Day at Sea

 Cora's birthday present from Grandma and Grandpa was a whale-watching boat ride. They bought a ticket for Violet, too.

Sadly, when the day came, Cora was still sick and unable to go. They'll try to pick another date and go again, but this weekend, Violet got to see the whales on her own.

Here, she and Grandma are checking out some baleen, which a volunteer from the whale-watch crew showed around.

Violet got to see sea lions and even Pacific Gray Whales, on their migratory path south to Mexico.

 Look! Is that a whale?

Two beautiful curly-haired ladies!

Some day, Stace and I will have to make this trip, too!

While Violet was out at sea, I went to see Melanie for a gathering of the bridesmaids. We ate, drank and made merry, and we also made the cutlery bundles pretty for the wedding. Mel has a number of projects she's working on for the wedding, and she's organized enough to be getting quite a few of them completed early.