In case you missed them ...

Well it got our attention:

Just in case you didn't see the cool little addition at the back, here's another chance:

I like playing "I Spy" with this.  Do you see the pink flamingo?  How about the life preserver?  But seriously, back to Jane Austen's quote at the top of my blog.  I know I give others plenty of opportunities to laugh.  It's nice to get a turn too.

They were back the next day too:

Comments from the Peanuts

Last night we're sitting in our camping chairs listening to music with a lot of other people.  There's an elderly couple that walks by us.  They're holding hands and softly talking to each other and smiling.

My daughter leans into me and tells me, "Mom - that's going to be you and Daddy pretty soon."

Ahh.  My daughter is being sentimental.  I look at her and a smile stretches across my face and then she tells me, "Ya, you're getting old."

Q & A

Q.  What do you do after slicing your finger to the bone and severing both tendons?

A.  First go to the ER to get sewn up, then put your safety glasses on and go play on your lathe - of course!

Kite Festival

Lincoln City, Oregon has a kite festival every summer.  We really like going to it and seeing the "regulars".  There are always amazing kites that are HUGE!!!  Here's a small sample:

They take their kite flying very seriously.  Here's a picture, taken with permission, showing one group with their 2 trailers full of equipment:

There are great kite wars where they knock each other out of the sky, acrobatic kites, sycronized to music performances, just amazing.  Here my daughter got our kite up:

And a few minutes later it was up and flying!

And a few minutes later it was down again.  See my daughter running?  Ya, she's heading towards our kite on the other side of the pool of water there, where our kite went down.  And took about 3 kites out of the sky with it.  And the line was in the water and several small kids were utterly confused about running into a line while joyfully on their way to the ocean.  And I took a picture.  And then went running too.  Good times.

Link to Another Blog

Really, I haven't laughed so hard in a few weeks.  Very hilarious.  Dustin credits most of it to the late hour and the long day I've had (this will post tomorrow morning).  But it's just funny:

http://conniesramblings.blogspot.com/2011/08/stuck-between-two-farters.html

The Time Has Come

Last summer I bought a screen door for our back patio and asked my husband if he would put it up.  He said yes, but it would be a bit.  Well it wasn't much of a priority to either one of us, so it never got put up.

This summer, the back door was open and here's what I find in our dining room, taken with my cell camera and I was laughing so sorry it's shakey but you get the gist:

Ya - that screen was up in a matter of minutes.

(picture taken June 8)

Warning in Store Window

This is found in a local store's window in Newport, OR:  (This explains SO much!!!)