beach beach beach

i promise that next week will be better as far as pictures. kirsten is coming to visit us on tuesday and i will be on vacation from work, too! while i want to take her to a beach, it may be cooler and cloudy by then (the weather pattern has definitely shifted already). anyway, these are pictures from tolovana (sp?) beach near cannon beach. we drove out there on a whim last saturday because it was really warm in the city. we packed a lunch and headed out saturday morning, and by the time we got to the coast it was packed already. this beach wasn't too crowded, and the water was AWESOME. after the initial shock of cold, i got used to it and wanted to play in the water. my pants got pretty soaked, actually. it was a great time. mike and i both got sun burned.


 

more beach pics

this first pictures is to illustrate how beautiful the fog was that day. when we got there, you couldn't see more than about 30 yards in front of you. it kept rolling in and over the coastal mountains behind us. yet, it was sunny. mike didn't really dig this beach too much, but i thought it was nice. i feel like i can't be picky when i'm at a beach because--c'mon, i'm FROM NEBRASKA. a beach is a beach, am i right??? it's got ocean, sand, waves. yeah, so i thought it was fun. i had a wicked sunburn to prove it, too.

 

MIKE'S NEW BIKE

he's been riding to work all this week. i'll let him tell oyu all how much he loves it.
 

dear daniel and kirsten:

i am so sorry i've neglected the blog. i'm busy working full time and studying for the GRE. but i'll post new pics ASAP.

love, anne

gramps sitting on the couch. he's grinning through the pain, guys. there's the nasty scab he got from falling over making a play in the softball game (i'm sure it was worth it). also, kitty, see where we put all your artwork? in out living room in a special place of honor. keep sending more!! i loved the pictures and the CD. talk to you all soon!

anne

 

more stuff from the market today (8/12/2006)

 

enjoying more of summer's bounty...

"gramps" i call mike. he played softball for his work team on thursday and he's been hobbling around ever since. poor guy. we're on our way to the farmer's market. mike's smiling because he actually made it down the stairs! then to floyd's coffee shop. it's probably our favorite coffee place in town so far. they serve stumptown coffee and voodoo doughnuts. we'll wait to fill you all in on the whole "voodoo doughnuts" story. i think a trip to their shop is required in order to get the whole experience. then to the market. what a gorgeous day. today, we came away with a wheel of camembert cheese, a bottle of delicious pear wine, some heirloom tomatoes, fingerling potatoes, peaches, blueberries, spinach, walla walla onions, and cookies! yum yum!

 

 

PSU farmer's market

 

saturday market @ PSU

 

another gorgeous day in the paciic northwest

due to some fortunate schedule-arranging at work, i have been blessed with a 3-day weekend. so far today, i've walked up to stumptown for my cappucino. i then walked over to hawthorne for a new shirt, dinner for tonight, and a lovely woodblock print from a little boutique. i've finished the laundry and am currently waiting for my lunch to cook. the weather is picture perfect, too. all the things people said about portland's summers are true. i just hope it will make up for the months of rain...

tomorrow i think mike and i are going to celebrate our first true weekend off together (sat/sun) by heading down to the saturday farmers market. i hear it's a wonderful thing to see, and we'll make sure and take the camera along to prove so. supposedly, it's one of the top ten farmers markets in the country. we'll see about that. it is down on the waterfront, which is so pretty so i guess it's got that going for it.

nothing else to report other than i am slacking big time on studying for the GRE. i've been trying to study on my lunch breaks at work, but my friend sarah turned me on to a certain sci-fi trilogy, so i've been opting to read for pleasure rather than memorize vocabulary words. i'm just telling myself that by reading, i am subconsciously picking up new vocab...yeah right. anyway, lunch is ready! love you all!

--anne