Would you like to take a quick trip to the Oregon coast?
The weather doesn't matter because there's always something to see.
All distant details vanish and the moody fog brings big things into soft focus.
There was a pair of bald eagles on one of the bluffs at the beach.
Go to the marina and pretend one of the sail boats is yours.
Check out the Rogue Brewery for some fish and beer. Get a pulled pork slider for your dog.
Walk out on the pier to see if anybody has caught something in one of their crab pots.
Afterwards, drive an hour to get home and take a nap. A perfect day.
Good eye. You capture the feeling and mood so well.
ReplyDeleteThank you Tabor. It's such a moody place & very fun to photograph.
Deleteloved the fog! LOVE the ships and reflections! perfect opening photo, too.
ReplyDeleteI also love fog. You can find it off and on at the coast throughout the year but never in summer where we live, just an hour away.
DeleteOh, man, now I want to go! I could use a vacation and some tranquil time on the beach. These are very lovely pictures. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteEverybody who visits us gets a trip to Newport. Consider it!
DeleteWow, that looks delightful.
ReplyDeleteYou know what you would enjoy, aside from the lonely beautiful coastline and fantastic beer at the Rogue? You would like the Sylvia Beach Hotel, a somewhat decrepit hotel on Nye Beach:
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It's a hotel only for book lovers.
The seagull is perched on the Sylvia Beach Hotel's roof top in the 2nd photo. And Sylvia Beach is not a beach, but a person. She founded Shakespeare & Co,which you may know if you have visited Paris. Maybe you already know this, but I sure didn't. I thought she was a beach. :)
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Ahhhh, thanks for the beach trip. You've tickled my fancy - can't wait to go next summer!! I love Newport!!
ReplyDeleteThe Thyme Garden is half way between Corvallis and the coast:)
DeleteIs you half dog/half cat in the Guinness book of records? Great photos. I would love pretending to own one of those sail boats.
ReplyDelete:) The dog-cat is asleep, but when he/she wakes up I'll ask!
DeleteI chose the green sailboat.
I want to go! Oh but it's so far away. Dang, man.
ReplyDeleteYour pictures are beautiful. I feel cool and calm just looking at them.
Reya, I just know that one of these years you will make a trip to see your Oregon family members, and I will love seeing your photos of the coast.
Deletethanks for the visual journey. it's too dang hot here right now to venture outside.
ReplyDeleteWhen YOU say it's "hot" then it must be insufferable. Texas heat!
DeleteOh lovely! Lovely! I'll be doing just that in about ten days' time!
ReplyDeleteTo the Oregon cost, with your daughter? How wonderful.
DeleteSold. It wouldn't take much for me either, except a plane ticket, rental car and hotel room. :)
ReplyDeleteAnybody commenting on this post is invited to skip the hotel room and stay with us. Think on it!
Delete:) Thanks!
DeleteDistinctive pics, as usual, Kerry. This was a hugely atmospheric post.
ReplyDeleteI have a quick question for you. Have you ever transported a cat by car for several days in a row? If so, any words of wisdom ... ?
I just asked that very question of some friends who transported their cat cross country. Our son & wife & baby plus 2 cats are making the move back to Portland next month, so I was wondering. There is a kitty sedative that some people use, but my friend planned to let the cat loose in the car, with a small litter box on the floor. They leash the cat, so when they make a stop the cat can't escape. I guess they've traveled this way in the past with their cat and It's worked. Apparently the cat barely used the litter box the whole time.
Deletethis just makes me more sure i must visit ...
ReplyDeleteYour room awaits you. :)
DeleteI must have mentioned to you at some point that we spent our honeymoon in Oregon - mostly the Williamette Valley. We did, however, include either one or two nights on the coast: Yachats. We both loved it - desolate and wonderful, not touristy at all. Your first shot matches my memories very well.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know that you had your honeymoon here! Wonderful. Yachats is a great little place. We get there occasionally; Cape Perpetua is a splendiferous scenic treat.
