"Tree Hugger"

Yep, they said it would happen. Consider me an official tree hugger. A true Oregonian. Ahhh.... what a hunk of wood.

beauty and the beach

Typical cool rock formation on the Oregon coast. Captured during our Thanksgiving coastal romp. Don't remember exactly where this is at because I'm a slacker now. I'm pretty sure this was south of Lincoln City and before Bandon.

rivers and mountains

This shot was taken by Jon. We pulled over on the side of the road because we saw this cool river. Looks more like an estuary...not sure.

misty

This is just a beautiful picture. One of those typical beautiful rivers reminiscent of those I saw out in Colorado.

Woody

hee hee....

My favorite wood guy. Posing like it's his job. Stout Grove, Redwoods.

That's a biggin...

Well folks, the tree was so tall it can't be captured on film. Nuf' said.

close up

We took this extra shot to see if we could get more of a close-up on the "Jediah Redwoods National Forest: Stout Memorial Grove" sign as proof that we didn't conjure up the ginormous trees nor did we perform any "Honey I shrunk the kids" antics.

the view's better here

Jon poses cliffside. Another awesome view of the rocky coast.

arm rest

We just wanted to show how beefy the trees were. A downed tree was cut in half in order to provide a walking path in the grove. We couldn't believe that the tree's girth was taller than Jon. jeez.

who let the pimps out?

Yeah, that's right. D-town's finest. My faithfully devoted fans that showed up to say they love me at our friends gathering at Bradley's. Christmas break.

Ren and Stimpy, Beavus and Butthead, ying and yang...you get the idea

Look at the two cheeseheads. Don't know which is cuter. Let the voting begin....

pure zen

I couldn't decide which of the 4 seascape pictures of the Bandon coastline I liked best, so here's all 4. The best one is getting blown up to go with our Paulina Falls picture in our bedroom.

can there ever be enough zen?

more zen

the last bandon shot

These shots would have arguably been better were it sunny, but the fact that it was so crappy and cloudy made the shot look black and white and very cool.

Michigan MegaHotties

The girls posing at Bradley's. My posse.

It's alive!

So Jon and I bought this really cool looking tropical vine plant this summer. I didn't know (duh!) that it needed so much moisture and sun. I thought it was going to die, when all of a sudden, it's flowers bloomed for the first time since we bought it. Weird, we thought for winter, but we had 4 other blooms after this one. The flower itself is just gorgeous. This vine resides on a dowel in the window in front of our desk.

close up of our cool plant

A close up shot of our cool plant. It is a Passiflora caerulea Blue Crown. "Blue Crown Passion Flower."

Ireland?

No, silly. It's the Oregon coast again. I know it's green, rocky and there's an ocean but get real!

The sky brightens..

After a cloudy day full of rain, the sun suddenly appears and we catch the blue sky in its glory.

Thanks to everyone for being patient...I haven't given up the blog. Once this 2nd job is over you betta look out! :) Hopefully it won't be too long before we get some more pics. Jon and I have either a Vegas or LA trip coming up and a 10-day mystery trip in August which might just be interesting.. stay tuned.