Friday My Town Shoot Out

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Friday My Town Shoot Out/Sunday Stills

I love the homepage of this photography site - the pictures at the top make me want to visit the town! The spirit of this particular blog is to capture your hometown in the weekly themes. Sounds fun so here goes....the theme this week is "textures". I couldn't help but think of the tide pools at the jetty so here is a picture that is chalk full of textures:

It seems that the next Sunday Stills theme is also textures so I'll use this pictures for both challenges and keep my eye open this week for some more interesting textures as well.

My first "Sunday Stills"

At some point in my perusings of food blogs I came across a photography website, which happens to be one of my new hobbies. I have a digital SLR camera and a desire to know how to use it well! Hopefully joining in on this website challenge will help me to get to know my camera better and become a better photographer. Each week there is a different photography challenge. This week's theme: wildflowers. Luckily, there are plenty of wild flowers growing around this beachy little town. Unfortunately, I cut off the top of the lavender wild flower but I thought it was pretty, for a weed!

South Beach All Stars Undefeated!

Tonight the SB team won their third tournament game and will advance to the championship game on Friday night! We beat Larch Mountain 8-4 and will face Willapa Harbor on Friday.

Zach was the catcher for the entire game again tonight and did an awesome job. He threw someone out at 2nd and had an out at home plate as well. He also had 2 runs.

Mike is managing the team and is the third base coach in the picture.

Rhubarb & Mixed Berry Tart

Don't ask how much butter went into this tart! Our neighbors had given Liz some rhubarb that I meant to make into a sauce for her. She is the only one in the house that loves rhubarb. I didn't get around to the sauce but came across a recipe for this tart and decided to give it a try. Now we have more rhubarb fans in the house!

A SUNday in September

We took advantage of the gorgeous weather and went to the beach today. Troubles seem to melt away there! The sun and the sand felt good and the kids had a great time digging, creating, rolling, running, enjoying. If there is work to be done at home on a sunny day, the work will have to wait!

Back to school!

I can't believe how fast the summer flew. It didn't feel like it was time to go back to Carrie and Zach. Liz, however, was as ready as a social butterfly could be. Zach is in the 3rd grade and has the same teacher that Liz and Carrie had for 3rd grade! After all these years he is still reading the same book to his class...Ramona is timeless! Liz is in the 5th grade and starts the year off with braces! She is happy to have her best friend in her class and really likes her teacher. We are looking forward to another great year!