DeleteHi Kerry - I came upon your blog when I was looking for "side effects of dogs on Prozac". I love your blog, your writing, and how in love with your doggies you are! Thank you for making this wonderful blog available. Now, to my problem: My 4 y/o Wheaten Terrier used to be a "show dog." When she became an adult, her breeder decided to give her up because her new coat did not meet AKC standard (it is curly - and beautiful!!) Her life with her breeder was spend most of the time caged in a crate - as were all the "show dogs." When her breeder gave her to us, I think Kady went into some kind of shock because we have given her so much freedom. While she did spend a lot of time in her crate initially, she now is all over the house and has free reign. For some reason she thinks she was brought here to "guard" ME (not my husband!) She has begun barking up a storm - and she barks at everyone and everything that walks by our house or comes to the front door. All people, trucks, doorbells, etc. bring on long-lasting barking and she also barks at workmen and sometimes grabs their jeans as they walk out of the house. She also pants like crazy whenever we take her for a ride. We want to take her with us, but the panting is very disconcerting. So her vet has decided to try her on Prozac. She is on 20 mg and her weight is about 40-45 lbs. She's only been on it for ten days. She is still barking. Our problem is she won't eat, unless we can find something she likes (and the something is different every single day). The "other" vet who was on duty when I last called said that this was perfectly normal, and to just put out her food and she would eat it if hungry enough. Well she won't eat kibble and she won't eat anything at all unless it is something very much to her liking. She has a very appt. in one week, but I was wondering if Reub put himself on a starvation diet when he began taking Prozac. She is also mildly lethargic. Other than acting like an anorexic teenager and sleeping a bit more, she is pretty much the same. But we feel really bad and my husband wants to take her off Prozac. I feel that if we have gone 10 days, we ought to go four weeks. He is afraid she will "starve to death". any thoughts, advice, comments? Thank you so much in advance. Bev Schneider
ReplyDeleteHi Bev! Thanks for looking around the blog a bit! By far the most visitors go ONLY to "My Dog on Prozac" b/c that's the info they need.I guess there is very little real-life info out there on that stuff.
DeleteSo, let's talk about your dog.
1.She will not starve. Promise! However she will lose weight and you will feel so bad about it that you will go to crazy lengths to get her to eat. Don't. Do just what the vet said. Put her food out twice a day & if she doesn't eat it within a half hour, simply pick it up and put it away. Try not to fuss over it; she will pick up on your angst. Reub had little appetite for the 1st couple of weeks on Prozac, but it slowly came back as he adjusted to the med. Within about 4-8 weeks, he had a normal appetite.
2. The barking. I think you should see a trainer about the aggression she is showing towards some people. Growling & barking can be a warning mechanism, that if completely suppressed, might be dangerous in certain dogs. There are exercises that you can do with her to help lower her anxiety towards doorbells, sounds, new people & a trainer can help you with that. The trainer may recommend a citronella collar that emits a puff of citronella when a dog barks; these are quite effective. We tried one of those on Reub, but Eddy removed it when we weren't looking (!!) so we couldn't make it work.
3. To see if the fluoxetine is working you have to give it a few more weeks. Hand in hand with some new training techniques hopefully she will settle into the kind of dog you hope she can be.
4. Crates. These are usually a place of comfort to dogs that are used to them. Is the crate available to her & does she willingly go there?
I wish you and your beautiful Wheaten all the best!
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K
I JUST this minute found your reply - thank you! She HAS begun to eat a little more (but I am embarrassed to say my husband and I have actually started to cook for her ;-) I made her a hamburger mixed with brown rice and some mashed carrots (which she has eaten on one occasion and turned down on another) and my husband has made her chicken balls (like meatballs) with chicken soup - which she also ate tonight, but which I am certain she will turn her nose up to in the a.m. She seems to get more active and happy in the evening hours, and that's when she'll eat. I am going to try to tough it out and just give her the two meals a day, period. But she absolutely refuses to eat the kibble, which does concern me. She adores her crates - she has three in the house and she parks herself in one of the other at various times during the day for naps, or whatever. Our other Wheaten never wished to be crated, but Kady likes it if it is HER idea to go in (not if it is ours) - as you can tell she is a bit spoiled. She has been a difficult dog, but we do love her so will keep trying. Thanks so much for responding to me so quickly. I pray that this medicine will kick in sooner rather than later, because I know my husband is at the end of his rope - I am more inclined to be patient, since this is advice given to us by professionals and YOU! Thank you again, Kerry. Bev
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