feast of clams, dug at Palm Beach, before and after

How to identify a meth lab

Ha ha!  Ridiculous I know, but it makes me laugh every time.

dog-sitting at Palm Beach

chicken portraits

Much as I like sheep, I love my girls even more.  I still miss Little Red Chicken and I'm not sure Black Chicken (who features elsewhere on this blog) is long for this world, but every time I go down to say hello or check the water or let them out, the simple pleasure of their existence is a balm on my day.

sheep portraits (and one goat)

 

 

 

We went to tend the hives at Austin and Lisa's farm at around the same time as their ewes were lambing.  These are Romney sheep and very lovely girls they are.  The dark brown one in the second shot is Frazzle and she and I had a definite rapport (possibly based on mutual recognition of difficult hair).  I do like sheep.

Happy Valentine's Day

I'm so far behind with this thing that I'm not sure where to start so I think I'll go with right now.  Yesterday we paddled to the Copelands again on a perfect afternoon that just kept getting more perfect.  Oysters, champagne, chocolate mousse cake and a fire on the beach.  Awwwww....  And then otters, eagles, a sea like the proverbial mill pond and the sun setting over the mountains.  Nauseating really :) 

otter tracks, Freda Creek