READING THE NEWSPAPER

Here I sit reading a story in the Roseburg, Oregon newspaper, "The News Review", about Belinda, written by Brittany Arnold. The entire article may be found on Brittany's blog by clicking here.

LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON

While browsing through Facebook today, I noticed several photos that Tracy posted in an album she called "Family Pics April 2011". One photo in particular caught my attention. It was a photo of Hunter and he was airborne.

That photo jogged my memory and I went through some old photo albums of my own. I found the photo I was seeking, one I took of Ben when he was five years old and he, too, was airborne. We were on campus at Brookings Harbor High School at the time and Ben found a picnic table.

Ben had his launching pad and I had my camera. One generation later, Hunter is also caught on camera flying through the air.

READY FOR CHURCH ON EASTER SUNDAY

Looking quite spiritual holding Bible in one hand and holding godly woman in other.

No Bible, but better smiles.

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And one close-up before heading to church.

EASTER PREP

Tomorrow is Easter. Today Debra brought Baylee, Rylie and Makiah over to the house to decorate eggs.

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PLACING FINGERS IN HARM'S WAY

Yesterday, Debra fed some left over pizza to our neighboring seagulls by placing pieces on the rail and watching the birds come and take them.

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This morning Debra decided to live on the edge a little. She wondered if the seagulls would actually be bold enough to take the food directly out of her hands.

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I expressed my concern about the possibility that I might be taking her to the emergency room while the seagulls were taking her fingers somewhere else.

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But Debra decided to take the risk anyway.

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The pizza is now gone. Debra's fingers, however, are not gone.

A DAY AWAY

A few weeks ago, Debra and I decided that we needed to get out of town for a weekend. We don't do this often enough. So, I reserved a room on the beach in Brookings and reserved two tickets for a live show performed by the Chetco Pelican Players.

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Before leaving town, I checked my email and my facebook page to find several birthday greetings. I was born on April Fools Day. .

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Before attending the play, we were joined by Roger and Chris Liles for some great food and conversation at the Pizza Deli. It had been at least twelve years since our paths crossed and it was fun to catch up on what's been going on over the past decade. .

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Then off to the Chetco Playhouse for a live show. Upon entering the theater, I bumped into Mike Moran and spent some time catching up on news with him. Mike is the President of the Chetco Pelican Players and was the director of two plays that Belinda and I were in while we lived in Brookings. Then we enjoyed a performance of "Love Letters" before the day came to a close.

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It was a great day away.

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Before leaving home this morning, I received a birthday greeting from the Philippines.

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Just beyond the eight-mile stretch of tight curves and just before reaching Gasquet, we stopped to enjoy a waterfall along Hwy 199.

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The Pacific Ocean from our third-floor balcony.

. . From our room looking to the left. .

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From our room looking to the right. .

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From our room looking down.

. After dinner and before the show, we returned to our room where Debra shared a bite of our left-over pizza with a hungry seagull.

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And the evening ended with a show.

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