Beach Trips ...

Hi All,

We've had some interesting times going to the beach recently. It's just been fun and relaxing. Most of the time we have nice 3 foot waves that are long and easy to body surf. Even Jake has gone into the water!



We went to the North Shore for a day. It was a stunning day with bright sunshine and few clouds. Below is Waimea Bay. The water was in the upper 70's and flat. The four of us swam out almost to the sailboats. A beautiful place. We had clam chowder that was excellent and some calamari at a restaurant named Breakers.


Later, on the south shore at Sandy's, we encountered some very heavy waves. There were signs posted everywhere to watch out for the rip tide and strong currents. We didn't go in here but enjoyed the waves that crashed on the beach.


Below is a cute clip of Jake and Krista ... She is trying to get him to volunteer to go into the water. Fat chance!!

It is late now and Kathy is due in tomorrow. It will be a busy day with the Pats playing Miami but it not being on TV ... we'll have to go down to the local bar at 7am to watch the game. I just wish the seats were more comfortable!

The Birds

Just when you think no one is reading the blog, somebody sends me a note and says "Hey! Update the blog you knucklehead!" Thanks Jes!
So, what have we been up to? WELL, we've been kind of lazy lately. The beach has beckoned to us (see next blog for that), the mountains have been clouded over and hazy, Tucker and I have renewed our tennis game playing sometimes 4 times a week. No, that isn't a typo ... Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, & Sunday.
Playing tennis is lazy fun ... relaxing on the weekends ... and watching the birds ... so these pictures are especially for Barbara - if you come out, I guarantee you will see most of these birds.

Our side deck is littered with hanging things. No, we don't need to water the gray stuff ... it is supposed to be gray!


This guy is not our typical visitor. It is pretty rare to see an all red cardinal. Oh CRAP! There goes that guarantee!


Here are our typical visitors ... they love the bird seed and 8 to 10 of them get on the feeder at once and then one more will come and you can see the "pecking order" ... gee, where did that expression come from? :-o


And when we forget to feed them, they let us know! They camp out and wait.


They hover without effort!


Awaiting his turn ...



Missing all of you!