Beach Trip, April 15

Kristin and I drove to Lincoln City along with Katie and her boyfriend Ryan. Bill wasn't with us so we drove the Prius on the beach :). We had a great time looking for shells as they were fairly easy to find that day.


We almost had the beach all to ourselves.






It was quite pleasurable finding these little
treasures. To us it was almost like finding
gold!


















Kate and Ryan explored tide pools










Kristin found something interesting.










Lots of foam!






Every direction held an inspiring view.


We drove to Siletz Bay where Kristin
enjoyed feeding the gulls.






Kate and Ryan attracted a "ferocious" visitor who ate the
bread they tossed for the gulls.








My fire...pretty good start, huh? Of course it helped to bring
dry wood from home!




Smoke in our eyes














Our "some mores" tasted good with chocolate covered
graham crackers.










Toasted "innards"...the
best part!







More smoke in our eyes...






Ryan carefully crafted a little sand castle, and Katie prepared to destroy it.







She did it with a wicked sense of pleasure.












Kristin checked out the seal population. They can almost always be seen at the mouth of the bay taking their afternoon nap. Can you find them in the next picture?





They looked pretty lazy.








This is just before we headed home. Kristin is next to an attractive fish sculpture.







Kate and Ryan










Oh my!

Memorial Service for Uncle Bud

For those who could not be at Uncle Bud's graveside service, I thought these pictures might be appreciated. Uncle Bud loved roses.











Harvey Pullum did a beautiful job of officiating.

Jodi gave a wonderful tribute to her father.

































Taps



Amanda's boyfriend helping Aunt Evy with Amanda and Donna Fellows alongside



Harvey's family: Dan and his wife Tammy, with Harvey's wife Em holding their grandson Aiden





Aiden














Bud's best friend (who was also the best man at his wedding)
Bill and Donna












Belcrest Cemetery is a beautiful resting place













Harvey with Aiden


Em with Aiden















Evy with Aiden (her grand nephew)

Making Ukrainian Eggs

I met Melody demonstrating Ukrainian eggs at "Ten Thousand Villages" in down-town Salem. I scheduled a class with her at my home, and a group of us had a very fun evening!










These are some of Melody's eggs.

Ryan, Lindsay, Kristin, Kate and I proceeded to learn about this beautiful art.



Ryan is heating a traditional kistka, a tool for applying wax to the egg.














I am starting my design.


Lindsay is ready to dye her egg in the first color.













Kate is applying wax to continue her design.




Kate is heating the wax so that she can remove it from her egg to reveal the many layers of design and color.












My finished egg!









Becky's egg.













Ryan's egg.














Krisin's egg.






















Katie's egg.















Kristin is tormenting Annie.