Leo Carrillo State Beach

Ellie Mae was invited 

to a birthday party for 

Leo Carrillo's 60th.

Finally ~ camping by the beach! 

Phoebe got to come

and hang out too, which makes me very 

happy. We had a wonderful time. I really want to camp there again.

Sweeeet Bug!

Busy Open House!

yes, this bug pulled that trailer!!

Chuck and Fay, who rocked the vintage frock!

a visit from my buddy Ron..

( awwwwwwwwwwww )

The beach was just a short walk away...

..and the pooches sure enjoyed that!

The Buellton Vintage Trailer Bash

It's FINALLY time to go to 

the Bash!

We packed to near bursting..

and ready or not 

Buellton  ~ here we come!

a nice welcome to the resort for us!

Adorable Maybelline!

Emily walking Willow and Pheebs,  2 happy campers!

all ready for the Open House

Fay & Chuck, and "Deuce"

Fay rockin' the tattoo  :0)

Jerry, our sweet neighbor..88 years young!

Edna, Bunny and Laurie 

Lemonade and Sangria station

There will be so many more pictures...I'll

be adding more as they come in.

David Neel ran such a WONDERFUL event. 

Bunny and I had so much fun, and everyone we met was so nice.

I don't think I have laughed so much in forever 

( I KNOW, RIGHT?)

and we sure didn't want to leave.

I had to do it...

~remember I mentioned that I might have 

a little redneck blood?~

Well, you know, if you have a trailer..

 you have to have Flamingos...right?

I bought these two...

I just love how they are such a sweet 

soft pink, instead of the harsh 'hot pink' 

the newer models are.

I also love how they are faded from hanging

out on someone's lawn all these years.

I like to imagine mine hung out on Maddie Weston's lawn.
(from "Burn Notice"..a personal fave)

~

On the same day..I got this in my inbox 

 from the 'Retro Renovation' website....

Click here to read the article

An article about the origins of the  Flamingos.

I think mine are Don Featherstone originals.

Retro Renovation is a cool website that 

has lots of neat articles

on retro houses. 

~

Have you heard the newest thing is 

"Flamingo Yard Bombing"?

You wake up at 2am and instead of 

T.P. all over your house...there are 100's of 

pink plastic flamingos on your lawn!

(WHY does this not happen to me???)

LOL!

you might be a Redneck if....

well, that hasn't happened to me (yet) 

BUT

I was thinking today that I might actually qualify AS a Redneck anyway.

My grandmother's name was "Delta". My dad's name is "William Robert".

 (if he went by a nickname

he'd be "Billy Bob")

Another sign that I might be one is

how excited I got about finding THESE

treasures..

I had the white metal lawn chair, but found the brown one close by..and then lucked out and scored the ironing board for $10.

Had to drive kinda far to get it, but hey...

you do what ya gotta do, right?

Have a lookie at how cute these ironing boards are when all styled..

I am going to use mine at Buellton to be our drink station or snack table.