PINK SATURDAY

I am going to start my post this week with some beautiful flowers I founds while visiting California in June. The first picture is of a beautiful pink variegated rose. It had a special name but at the moment of course I can't remember it! I am also really hoping to break my own record of 30 comments for my post this week so if you stop by, please comment! I appreciate all the kind words you leave!

This gorgeous shocking pink blooming tree reminds me of a large umbrella! I am not sure of it's name but it sure is pretty!

This is Mickey and friend in a teacup and part of the Disney Precious Moments series that they sell in the park. My daughter in law collects Precious Moments figurines so this display of them caught my eye.

Green frog in a pink Tutu...how cute is this?

What little girl wouldn't just love to call this room her own?

Well, it is once again Pink Saturday! We went and saw a wonderful prize home last weekend that had a lot of lovely pinks, and of course I had to take a few pictures for Pink Saturday!
A Shocking pink Daisy! It went well with the bright yellow one alongside of it. This was such a pretty little girl's room. The house is a lottery prize home in a hospital lottery called "Winfall". Some lucky family or person will win the home and decor when the winning ticket is drawn! It is an ocean view home and very lovely. For more lovely pinks, please go and visit Beverly's blog at How Sweet the Sound! The link is in my sidebar...hopefully...I have been having issues with the sidebar and why on earth it would sink to the bottom of the page. It took many hours but I think I now have it fixed. I hope everyone has a wonderful Pink Saturday, thanks for stopping by and I enjoy reading all your comments!

Dakotah's Preschool Graduation

The Little Graduate
Miss Caroline and Grace

The preschool class

Ariel and Miss Caroline




Ayianna and Miss Caroline

Dakotah and Miss Candace

Dakotah and Ariel

Paige and Trista were doing fine until they looked out and saw how many parents were in the audience...so they "graduated" while sitting on Mommy Debbie's knee!










Dakotah and Auntie YaYa

The party afterwards..yum yum

And last but certainly not least Princess Belle, who is Ariel's sister.

Jaime has adored Belle almost all their lives...lol..

I have been very neglectful of my blog this summer. Time just seems to rush by and of course we had a bit of nice weather which tends to make me want to be outside more. Actually being outside became a necessity when we hit record breaking temperatures. For several days in a row it was well over a hundred degrees on my lanai. But that is a distant memory now as we have spent the last week or more in our usual mix of cloud, showers and the occasional sunny break. Today it is very grey and yucky outside and I actually had my jacket on when I was outside earlier. I have my fingers crossed that this is not the start of winter and 10 months of inclement weather!

I am going to go back and start posting some photos and events from the past couple of months. Mid June Dakotah graduated from preschool. A big occasion for a five year old and she was very pleased when both her Mother and Father were able to get time off of work to come and then really surprised when Auntie YaYa came too!

White Rock

The beach with Marine Drive residences in the background.

The beach at White Rock looking towards the pier. The tide was out and there was miles of sand. The dogs would have loved it but they are not allowed on the beach until the end of September. The houses in the next two photos are the view from the beach looking back across the street. The street is Marine Drive. When I was a little girl we had a summer cottage one street up from Marine Drive. The townhouses and multiplex dwellings were not there then. The fish and chip restaurants were, though. The one we visit is called Coney Island. I have been eating there since i was less than two years old. The ownership has changed many times, one time it burnt down and was rebuilt, but still it survives and still we visit whenever we are in White Rock.

Me with the ocean and sandbars in the background. There were a few folks out by the water but not many. I think White Rock and their warmer temperatures is a closely guarded secret...shhhh.... I know when I lived in the area for many years it was a lot warmer, got little if any snow, many more hours of sunshine a year and rarely any fog.

These gorgeous flowers are on the pathway leading down to the beach! I am not sure what they are but they sure are pretty!

If you look really closely, you will see the "white rock" in the back right of the photo...this is the rock the beach was named for. Also, when I was a teenager, on grad night grad students from other schools would come and put graffiti all over the white rock and it was up to our schools graduating class to go down and paint over it all!!

