...and one rainy day at the beach...

...every beach vacation has one...right?...

...a soggy view...

...so we entertained ourselves by going out for lunch...

...and a rainy beach walk in the afternoon...the temperatures were still mild...

...Jack's cute little plaid jacket is reversible to this raincoat...you can see he's squinting because of the rain...

...another deserted beach...that's the tagalong sweethearts lagging behind us again...

...we were only walking up to the pier...about a mile from the cottage...

...underneath the pier...

...we're on the pier...and the kiddos still haven't caught up...

...stormy waves...

...kiddos on the pier...they finally caught up...

...we watched the birds fighting the wind...

...the stormy skies...the weatherman had predicted thunder...but we didn't hear any...maybe you can't hear it over the wind and the waves though...

...the skies were clearing as we walked back to the cottage...you can see some blue peeking through...

...Jack found his favorite spot when we got back...

...and we played a game of Phase 10...that list of phases card marked with the "Blue 9" is from a North Dakota camping trip where we lost one of the Blue 9's...we later found it so it's just a phase card again...haha...

~Have a lovely day!

...Beach Christmas Lights...

...we went for a late evening walk on the beach...

...specifically looking for Christmas lights...

...there were a few houses with lights...

...but not a lot...

...there just aren't that many people here...

...just at dark...we got back to our pathway back to the cottage...

...when we first drove onto the island...we saw a sign that said that the light show started at 5:30 PM...so we drove to the park to see the lights there...

...it was fun...

...and sweet...there were lots of families with children running around and some with cocoa picnics...

...there were different scenes...a Nativity in lights...

...snowmen and snowflakes...

...a lighthouse...that kinda looks like a rocket...

...a surfing Santa...

...and Rudolf...

...and a little bit of history too...

~Have a lovely day!

...What I ate...at the Beach...

...these aren't really in any particular order...

...someone (Scout)...took this goofy photo of me at breakfast still in my jammies...

...we ate all of our breakfasts at the cottage...

...and they were pretty much tofu and bread of some kind...

...if we ate out at all...it was for lunch...this is a salad and some boiled potatoes at a seafood restaurant...

...and another day...another fancier salad at a pizza place...with dried cherries...apples and pecans...it was delicious...

...Taco Boy lunch...roasted cauliflower and cabbage taco...black beans and rice...it was delicious...and probably my favorite meal of the trip...

...and this is fried Brussels Sprouts (quite unique and not at all what I was expecting...I was expecting whole fried sprouts)and a veggie burger...

...dinners were also always at the cottage...and another goofy photo of me...haha...

...this is a Bubba veggie burger...I've never had one before...it was good...and a pretty typical dinner...mostly veggie burgers and patties...with potato and salad...easy beach fare...

...but one night we got fancier with dinner and made stroganoff...mushrooms and sauce...

...and vegan chick'n...

...this is the Tofurkey roasted chick'n and it's really good...everyone loved it...

...it was delicious...

...what did you eat yesterday?...

~Have a lovely day!

...W.I.P. Wednesday...at the beach...

...I did some knitting in the truck on the way to the beach...and a very...very little bit in the cottage...

...but I am so...so close to finishing... this Circular Yoke summer shirt by Purl Soho......

...I've finished the last decrease...and now I'm ready to separate it onto two needles...seriously just a few more rows...

...what's in your workbasket?...

~Have a lovely day!

...just another winter walk on the beach...

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

...to break up the monotony of beach walks...I thought I'd show you the puzzle we worked...it came from the cupboard in Scout's room...and it's missing 5 pieces just in the border...haha...but it's cute and fun anyway...

...just another winter day on the beach...

...it was a breezy and mild 60° F (15° C)...

...these manmade jetties are spaced pretty evenly up the beach...

...Jack and I somewhat trepidatiously walked to the end...

...our cottage seen from the beach...Our Girl has the cupola room with all the windows at the top...

...that's the typical distance between us and the sweethearts during our walks...haha

...Jack loves the beach...

...just another walk on a deserted winter beach...it was lovely...

...the further north you go the jetties change to these piles of rocks cemented together instead of the solid concrete ones...

...I think they're more pleasant to look at anyway...

~Have a lovely day!