It’s for the birds!

A most interesting day.
We had been in contact with a local Realtor who knew what we were looking for in a house. Her vacation was scheduled for the time we are here, but she had supposedly made arrangements with her office mates to take us around and show us the local sights, where things are, and what properties were available. So I called the office this morning and got the brush off from her office mate. She would be too busy, but we could pick up the packet and go visit whatever we’d like to see.

Figuring it was better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick, we went to the office and got the packet. There was nothing new in there, in fact we’d already looked and rejected most of the homes via the internet. However, we thought maybe “seeing would be believing”, so we gamely did our best to follow the map and go visit. What a daymare! We found ourselves pretty discouraged, but we refused to give up. We decided to drive over to Toledo and check it out. We found it ... interesting to say the least. Okay, scratch that city from our list of potentials and onward to someplace else—a coffee shop. Hehehe

One cup of coffee and one weird conversation later, we decided to travel up the road and see what was there. We passed several nice areas, and suddenly found ourselves in Depot Bay. Charming—totally charming. This is what we were thinking of when we came to Newport. Then up the road to Lincoln City—big but has potential—maybe. Talk, talk, talk ... and back to Depot Bay where we find a parking spot, dash across the street and wander into a real estate office.

“We saw your sign out front (3 bed/2 bath with shop) and thought we’d ask about it.” Receptionist calls Joe out front and we chat, go back to his office where we tell him what WE want in a house and what we’ve rejected. He gets it. In fact he’s just done pretty much the same thing himself last year. Heh! Fate! Kismet! Meant to be! God’s hand in all of this! He pulls up some listings and prints them out for us.

So on our way out of town we did some drive-byes of 2 potential homes. Rejected one (Joe wasn’t kidding when he said the sand could be a problem. hehehe One sand dune was taller than the house and almost as wide as a 2-car garage! LOL!), but we liked the other. Back in our room we searched for some homes, found 2 new listings, made notes and contacted Joe. He is setting up appointments for us to view these homes. We may not buy any of them, or we may walk into one and know we are home—but at least we are making forward progress with a realtor who understands and cares enough to help us.

How Mr. Retired will handle the situation with the vacationing real estate lady is unknown, but I’m sure he’ll do it graciously.

A sighting.
On our way to the sand dune place I had a sighting. Of what? Why a naked man walking through the marsh, dragging his blue jeans behind his behind. Hahahaha Wish I had had a camera with a good lense. Hehehe

It's for the birds!

This morning I stepped outside on the little patio to sip a cup of coffee and enjoy the view of the ocean, the fog, the waves rolling in on the beach, and the birds. Sea gulls mostly, but a few pigeons as well. Apparently other folks have been feeding these winged charmers as they are rather brazen in their approach and will try to wander right in the door of the room if you don’t chase them away. As I watched them wander up and down the grassy area, I thought of Genesis 1:20-21:

“And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.”

I stood there in awe as I realized that God knew I would watch these funny winged creatures back when He created them. How wonderful to know that He thinks of all the little things as well as the big things.

The thunderous roar of the ocean waves intruded upon my thoughts, and I found myself again thinking about Genesis 1 and how God created the oceans and it’s wondrous waves that roar, He created the birds that fly, the food that we eat, the air that we breathe, the water we drink, the cattle, the very ground we walk upon ... and He created me.

He also created YOU, and I'm glad He did.