What a year!

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Welocome 2011!

What a year it's been. 

For those peeps on Facebook, it's been great keeping
posted about your everyday life.
Miles afar, and time means nothing anymore
thanks to technology.

Kudos to FB, for meeting up with long lost friends and relatives. The best

FB experience my brother George.  Wonderful man and family.  Haven't
been in touch with him for 32 years!  So I refuse to hear any complaints
about FB!

We were blessed to help out a couple of friends with our guestroom
at the beginning of this year, while they decided their next move from Costa Rica.
By Spring, we were busy planting all our garden beds, which yielded just about
everything we ate for six months, and is still producing peas and grape tomatoes!
The Solar Panel system we started in November 2009, finally got installed in April.
Amazing performance so far.

Our summer was spent every spare moment at the beach.  We are the truest
Beach Pods you'll ever meet.  We call our "Westfalia" the Beach Condo, and
just hang out with b'que's, and reading, flying kites, walking, beading, photo
taking, there's never a dull moment. I mean, if you don't visit the beaches
what's the point of living on the gorgeous southern Oregon coast? 

By fall, we had a couple of our beloved pet family pass on, for those of you who knew,
Baby Chi' was only 6 years old, she passed in April, 
and Thunder was 14 1/2, we lost her in October.
Her sister Lightning is still with us, and we're both missing those girls very much.  Now we have Bizzie, and she is just that, very busy.  Boots is still "the Man" of the house, and doing fine.

I turned the big "Six O" so I'm now officially OLD!  I feel great, and can move
as if I'm 30, thanks to my devotion to yoga practice.  Otherwise I'd feel my age
no doubt.

The mini horses are as easy, loving, and comical as always, and all three are
well and happy.

We continue to have lots of children around, thank goodness for young friends!

Bill continues to be "Mr. Wonderful."

I've posted a couple of videos of Bill climbing and sailing.  He'll join all the other

nuts in the New Year's day swim, in our frigid Pacific Ocean. 

I've gotten a few paintings done this year, and continue to paint, bead, not much

sewing, (although I have a few projects lined up) cook, practice yoga, walk, and
work part-time at my job.  I'm very fortunate to be able to work from home, which
gives me my own schedule.  I've also been hired by our community college to teach
jewelry classes.  That has been a very fun surprise!  For peeps who want to
see my attempts at painting, http://lindalaverty.com/Linda's_Paintings.html

We traveled to outstanding Vancouver, B.C. in June, and are planning to visit
again sometime in May or June.  What a gorgeous place,

Bill just saw Roger Waters in his concert "The Wall" at the Tacoma Dome.
He said it was a "bucket list" to do event.  Epic at it's least. 

Been a very rainy, gray winter here this year, and we got a snow storm!  I'll

post this video of that too for proof! 

All in all, it's been a great year.  Both of us are healthy, happy, and productive.

We continue to look forward to keeping in touch via FB.  It has kept us close

to our family and friends.

Don't forget to swing by the "left" side and visit paradise, even when it's raining!

Love,

Bill and Linda

Christmas Day aka Festivus! Postings for our Peeps not on Facebook!

Had to get these pix and videos up right away.  Had a great time with Bill and minis. My present from Bill was getting our miniature horses out to the ocean for the day!

Enjoy and will post more soon!

here are videos! so cute.
My xmas prez from Bill!

Another short film.

Our Thanks for Visiting :)


Some More Fun PIx.

My present to William was this painting, "Bill Climbs"  his beloved Mt. Hood.

Off to see Avatar!  hugs all around!

WHEW! Is It Over Yet?

I've been asking everyone in my travels these days, "Is it over yet?" LOLOLOL and....most folks know just what I mean and how I feel. It certainly has been a marathon month.

This week like all of you Peeps, we have been straight out busy. Of course we're even late
with all our mailings to Peeps back east, but, no worries, we haven't forgotten you, just the
older I get, seems the slower I get.

Well, another year bites the dust! 2009 is a blur for us as I’m sure it is for most everyone else. A most wonderful year.

Living on the gorgeous Southern Oregon Coast is still one big Party. We beach all the time, sail, hike, play with our miniature horses, travel around the west, just always things to do, and of course being married to Bill is just one big adventure. If I can survive 15 hard years in the state of Vermont, this is a cake walk.
We get to enjoy all our friends children, and there are so many too! Lots of fun, being Auntie and Uncle to all.

We miss all our friends all over this country, and our guest room is always ready for your visit.
Have a safe and healthy holiday, and may 2010 crawl ever so slowly to savor each precious moment.

Won't keep you long here, just wanted to wish all we love and care about a wonderful
day with each other, and those you love.

here's some pix, worth a 1000 words.  hugs, all!
Bill and Linda

HAPPY HOLDIAYS! FROM THE MICRO MINI HORSE RANCH!

Just wishing all our peeps the BEST ever in health and joy all through 2010!