LaConner

This is Dan.

I haven't met Dan but he made an amusing video of the charming little town we live in, and  I wanted to share. 

Yep, it's 2012

And it has been for a whole month already!

I can't believe a whole month of the new year has already passed.  

Last year I jumped  on the new year like a crazy lady, I've decided this year that I would just sneak up on it.

This is how my work space looks right now.  Actually that's only part of it but I assure you the rest of it looks the same.  I'm working on getting my shop stocked back up after taking a long break from stitching over the holidays (and most of January).

See the skinny little newspaper in the top right corner of the photo?  That's our tiny local paper and on the cover of the last edition was a photo of a bunch of people sledding.  The city closes this one steep street in town every time we get a good amount of snow for "safety reasons" but really it's just so we can all go sledding.  Anyhoo, my husband, son and I are in the group, my son thought it was really cool that we were on the front page. 

I hope you are all having a great beginning to 2012!

Random Stuff for a Sunday post

I was behind this guy on the road home yesterday, a common occurrence here among the farmland. Not too close please.

Gnome Missing!!!

Was it theft, or maybe he just decided to do some world traveling?

(click on the image to enlarge)

Breathing Space

Just Past Pull & Be Damned is a little beach we like to visit. It's usually quiet, this weekend we were the only ones there.

At home I find it's hard to relax most of the time, it's difficult to sit still without thinking about something that needs to be done.

Here, we get a little reprieve from household duties.

There are interesting creatures to be found.

Treasures to collect.

And little boys can throw sticks and stones with reckless abandon.

A Day For Visiting Family

Last week my family took a trip over to Port Townsend, Wa to visit one of my brothers. It's a fun little town to visit, if you are ever in NW Washington it's worth a side trip.

Port Townsend is full of artists, and my brother is one of them. He has always had an interest in archeology, and has found his own little niche. He specialises in antique bottles. Most of what he finds come from digging up old outhouses. It may sound gross, but it's not....really! What he is looking for is anything from the early 1900's or earlier. At that time all the garbage went down the hole in the outhouse. So much time has passed that by now it's all just dirt. Along with the bottles he finds all sorts of bits of dolls,toys,pipes,various household items, guns (someone got away with something) and pieces of broken china and pottery. He saves all these little bits and bobs to make mosaics.

His work has a ton of personality, from the simple designs like this girl on the moon
(sorry, I didn't get a good close up of the little doll)

To this skull and bones.

Notice all the little details, the fork in the eye, the little doll ear on the left the horse teeth, and he's smoking a pipe.

Some day I hope to help broaden his market but for now his stuff is for sale around Port Townsend in the coffee shops and gallerys.

After touring his work we had a lovely breakfast and a walk on the beach where we found 2 of these large red jelly fish.

Homeward bound.

On the Farm

I am by no means a farm girl, but had fun this morning helping to get hay for my father in laws horses. We started bright and early...up with the sun.

The sun is still working it's way up by the time we arrive at the farm.

The horses are very happy to see us, and apparently kinda hungry.

Need to watch out for these things.

This is Rose, she is such a sweetie someday I may have to steal her.

The barn

Happy Sunday!

Did you lose an Emu?

There is always at least one thing in our local weekly paper that makes me giggle.

Drive by Blogging

I had to make an extra trip into town because I forgot to take care of something the first trip. It's about a 20 minute drive so on the way back I took pictures to entertain myself. It may not be the best idea to take photos while driving down a country road at 50mph but I made it home safe and sound.

I like the yellow fields.

Soon, this is where we will go get our pumpkins...There will be more pictures later.

I dig this guys make shift cover from the elements.

This is a turkey feather my son found today. We have roaming turkeys here. Well, I'm pretty sure it's a turkey feather.

Please Don't Flip Children The Bird

Small town life can be entertaining, depending on the small town of course. We have lived in a variety of places, large cities, small cities, and now a small town.
My husband was corrected by one of the 3 ladies that work at the town hall building when he referred to where we live as a small a city...no it's a town.

There is a newspaper here that comes out once a week on Wednesdays, It's a lot of fluff, but usually an entertaining read. The police blotter is always fun.

This week on the front page was an article about the White Trash Food Festival and Cooking Contest at a local market+ .There is a large photo of the three food judges, including local author Tom Robbins, doing shots of whiskey...apparently bribes from some of the contestants. The whole thing is meant to be tongue in cheek, but a prime example of the weirdness here.


An oldie but a goodie is a letter to the editor that was in the paper last year.


It obviously is different from the kind of entertainment you find in a big city, but certainly has it's own appeal.