Pun alert...

Husband and I took a vacation to the coast... We were driving through Depoe Bay, and there are beau coup stores.  One had a huge sign, reading GLUTEN FREE CLAM CHOWDER. 

I read the sign aloud, then commented that I wondered how they were able to make it gluten free.

Husband blandly replies, "well, they take all the little clams, and cut off their glutes... "

I must say, that was an image and a half!

We had a pretty good time, but poor husband had a head cold right as we left.  We couldn't change the date of our vacation, so the first day or so was just resting, with him asleep on the couch most of the time.  We did go out and explore, later, but I ended up getting said head cold, albeit a minor case.  Just enough to make me sniffy, and tired.

So, maybe better luck next time.

But, we did get a good laugh, though.  And a great view of the coast.

What a difference a week makes!

Husband got a wild hair, we hadn't gone to the coast since way before Thanksgiving.  So we picked a day, I think it was like the 4th or 5th, and went coastal.

The weather was great, and the gulls were hungry.

I had sympathy for Tippi Hedren...

Little cloud action coming in.  

Along with the tide going out.

The lighthouse from Nye Beach.  

Wish I could have had closer picture...

I can't remember the proper name for this creature.  

The skeleton washed up on the coast, and they made a mold 

of what it might have looked like. They paint it different colors

every so often.  I try and get pictures of it as the paint scheme

changes, Husband always knows I will ask to go see the 

"Dragonfish".

It was a great day.  A little windy, but it was, oh, about 65 or so, and sunny, nice, nice day.

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Then came about 2 days ago, in the morning.  The wind had been heavy all day, several places had lost power, then I looked outside to feed the cat, and saw... 

This...

There was about an inch or so.  It was wet, sloppy, cold,

and generally not what I wanted for THE WEEK BEFORE SPRING!

Sorry for the blur.  Just trying to show the snow. 

Stupid groundhog!

In case anyone thought I had fallen off the earth, remember last blog I mentioned being in the Iknitarod?  

I was knitting like crazy this whole time.  I started, then got to the center.  Did my decreases. Ran out of yarn, and realized I had screwed up royally!  I had not read the instructions right, and had decreased once on each side, not twice, as written. which basically made it a big, house shaped, pentagony thing.  Frog, swearing not so silently, and start from the middle, over again.  Decrease CORRECTLY this time.  I finished about 5 pm, local time, with the edging, and was able to have it count, as the first musher of the Iditarod came in last night at 8, (Dallas Seavey) so I was in the time frame. (Whew!!!)  

For a simple pattern, it took a h*** of a lot of effort!  I am now going to knit something... Sockly, I think.  

After I take a short break and write some letters.  I have several folks that I need to reply to.  Let's just say the Month of Letters went better than I could have imagined!  I am not going to write every day, but I am going to make a point of replying to the letters I've received.  And perhaps a few that I haven't managed to get to yet... Urk.  

A letter's a letter, right???

Picture day...

Today wasn't a day of wonderful sweetness and light.  In fact, I feel like growing fangs and biting someone. Perhaps I will show you pictures of the coast with my family yesterday, which would be much more pleasant than showing you bite marks, and my mug shots. 

Plus, I think I would get kicked out of my gig at the Sheriff's Office if I grew fangs and bit someone...  Well, the biting part, at any rate.  Haven't actually checked anyone's dental work at the SO lately.

(If I remember correctly, you can click on these to make them bigger.)

Looking down the coast at the 'spit'. 

 It was a not quite rainy day.

The rest of these are watching a wave come in (high tide)

over a nearby rock...

So, I hope you enjoyed a virtual trip to the coast.  Hopefully, next time, I might be able to use the video feature!  That would be nice, wouldn't it? 

Sunday Supplement

Husband wanted to go to the coast.  Forgot my camera, so here's one I took earlier.  It was nice.

More talkative blog next time...