LIFE IS A BEACH...

Instead 

of telling you

 what I did last week, 

I'm going to tell you

 what we are going to do

 in the next 

couple of weeks.

Santa Cruz Beach and Boardwalk

Giant Dipper

We are going down 

to Santa Cruz 

to stay at the kids

 and baby sit their animals 

while Tami and Tim go

 on a cruise 

to Alaska.

I am so excited 

that they are getting to go

 and that I will be browsing

 in some antique and thrift shops 

that I don't normally get to visit

 very often.

There is a lot to see and do 

at the beach. 

 We will feel like 

we are on vacation 

and the change in the climate 

will be most 

appreciated!

I will be taking some time off 

from blogging 

while we are there...

...but will take my camera 

so, hopefully,

 will get some

 pretty and memorable

 photos.

I picked up these 

poppy stems

 at Michael's awhile back. 

 I think 

they are so

 pretty.

I know I have shared 

this Victorian beach print before,

 and probably mentioned 

that even though it is not in great shape,

I love the wrinkles in the paper.

 It reminds me 

of the sun shining down 

on the children. 

 But, 

I don't think I have

 mentioned

 the frame...

...we picked the print up

 in Grants Pass, OR,

 a few years ago 

and it is all handmade

 with strips of cardboard 

cut out and stacked 

one on top of another 

and painted. 

 Someone

 went to a lot of work 

and it is quite unusual. 

 I have heard it called 

a form of Tramp Art.

Will be back 

in a couple of weeks

 and until then,

 I will share some photos

 I took of the glaciers 

when the Captain and I 

were on our own cruise 

to Alaska 

in 2008...

...some 

of the most beautiful

 and amazing wonders 

of the 

world.

At approximately

 8:05 PM yesterday, 

four little fledglings

 flew and fluttered their way 

out of the only home they have ever known,

 as their parents sat 

on the fence and

 tweeted encouragement.

  Some landed on ivy, 

some on ferns,

 but they all managed to fight 

their way up 

into the air 

and move themselves towards

 the new life that awaits them.

  We thoroughly enjoyed 

their time

 in the Little Pink House. 

 Romeo and Juliet 

did good!

Bon Voyage!

...Judy...

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