Summer's Last Sunset

VIDEO 174

Song - "Could You Be Loved" by Rockabye Baby (Bob Marley cover)

The last sunset of summer was a beauty! Hope everyone out there enjoyed their warm days and are looking forward to the fall... because, whether you like it or not... it's gonna happen tomorrow!

Deck Ducks

VIDEO #148

Song - "Pressure Drop" by Toots and the Maytals

Our favorite summer spot down at The Deck is flocking with ducks, geese and an amazing red billed swan. The swan seems to be a vegetarian and diets on Ritz and shredded iceberg lettuce. The others prefer the shrimp cocktail, hold the cocktail sauce.

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Big Kiddie Pool

VIDEO #138

Song - "Swimming Pool" by Lucky Luciano

The heat wave is still strong and the sun hats from the day before aren't quite cutting it. We decided to hit the club house pool by 10am, which was perfect. Greyhounds for breakfast, followed by a bloody and a pi ña colada seemed like a good idea, and that it was! Even as the day became sweltering hot and more screaming children showed up, there was a steady tingling sensation that carried on through the day which made everything nice and mellow. Unfortunately the nice tingling sensation turned into a headache this morning and I had to relive the pool experience in this edit without the medication that started off yesterday. It's a rough life.

Heat Wave Hats

VIDEO #137

Song - "Little Green Bag" by George Baker

The heat is on in the Pacific Northwest these days! One way to treat a high 90 degree day is by heading to the river with your favorite sun hats and letting it all hang loose. We were lucky to get free hats at Beaches restaurant and bar in "The Couve" (Vancouver, WA), head down to the big drink and dunk in for a short spell in tune to the Reservoir Dogs soundtrack. Me and my ladies with the sun hats... that's pimp!

Floating the Clackamas

VIDEO #099

Song - "Dueling Banjos" from Deliverance

A great retreat from this hot, hot heat is hitting the rivers and floating with some friends. Great times to be had on the Clackamas River, don't forget your sun essentials, drink of choice and favorite floatie. The turtle was no surprise, a big hit.

The Great Camping Flood of 2010

VIDEO #082

Song - "Dead Skunk" by Loudon Wainwright III

To celebrate the 5th day of sunshine this year, I started cleaning up the backyard. I noticed the pool water was a little funky and BAM!..a blog idea came to me... so I grabbed some little guys and started playing with toys again. The weird thing about this video is that by the end of watching it, I want to go camping. I'm not sure if it was the barbecuing or the neon cocktails that did it for me? Anywho, happy sunny monday to you all.

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Putting in the Pool

VIDEO #038

Song - "Joy to the World" by Cathedral Brass

In the process of getting the stairs from the back deck to the yard in (which is still in progress), I uncovered a little bit of history of the house... the back patio! That's right, buried under the dirt lays an old, but classy array of concrete slabs! Not much to brag about other than the fact it's a free patio that brings fun for the whole family, and I think the video captures just that.

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