Looking like "locals"!

It seems we are starting to look more and more like"locals" as the days go by. People are starting to ask us "where" we live, instead of "if" we live here. On the beach or in the town, we seem to be fitting in.
I have been taking pictures of some of the other local residents. One is our new dog "Hoover". (Thanks Amy for the name!) We call him Hoover because he collects dust! He is our ceramic door stop. And no, he does not help with my "doggie blues". That will take a breed with a little softer coat, I'm afraid.

If you look closely you will see two other "locals", a sunbathing seagull and a deer out for it's evening walk. The neighbors have two dogs ...one's name is "Bella" and it is not the yellow lab!

Company means F-U-N !

Well, Jeff's sister Val and her husband Dan came for a three day visit. It felt like we were on vacation too! We finally took the time to see places we probably would not have seen without them here. We actually went into Cape Blanco lighthouse. (The locals pronounce it Cape Blank-O, but they don't understand spanish pronunciation!)
What an awesome place! We intend to go there with all our many visitors! (hint, hint)

Apparently the inside of a lighthouse is not the best place for being "photogenic"! But is is an awesome place just the same!

The second day they were here we went to Bandon and did some shopping. Since we didn't buy anything and it was difficult to catch up with Val in every store, (she was checking her Christmas list, I think)I did not take pictures of the shopping event. However, the beach at Bandon is so very impressive!We also took them to the Port Orford Heads. It is where the coastguard had a station for rescue and now it is a museum and beautiful walking trail that overlooks the ocean. This has become one of our favorite places to walk. (Right up there with a walk on the beach.) We love "The Heads" and I'll be doing a "post" just on that beautiful place very soon.

We're canning what?!

Well, our friend Joan Abbey asked us if we wanted to join her when she was canning tuna. TUNA? Isn't that something you buy in cans at the store, hopefully when it goes on sale for two or three cans for a dollar? We agreed to try it and I must say it was great fun! We purchased 50 lbs of tuna (she actually got it and we paid her for it) and after cutting and cooking that turned into about 25 lbs. We cut tuna fillets and stuffed them into jars for about two hours. Then we put the little half pint jars into the canner and we were in for a wait.
It takes tuna 80 min. to can. We had our jars and Joan's jars and R.J.'s jars so we were there just about the whole day. Why is it that "work" seems to be fun when you are doing the work with friends? We were in Joan"s "little house" that is to the north of her big beautiful "lodge"
house. That is where they do their canning so that their nice house doesn't smell like fish all day! Even the dogs wanted to be there helping. I really did do more than just take pictures. Whenever my hands were clean, I became the canning event photographer! Speaking of clean hands . . . our hands smelled like tuna for days! Not the best fragrance for sure!

For lunch we had tuna sandwiches (with last years canned tuna) and I must say, I never want to eat store bought tuna again! I guess we are slowly learning the true meaning of Oregon "coastal living"! It was truly great fun....I can't wait for next year!