YAQUINA HEAD OUTSTANDING NATURAL AREA, NEWPORT, OR

(Yes, that is truly how it's referred to.)

THE LIGHTHOUSE  (Maintained by BLM)

Outside in...

...Inside out.

Its dizzying, five-story staircase, not for the feint of heart!

SAY AAHHHHH!

 FOG!  Mother Nature's air conditioning.  The Oregon Coast isn't just pretty.  It's COOL and pretty.  And it's the perfect getaway for people with Scottish blood who LOVE drizzle and mist and fog!

This is the Yaquina Bridge,

Newport, Oregon

From Land

and from Sea

SMILES...

...from my friend Jeanie's kitchen:

"The only reason I have a kitchen is because it came with the house"!!

...from her T-Shirt

"Let's eat Grandma."
"Let's eat, Grandma."
(PUNCTUATION SAVES LIVES!)

A BIT OF NOSTALGIA...

TO DISTRACT YOU FOR A MINUTE -- check out the "Museum of Endangered Sound."

http://savethesounds.info/

POPPIES & PRICKLIES

Matilija Poppies and Prickly Pears, growing side by side along the road just west of El Portal, CA, like it hot and dry. 

 Like a swirling Flamenco dancer's skirt...can you hear castanets? 

THAT'S A "YES"!

IS IT SUMMER YET?