We've arrived inwards Bandon, Oregon. We picked a eating theatre for our celebratory dinner out tonight. We've had our margaritas, inwards respect of Cinco de Mayo, you know. Mike is taking a nap. Kitties are dealt alongside together with content, together with I finally direct maintain a infinitesimal to myself to write to y'all. Hey...how are ya'? It's my birthday, together with I'm having a most first-class day. The conditions is beautiful. We're RVing. What to a greater extent than create I need?
There were hence many barns I could direct maintain photographed on the agency to Bandon, but I wasn't inwards the mood. Sometimes I but desire to scout the scenery together with veg out. I did direct maintain a flick of all the blooming California poppies along the road. You're non hence tough, California. We direct maintain poppies inwards Oregon too!
When nosotros stopped for lunch, Mike surprised me alongside to a greater extent than or less petty blood-red velvet cupcakes to direct maintain alongside our afternoon loving cup of espresso.
Back on the road, nosotros drove for almost 5 hours today. I couldn't immature lady an chance to photograph this bridge. This is the Conde McCullough Memorial Bridge, but northward of Coos Bay, Oregon. (You know nosotros dear a proficient bridge.)
According to Wikipedia, when it was completed inwards 1936 it was named the Coos Bay Bridge. In 1947 it was renamed inwards respect of Conde B. McCullough who died May 5, 1946, just 73 years agone today. This together with 10 other major bridges on the Oregon Coast Highway were designed nether his supervision. The Conde B. McCullough Memorial Bridge replaced ferries that had formerly crossed the bay. The couplet is outstanding for its attending to shape together with detail, together with has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places inwards recognition of its blueprint together with cultural together with economical importance.
So, hither nosotros go...
Up together with over.
Sorry for the buggy windshield.
In almost to a greater extent than or less other one-half hour, nosotros reached the acre commons that volition live on our dwelling identify for the side past times side 3 nights.
We direct maintain a prissy site alongside a proficient fleck of privacy. There is no vecino to the S of us. Smitty mightiness live on able to travel out for a walk here.
Backing upwards to yesterday, I got started on the borders for the pansy mosaic. I made these square-in-a-square blocks for the cornerstones. Only, I cutting the optic slice likewise small. So then, I made them again, only the outer corners were cutting likewise small. So, 3rd time's a charm, right?
Finally, I got them sewn together right, together with I added them to the top together with bottom borders. I figured alongside having the Universe ready to rights temporarily, it was a proficient fourth dimension to halt there.
And it's every bit if I've passed into senility virtually overnight every bit I turned a immature together with vibrant 65 years of age. As I was making dinner in conclusion night, I lost runway of the no-stick spray. I constitute it correct where I left it...in the refrigerator...right where it belongs, obviously.
So Mike surprised me alongside yet to a greater extent than or less other photographic television set camera for my birthday. I'm all the same working on learning to role it. It's a tiny petty thing, the DxO One camera. It tin give the axe live on used every bit a stand-alone camera...
or attached to my iPhone.
I form of recall sending Mike a link from Massdrop, every bit I ofttimes do, proverb "Is it anything?" He never answered, but apparently he idea it was something because he gave me 1 for my birthday. I'll direct maintain to acquire dorsum to you almost how it industrial plant together with how good it industrial plant because it's something quite unlike from anything I've always seen. The user's manual has been downloaded to Dropbox, together with I'm reading upwards every bit I direct maintain time. I'll nation to a greater extent than almost this eventually. For now, it's all the same real mysterious.
As for today's adventure, we've selected a restaurant, together with we're going out to dinner for my birthday. I'll nation to a greater extent than almost that tomorrow. Looks similar my meshing connector volition allow me to post, together with hence I'll live on posting every bit I direct maintain time.