Porter and I enjoying the nice warm weather while watching Earl fly...
Porter puts a smile on for the camera in the back yard...
Porter playing with his octopus...well not really an octopus anymore...toy in the backyard
Both of our pieces were baked in the oven...I'm not sure I (Dawn) like that yet but we'll see...so they made for a neat color.
Enjoy!
Next we went to Pacific City, OR and there was this beautiful rock on this beautiful morning with great waves crashing in. We went to the Pelican Brewery - Earl had a sampler platter of their brews and we took a great walk on the beach.
Then we made our way up to Cannon Beach, OR this was our view to the right...
And this was was our view to the left...
We were on the beach and the weather turned to a windy, cloudy, rainy mess...well not too horrible but a bit blustery
Here is one of Earl's crabs on the beach in the sea foam - there were two, they just barely got swept away to sea by a wave that came up the beach a lot further than the rest...they were both found, a few minor scratches that were easily touched up, and had only a bit of sand in them...Silly moment!
The two crab in the sand - they look like they are thinking about going out to sea...
Waves crashing...
We are now in Lincoln City, OR and our plans are to head north to Cannon Beach, Pacific City, Tillamook, and Seaside tomorrow...busy day! 
We then visited friends Tom and Julene, they showed us all around the Aurora, OR area (south of Portland area - this included a super neat aviation/space museum). We really enjoyed our stay with Tom and Julene and are meeting back up with them in Tillamook (yes, the cheese town). Earl learned all about "jeweling" so we'll have to post a picture of that as soon as he gets all of his stuff set up for that process.
We then made our way to Newport, OR - this reminded us that we really do miss the coast! Above are a few of the sea lions that make their way from California to hang out on the docks...they look like they have been eating really well! The one on the far right was such a talker he would just start honking away - I think he was a show off.
This is the shop-front in Newport, OR that Earl was able to sell 10 metal crabs. They have all sorts of metal, wood, glass, and other types of art - very cool store/gallery that we both really liked - and the owners were super excited about Earl's metal crabs! 
Each crab is made of recycled sheet metal and then cut with a plasma cutter by hand 
Earl then works each crab shell and body by hand to create a one of a kind Dungeness Crab
Earl also either paints, heats or grinds the metal to give the crab its final look
We are going to the Oregon Coast in hopes that Earl might be able to sell some of his metal Dungeness Crab to a gift shop or gallery, or two!
Hope everyone enjoys Earl's art - if you are interested let us know, he is selling his crab (Just thought I would through that in). 
A break in work to enjoy a Winter sunset from our backyard here in Otis Orchards
Porter getting in on the action helping to put away the dryer - the floor is in and the walls are painted a light yellow with white trim around the room
And the finished project! Earl put a small shelf area between the two cabinets - a nice place for fabric softener...The room looks great!
Update on Porter...
