

We just can't seem to stay away from the beach especially when we have to travel to LA for some reason or another. I really enjoy making sand castles (little ones) with my daughter. Watched some skim boarders going for it!

Enjoying Yaquina Bay in Newport, OR

Well I feel like a DJ that's been off the air for a while - a month.
I promise to stay updated now that we are back home.

Yaquina Bay is the inlet for the harbor in Newport. The Bay Bridge is the center point of the bay and the most photographed. There are some great condos right on the harbor. Keep dreaming! We ate the Local Oceans Restaurant, a favorite for locals and tourists.













According to a former local and Alaskan fisherman this ship sailed around the world several times mapping the bottom of the ocean. It will soon be a museum. Newport is full of fishing and mariner history!

We are back from trip to Texas!

Talk about not blogging for a while. We have been in Texas for almost 2 weeks visiting family and dogging thunderstorms and major downpours. Marble falls near Austin received 18 inches in one day and Tejas has record rainfall pretty much everywhere. Right before leaving for Dallas, Gainesville just north of DFW, had their downtown flooded. Crazy weather and lots of humidity - but he had a great time!

Life is a beach!

There's nothing like sailboats sleeping in the harbor in Ventura and a sunset on the beach near Oxnard, California. Heading there this weekend!

Mountain poppies!

I guess one of my all time favorite flowers is the California Poppy. They blume in hundreds of acres south of us in Lancaster and Palmdale on the backroad to Gorman. There is even a preserve for Poppies east of Lancaster. These gorgeous orange petals are in my own yard. God is good!

Friends and lovers of photography!

Ever since I posted photos from a friend who lives in China I have had other friends email me their photos. Well, I decided to post them. The first is from Randy, a colleague of mine, and the others are bluebonnets in the snow in Texas and and May snows in Colorado from Bobalouie. Enjoy!

Where the buffaloes roam

Well I decided to return to my neighbors mini ranch and try my hand at photos of the buffaloes. They are a majestic creature.