just a day!

So it is a delicious Sunday down here on the coast. These sunny, warm days are so wonderful, I think made better by the fact that you know they won't be here long and it will be back to cloudy weather.
I have finished up the front flower bed, for the moment at least. The flowers are a little shabby but they fit right in with my shabby chic decorating style. Yesterday, at the nursery I found this lovely vine with the palest of orange flowers. The flowers are so soft, almost like velvet, I know this for a fact, since I petted it for quite a few minutes. It probably won't survive the winter, and it really didn't make sense to buy it this late in the season, but it was so pretty I couldn't resist. I may try and protect it through the winter. We will see how my green thumb, or lack thereof progresses through the fall.

I added some pink geraniums for a burst of happy color and threw some other plants around. Next summer I will have more time and energy to devote to making a true English garden. Today we headed into Gearhart, a town North of Seaside. It is very small, and quaint. They have a little nursery and since I needed potting soil, we stopped in. They had a delicious smelling jasmine plant, which I bought. With the exception of Gerber Daisy's, which are my favorite flower, I love jasmine. It smells divine and is so easy to grow. I planted it right by my front door, so hopefully next summer my house will smell heavenly.
We stopped at the little cafe and had lunch. Today reminded me of every thing I love about summer. It seems that we just wondered around, with no real purpose or destination in mind. This is what living in a coast town is like. You are always on "island time", which is not always a good thing but it is what it is. Though on Monday thru Friday, I mostly complain about "island time"

The anchovies and herring are running down here. Every night the whales come into feed. It is quite the sight to see. I tried to take a photo with my little camera, but it really doesn't capture the magnificence of them. The tourists (and truth be told, the locals) love them and every night I sit on my back deck, while the "ooh's and aah's" drift up from the shore. The ocean is covered in birds as well, so it is quite the cacophony of nature.