From Wikipedia, here is the legend of the White Rock... (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Rock,_British_Columbia

"The white rock in White Rock
The large, white rock figures prominently in narratives of the local Coast Salish native peoples. One legend holds that the Transformers, emissaries of the Sagalie Tyee, the Creator, once passed. Another legend holds that the white rock marks the landing spot of a stone that was hurled across the Strait of Georgia by a young Indian chief. It was said that he and his bride would move from Vancouver Island to wherever the rock landed to make a home together. It was their descendants who became the Semiahmoo first nation. ('Semiahmoo' is the Coast Salish word for 'half-moon', describing the shape of the bay.) "

"White Rock is named for a distinctive large white boulder found on its beach near the promenade: a glacial erratic that migrated south during the last glaciation. The 486-ton granite boulder was kept white by shellfish-eating seabirds, whose guano covered the rock, so much so that sailors in the 19th century used it as a beacon. However, it now remains white through frequent applications of white paint by the city parks department, as it has been a popular graffiti target for over thirty years."

This would be me with the ocean in the background. I love the ocean!




A seagull caught in mid flight. There are tons of seagulls there as across the street from the beach is a row of fish and chip restaurants (yummy) and a lot of folks buy their food and bring them to the picnic tables overlooking the beach. The seagulls then harass them for their food!



The picture above is a view from the Winfall prize home we had gone to view in the White Rock area. We love looking at these hospital lottery prize homes and go to quite a few of them each year.

It is hard to believe we are almost half way through August...well the 13th is close to half way through! Summer seems to be galloping to a close. We had some very hot weather for these parts, broke a few records, but are back to our usual cool weather and showers now. I am hoping summer is not over yet. I was listening to one of the US TV stations earlier and they said it will be going back up to the 80's in the Seattle area next week. Fingers crossed that includes us as well. We have been doing some of the outdoor work lately. Actually I have been watching kids but hubby has been working outside. He has put in the stairs to the sundeck and the stairs down the side of the house. Both are big improvements. Now if he could just get to the railings. It seems it is hard to get quotes...two companies have not shown up for scheduled appointments to give an estimate this week.
We took a trip down to White Rock beach on Sunday. It was not very nice in town but was lovely down there. The sun was out and the ocean water was even warm! I could have spent the day had I thought to wear lighter clothing.

Pink Saturday At Disneyland!

Well, I am happy to be back again for Pink Saturday! Summer has been very busy so far. I have travelled to Disneyland in June, the weather was not great but I had a lovely time with friends. Recently we spent 3 nights at the Harrison Hot Springs resort...again the weather turned wicked the day after we checked in...seems to be the way my summer adventures are going this year!!



Along the way I was busy trying to snap "pink" pictures for Pink Saturday and will share a few now!

along the one side is a photo of a gorgeous hanging basket of pink fuchsias at the Plaza Restaurant in Disneyland.

A darling t-shirt I saw in one of the shops

This Lovely American Girl doll named "Gwen" came
home with me from the A/G Place store in LAAs she was in the land of palm trees, she donned her grass skirt! Pretty in pink!

Candy apples in the candy shop that look like Mickey and Minnie!
OK...I am having issues with moving photos...they will NOT move for some reason!!! Today's offerings are from things around Disneyland...beautiful flowers, hanging baskets, pinks Minnie candy apples (too cool!) and a lovely tile wall located in Disney's California Adventure Park. I hope you enjoy all the photos and maybe by next week I will figure out what has changed and why the photos will not move for me! Thanks for popping by!



Mosaic tile wall in Disney's California Adventure

gorgeous bougainvillea, I saw it quite a few times and it is a personal favorite of mine!

The above photo is from the hotel. the Sheraton Park hotel has lovely landscaping! Thanks to Beverly at How Sweet the Sound for hosting Pink Saturday and be sure and stop by her blog! The link is in my sidebar! Thanks for stopping by and everyone have a wonderful PINK SATURDAY!

Queens Park Block Party

One of our local TV stations, CTV, hosted a large Block Party in our Town on Wednesday night. I took both of the kids to it and had not suspected the rest of the town would be there also as it started at 4...the line ups were incredible but we stood and were finally issued tickets for a collectible Olympic pin and a dinner sponsored by Mr. Mike's restaurant. The kids had a great time and collected their Olympic pins and went in the bounce house, got balloons etc. Then we joined another huge line for the dinner. It was very good. I had the opportunity to take Dakotah's picture with Tamara Taggart from the TV station and it was actually kind of funny as their clothing colors matched! I am having issues moving the photos...they will not move so I will leave them as they are for now and just publish as is...

the bounce house
Tamara Taggart from CTV News and Dakotah

Mayor Wayne Wright and Tamara Taggart