Happy 4th of July!

image via flickr Some rights reserved by Jill

Have a wonderful 4th of July weekend.
Happy Friday!

-Susan

We Love Pets

We love to have pets come on vacation with their owners. Dogs, cats, guinea pigs, turtles and frogs have all been guests at Good Haven House. They all give it the big thumbs (paws, flippers?) up!



Our German Sheperd loves it there. There's 2 acres for dogs to run around and play frisbee.

We take a $100.00 pet fee per pet (with fur and bigger than the palm of your hand) and a bit larger security/damage deposit that's refunded to you as soon as we verify that there's been no damage (soiling, chewing, etc).



All well behaved pets are welcome at Good Haven House.

Happy Friday!

Lifeguards at Sandpoint, Idaho
image via Country Living June 2010

When I started this blog I had intended to post inspirational, beachy, summery pictures from the Pensacola/Perdido area on Fridays. Unfortunately those are few and far, far between right now. So for the time being I'll have to go a little farther afield for my 'happy weekend' images.

Happy Friday!

It's Summer!

photo via Coastal Living May 2010

This weekend is the official start of Summer! Are you ready?

Happy Friday
HAPPY SUMMER!

-Susan

10 year old raises thousands of dollars to help with the oil spill clean up

MEET OLIVIA BOULER
A 10 year old bird lover

Image via Facebook

Olivia's raising money in a unique way to help with the oil spill clean up of birds and wildlife in and around her summer home in Orange Beach.


Image via Facebook

I encourage you to read the full story
and if you'd like to, donate to The Audubon Society, The Sierra Club, The Weeks Bay Foundation, The Mobile Bay Estuary Program or the National Wildlife Fund to help with the Gulf recovery.

Let the Bouler's know by sending an email to nadinebouler@hotmail.com, Olivia's mom, and they'll send you one of Olivia's drawings.

Even if you can't donate, you can send Olivia a message letting her know what a great thing she's doing through her mom's email, nadinebouler@hotmail.com, or her Facebook page,
"Save the Gulf: Olivia's Bird Illustrations"



image via Facebook

I had to share this story with you as it brought tears to my eyes when I read it.

This girl deserves recognition and praise for what she's doing.

She's a great role model for all of us.

Thank you, Olivia, for the inspiration and the hard work.

-Susan

Take Action

Please consider taking action and contacting President Obama to say stop all oil drilling off our coasts.

Click here to follow the TAKE ACTION BUTTON through the Sierra Club link to send a message to President Obama.

OR

get in touch with your Senators and Representatives to say the same thing

Phone

Your Senator and Representative can be called via the U.S. Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121.

Write

Your Senator at U.S. Senate, Washington, DC 20510.

Your Representative at U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC 20515.

Look Them Up Online

Look up your Senator or Representative online.

Contact the President

The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W.
Washington, DC 20500
Comment line: 202-456-1111
Fax: 202-456-2461
Email instructions: http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact

Thanks, Susan

Perdido Bay History and Ecology Geek Alert

I found all of this great information on Wikipedia about the Perdido Key area.



History, geography, ecology, references and all sorts of links that just get my geeky, information loving, heart pumping.

"In 1693 noted cartographer and scientist Don Carlos Siquenza was sent by the Spanish government to locate the entrance (to Perdido Bay). Even after he located the mouth of the bay, he was still unable to find a waterway deep enough to sail through. According to legend, Siquenza's ship had been blown off course as he was again searching for the pass into the deep inland waters. The ship was spotted by an Indian chief camped with his tribe at Bear Point. As the chief was walking along the water he spotted Don Carlos Siquenza attempting to reef his sails and offered to guide Siquenza and his men to a connecting deep water channel from the Gulf of Mexico into the more tranquil bay. When the search party finally located the elusive bay, they called it "Perdido", which in Spanish means "lost" or "hidden"." - from Wikipedia

Thought I'd share some other good sites for area information too.

Gulf Islands National Seashore
Historic Pensacola Village



Geronimo

Did you know that
Geronimo lived for a time at Fort Pickens as a U.S. prisoner?

Have fun exploring.

-Susan