Warblers & Summer & Such

Welcome summer! :)
PS: I don't have much to say today, other than I really love these yellow little fellows!

Tuesday Tidbits

Good afternoon friends! I have really enjoyed having this weekly post this month (this is week #5!) and I hope you have too. There's a link-up at the bottom if you'd like to share your tidbits. :)

001. On Thursday I went and visited my friend Bri at her college! We sat outside in the sun, talked, went to a local (adorable!) coffee shop, and had a grand old time. :)

 002. We found a geocache! It was her 1st, my 100th, haha. :)

 003. We found this little gem inside and swapped it for a girl scout alien swap I had. I also had a plastic dinosaur in my bag, which Bri thought was hilarious. Don't normal people carry around alien swaps and extinct animals in their camera bags? 

 004. Sunday was beautiful. We flew kites, ate fro-yo, and sat by the river at the park watching birds. Perfect.

005. My favorite 50mm lens took a tumble out of my camera bag.. so now it is at a camera shop getting patched up. I miss it dearly. I use that lens probably 75% of the time and I can't wait to have it back!

 006. We saw a Yellow-Rumped Warbler flirting about in the trees. I love these little birds, they are so beautiful!

007. I found out Jo-Anns has a $1 bin. I couldn't resist getting a few and I can't wait to use these on cards! Plus that special delivery tape? So cute.

008. As promised, here is a picture of my first finished card! It may look simple but it actually took a fair amount of time and love. I like it so much that I'm not sure I'll be able to part with it so that I can send it to someone. That's probably not good, but oh well. :)
009. I didn't do so swell on my goal to send out letters this week.. I sent one. Better luck this week perhaps?

Have a great Tuesday! :)

Sandy Hook Camping

As summer drew to a close..Carolyn & I decided to head out for one last hoo-rah. We headed east to Sandy Hook beach for a night under the stars, catching some sun, and exploring the island. It rained the whole way there and for the first few hours.. but we stuck it out and the sun came out. We had a great time. :)

A highlight of the trip: finding a turtle and naming him Bert.

Bert was adorable.

Bert was a Eastern Box Turtle according to a friendly Park Ranger we met named Pete.

We played Settlers of Catan under a pavilion while the rain poured down..we also ate lots of hummus and goldfish.

Then we went exploring! We walked around the northern tip of the island and watched birds.

The Verazanno bridge in the distance..we had a cool view of NYC from the beach.

You can see the lighthouse in the distance. :)

Another highlight.. watching an Osprey take off with his catch!

A rainy morning meant an empty beach.. not a terrible thing at all.

An American Osytercatcher.

We found a horseshoe crab shell and took her home with us..her name is Lucy.

Sandy Hook is an old fort, so exploring the old batteries was pretty cool.

Because we stayed at the campground in the park..we got to go on a tour of the lighthouse at sunset. :)

Park Ranger Pete took us up the hundred or so stairs to the top and then taught us the history of the island.

Definitely another highlight of our trip :)

An old house and the lighthouse.

We light-painted on the beach.. because.. why not? 

The next morning we watched the sun rise over the Atlantic.

No camping trip would be complete without doughnuts from our favorite place.

Beautiful morning light.. it's my favorite.

Chilling on the bayside beach while sleeping and drawing.

This is Sheldon.. our sea turtle.

We ♥ Sheldon. :)

Sheldon and the NYC Skyline

We finished with a trip to the Twin Lights..the top had lovely views of Sandy Hook

Spy the lighthouse? 

We can't wait to head back next year for another trip..camping at the beach is kinda great. :)