Sea Glass Jewelry for sale-one week only!!!!!

Just in time for the holidays, I have custom sea glass jewelry for sale from the Art of Sea Glass. It will only be available here from November 24th through November 30th, so don't miss out. If you are in the Half Moon Bay/Coastside area and are interested in hosting a party please contact me at kimlritner@yahoo.com or stop by and see me during the week.

Don't forget I have many spectacular photographs for sale at Kim Ritner Photography. If you want something custom done with one of my photographs please contact me or purchase directly off my photo website.

Look for my new website coming soon! I will feature my photographs, paintings, collages, jewelry and many beach related items for sale.

Lady Washington

This weekend my family took a three hour cruise on The Lady Washington. The ship was visiting Pillar Point Harbor in Half Moon Bay, California. They will be in Half Moon Bay all week and will still be giving sailing tours November 22 and 23rd before the set sail for Moss Landing.

We had unusually warm weather for November. The seas were calm and alas there was no wind. But not to fear the Lady Washington now comes equipped with an engine! We saw a whale, dolphins and seals. We watched the sunset from the deck of the ship. The crew was dressed in vintage costume and unfurled the sails, climbing up the ropes to the top of the sails. They sang us sea shanty songs as we bobbed along in the calm ocean.

It was quite relaxing. I wasn't sure how I was going to like being out in the ocean on a ship as I'd never been before. But I was pleasantly surprised at how well I did. My daughter on the other hand didn't like it when we were just bobbing along. As soon as we were moving again she started feeling better. The minute we had cell phone coverage and were almost back to shore she called in an order of nachos from the Half Moon Bay Brewing Company and ran to pick those up. I didn't know that nachos cured sea sickness but apparently they do. You learn something new every day.

Another perfect day in paradise! To see more of the photographs from this glorious day please go to my photo website at www.KimRitnerPhotography.smugmug.com

Quiet Moment

My sister is having a baby. She's scheduled for a c-section the day before Thanksgiving. My sister thought she would never have children, but at 43 she and her fiance discovered they were going to be parents. Surprise! She has been a pre-school teacher forever and loves children. Although I think she believes all children are three years old. She will be pleasantly surprised to find out that this is not true. They change so much in that first year and then before you know it they are grown and gone to college or getting married and having their own children.

My mom was over at my sister's house helping her to set up the nursery. My sister has been very worried about learning all there is to know about caring for a baby. As I said she's an expert with three year olds. But clueless when it comes to bunting a baby. She was worried she wouldn't know how to wrap that baby up right and had been reading about it. She asked my mom to help her with it. The nursery was finished and everything was in place and here was my sister very pregnant and worried that she couldn't wrap that baby up when she got him home. My mom and her worked with a blanket and a stuffed monkey. They were sharing a quiet moment of mom and daughter, my mom patiently showing her daughter the intricacies of wrapping up a baby. My mom looked up and there was my sister's fiance, quietly watching them both. She didn't know how long he had been there, but was touched by the softness this man was showing in his face as he watched this loving scene.

I'm excited and elated as this new family starts another branch in our family tree.