In Memory of my Dad

My dad passed away on January 2 after a 4 month battle with many health issues. My father expressed that he didn't want the traditional memorial service/burial. My family decided that we would have a cookout in memory of him at the end of this month. We will have plenty of food, many friends and share lots of Bob isms. In honor of my dad, I've created a collage (I'm in the process of doing another one, as well). Though it was a little sad to put this together, it was also fun to look back at all the photos and remember all the wonderful times we had together. I sure do miss him. Love Ya Dad !

And the winner is .....................

I recently entered a blog giveaway at http://tskdesign.blogspot.com for beautiful copper earrings handcrafted by Tim Kline of Coast Chimes . Much to my surprise I actually won! It's been over 25 years since I've won anything. I received the earrings on Monday....and was again surprised...they are absolutely beautiful. Not only does he create beautiful jewelry, Tim's windchimes are amazing.

I love all of the earrings !

Sandscaping !

I've neglected this blog recently....as always there's something else to do. This is going to be a quick post today.

At any rate, for those of you that I've told about my my little beach project. Here it is in full color.

The Story Behind Bill the Watch Goose.

Ok.....so I either don't listen very well or I'm suffering from CRS (possibly a bit of both). At any rate I need to correct that it was Bill's upper bill that was broken off. After sending the link to this blog....my neighbors that Bill guards.....sent me the whole story.

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Bill lost half of his upper bill in a battle with another goose over a woman.  So involved in combat, they paid no attention to where they were and both plunged over the cliff, wings and legs going in every direction.  Bill dragged himself back up the cliff and plopped down, upper half of bill broken and red tongue hanging out uncovered.  He decided to recuperate in our yard...or maybe he just couldn't move any farther for awhile.  We started calling him Half A Bill, then Fifty Cents and finally he became just plain Bill.  The other geese shunned him.  He had a hard time eating and lost a lot of weight.  John gave him some corn.  But he couldn't eat it.  It was very difficult for him to preen his feathers so he looked terrible for a long time. The neighbors noticed that he sat right next to us by the river and started calling him our pet goose.  He hasn't spent the winter here but he returns each spring.  This year we've seen him fly down to the river to swim with another goose at the end of the day.  "She" has never come into our yard but we're hoping she might be his new girlfriend. " Carrie S

Bill the Watch Goose

As I sit in my office getting into creativity mode....something out the window caught my eye. I saw that the neighbor's Watch Goose, Bill was standing guard. For the past 3 or 4 years, Bill comes back to Maryland to make his home on their property. He walks the 400 or so feet of riverbank daily (he knows where the property line is...and never crosses it...which is amazing since there are no fences). Bill alerts them when someone is on the beach or getting close to their yard. He started guarding the property after getting into a fight with another goose....and the bottom part of  his bill was broken off(hence the name Bill ). Even though his bill has grown back...he is a loner goose. But that's ok.... I'm glad he feels at home here....and is the resident Watch Goose.

A new project......

A month or so ago I ran across a website (http://www.scannography.org/) about a technique called "scanography". It's where you actually scan objects. It's macro photography, without the camera, pretty cool...huh? Since then I've been reading as much as I can about it. I fixed a computer that I had collecting dust...hooked up a flatbed scanner and have finally started scanning things. I've started with flowers, shells and even some fishing lures. I know I still have a lot of trial and error to go...but it's been fun and challenging. It's funny, now I'm constantly looking at things.....thinking...hmmmmm.....I wonder how that would look scanned.

The Sun Setting

Finally a sunny day...instead of gray skies. I was able to make it home in time to actually catch the sun setting.
What a beautiful sight. It sure did my heart good to see this.

Ahhhhh.....I sure do love this place !