Thursday, April 21, 2011

The Rest of Birch Bay on My Birthday






A few more interesting things at Birch Bay . . .

A big rusted boat sitting on the beach, just waiting for the tide to come back in . . .


This weeping pussy willow had the faintest scent of cotton candy . . .





Lots of rock walls . . .


And plenty of nautical items . . .



And there is always ice cream in Birch Bay . . .


With a bird house on top . . .

And rusty sculptures . . .

My favorite gate . . .



Somebody is ready for Easter - I like this idea and might get up to Dollar Tree and get me a bunch of cute Easter things . . . though we don't have this perfect tree for decorating . . .







A lot of people in Birch Bay gather drift wood from the beaches - this yard was full of it . . .
I like the rock Inukshuk too . . .


A birdhouse sitting on driftwood . . .


This tree was full of beads - and sitting in one of the windows, reading his paper, was an older man - guess he is ready for Mardi Gras . . .



I was curious as to how they got some of those beads up there . . .



Don't you just love this driftwood hanging?



And that concludes our birthday trip to Birch Bay. Don asked me what I wanted to do that day, and I said "Go someplace and take a lot of pictures". Well, that is what we did, and we had a grand time doing it. Don will stop any time for me to take pictures - he's such a good sport.

What is your idea of a good birthday outing?


10 comments:

Barb said...

Sounds like a wonderful birthday...Happy Birhday!

*karendianne. said...

Well Jo, first of all I've never seen a weeping pussy willow so that's a total treat. Thanks for sharing. Then I have to say everything is so filled with delight - what a great birthday. Me? Lunch out anywhere with a good Vodka Martini. ;)

Karen said...

I have been thoroughly enjoying your photos over the last few days. It looks like a wonderful place. Love the Easter tree and the pussy willow. All wonderful! Thanks.

Julie Fukuda said...

Thank you for sharing your delightful birthday with us all.
Thanks to Don too for stopping so you could take the pictures.

Crispy said...

Great pictures Jo!! I loved the tree and the porthole in the gate was wonderful.

My idea of a good birthday is to sit and sew all day and not have to do a darn thing LOL.

Crispy

Teresa said...

Thanks for sharing all the pictures and here's wishing you a happy birthday and many many more.

Purple Pam said...

What a wonderful colletion of pictures from your birthday trip.

For my birthday trip, I would like to go to Disneyland.

Lisa Oceandreamer Swifka said...

Fantastic photos.....I especially like the rusted boat on the beach. Sounds like a great birthday to me.....I love to go out finding great places for photo taking. We are so overdue for that. Happy Easter and a happy belated birthday.

The Quintessential Magpie said...

Happy Belated Birthday to you!

Happy Belated Birthday to you!

Happy Belated Birthday, Dear Jooooo!

Happy Belated Birthday to YOU!

XO,

Sheila :-)

Lili said...

Oh man! I not only missed so many of your posts, I missed your birthday! Happy belated Jo and my idea of a fun birthday always involves taking a trip to a favorite local place with my camera in tow. Great minds you know. ~Lili