August on the Oregon Coast! Time for the annual gathering of the clan to enjoy the weather, the beach, family and friends, lots of good food and drink, golf, boogie boarding and just plain hanging out around the fire with a good book and a cold beverage! Let Beach Week begin! We started the week with buying a fresh load of firewood. My brother tracked down the wood cutter guys – what a couple of characters! – and got a cord of…
I came across a photo album in a box of my father’s things and found all these great pictures of my dad and his family spending time in Seaside back in the 1930’s and 1940’s. I had never seen these before – sure wish my dad was still here to tell me about them! My great-grandparents, Giovanni and Anna Maria, built this house on the South Prom in Seaside way back in the 1920’s and the family owned it up until the late…
I’ve been so busy writing about the cottage that I guess I forgot to mention our beautiful beach and coastline! What was I thinking? This is the best part! This is why we are here! This is where all the magic happens! So… here for your viewing enjoyment…. is a peek at what happens on the western edge of our neighborhood on a sunny summer day when everybody has come out to play because…. “IT’S A BEACH DAY!!” – 🙂 – We have…