Alright,
so maybe not a book, but perhaps a short story.
Sunday,
the weather was gorgeous and we went to Nehalem State Park.
Actually, we had gorgeous weather all week. Unusual apparently to
have this many pretty days in a row.
I
was amazed at how much driftwood there was, tons of it and huge logs
and cut off tree trunks that would have taken at least four of us to
encircle, maybe more. We passed a couple of guys erecting a teepee
like shelter, digging holes to anchor the logs. Further down the
beach we came on this huge structure.
Natalie
and I hung back to explore it while the others walked on.
I
wondered how many years it had been here, how many different groups
of people had added to it over those years.
As
you can see, I was pretty fascinated with this structure.
Later,
Catharine, Natalie, Abi, and I went back to the parking lot and
walked on the other side where the beach was covered with barnacle
encrusted rocks.
I was pretty fascinated with these as well.
There
were small feathers in the sand everywhere and it became a recurring
theme in my pictures.
We
headed back to Manzanita for a late lunch at the taco/burrito place
and then settled in to cocktails on the back patio.
Hydrangeas
are everywhere there in Portland and the coastal towns, not only the
standard pinks and blues but purples and every shade in between.
This one was in the side yard of the beach house.
Dinner.
barnacles creep me out. :) that driftwood structure is pretty darn cool. :)
ReplyDeleteAll that wood makes me swoony with delight. I'm serious.
ReplyDeleteThe structure looks like a dinosaur.
ReplyDeletePretty flower.
Yes, all of this looks like home!
ReplyDeleteLove the driftwood structure. I wonder how it came to be, too. The eye appeal of a sand castle, and not ephemeral.
ReplyDeletesimple delights
ReplyDeleteLooks terrific! Was this near Haystack Rock in Oregon, west of Portland? I've been to that stretch of coast, and it kind of looked like that. The barnacles on the rocks are great.
ReplyDeleteI’d love a gathering like that once in a while; not too often but certainly annually.
ReplyDeleteThat pile of driftwood is very attractive, like a pile of bleached bones.
I’d certainly also do like you and come back with a bag full of rocks and skeletons and bits of wood.
I suspect the driftwood and barnacles have inspired some new art ideas. I love the way you women "settle into cocktails." I could SO hang out with you.
ReplyDeleteI would have been crawling around inside that driftwood sculpture :)
ReplyDeleteI love that driftwood castle!!
ReplyDeleteSo many beautiful parts of the world...
Pearl