Salty Dog

Dayle took little Miss Mocha out for a walk on his birthday morning and brought back this photographic masterpiece.  :-)  Happy Birthday, honey!!

He also got this pretty ocean image.

I took this one of the pretty morning with clouds and blue sky peeking through - standing in the open door breathing in the sea air and enjoying the sound of the crashing waves.

My wonderful sister Denise brought us some of her homemade split pea soup and a loaf of her sourdough bread when she came to visit.  Dayle tried out our new electric grill pan and made some grilled cheese sandwiches to go with the soup.  OMG.. it was the best split pea soup of my entire life.  She made it in her InstantPot, so I ordered the cookbook she used and we'll make it when we return home.

We moved our TV to the kitchen island this time so it's easier to view.  

This is my view from my easy chair.  💙💚💛💜💖

Our cozy bedroom.

Chef Dayle making chicken alfredo with peas and mushrooms using a new kind of tubular pasta called Bucatini, topped with grated cheddar cheese.  Nummy!

Dinner with a view, can't beat that.  :-)

We were relaxing so I decided to start a new little pumpkin designed by Lucy at Attic24 blog.  Here I am getting started.  I heard a ding that an email had come through and lo and behold, it was Lucy leaving a comment on my last blog post while I was immersed in HER blog following her pattern!  I got a huge kick out of that and thought once again that ESP is a real thing.  I love you, Lucy!!

I had to check my progress and held it up and the sun was shining through it and *snap*... 

A day of crocheting and this is the pumpkin, stuffed and sewn together.. now to do the stem and a curly tendril.

Ta-DAH!

I put it in my shell dish for a photo shoot with my other crocheted pumpkins.

I had to share this on my Facebook group - "Jadeite Junkies".  :-)

Another day in paradise.

We have the door open as I type this and the waves are crashing on the sand, the gulls are calling and fresh sea air is filling the caravan.  See the surfer below?

I looked over and this is what I saw.. miss Mocha making herself comfortable on the sofa with her head on one of my crocheted pillows.

Dayle took my iPhone down when he walked the dog and captured the US Coast Guard helicopter flying by to keep an eye on the coastline.  

Looking south.. not a cloud in the sky.

On Dayle's birthday, yesterday, we decided to go on an outing and headed south to Seal Rock, where we got ice cream - he had Bordeaux Cherry for his birthday dessert.  This is a snap of the rocks there.

The sun lowered and we got a snap of it.

The sky turned very red and the color lingered for a long time.  It was so pretty.

Dayle spied the moon and told me so I took the big Lumix and snapped this image of it reflecting on the sea.

A zoom and *swoon*.. look at the craters!  I believe it will be a full moon on Halloween!  I hope it's cloudless.

I am working on a little pumpkin for my friend Shirley who is house-sitting for us with her husband John.  :-)  I'll show you when it's done.  I wonder what we'll do today?  :-)

Thank you for visiting and for the very sweet comments.  I have something to show you on my Wednesday post.  Treasure that Dayle found for me.  Can you guess what it is?

((hugs)), Teresa :-)