BP Oil Spill in the Gulf...

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Pelicans covered in oil from the BP oil spill.

We wanted to let you know that Bird Rescue efforts are happening in the Gulf by the International Bird Rescue Research Center.   Their website is located at:  http://www.ibrrc.org/  for more information and updates.  
Another great link from one of our favorite places ever...."Best Friends" Animal Sanctuary in Kanab, Utah this link is providing information and updates about the effects of the oil spill on wildlife in the area.

Maybe it's because the beach is such an essential part of our lives, that we are so unbelievably sad about this oil spill.   Everyday we go to "work" and  look forward to spending our days and evening on our beautiful Coronado  beach-- celebrating with couples who have chosen to have a beach wedding on "our" beach. There aren't even words to express how much  we love to watch our dogs run and frolick in the sand and surf along the shores of our beaches here in San Diego.

Not only are we sad, but we've been made deeply aware that we can no longer take for granted our clean beach, our fresh air and beautiful ocean tides.  When we saw this photograph today of the pelicans, we were reminded how nearly every evening after our weddings, we watch as the pelicans dive on the horizon for their evening meal along our shoreline.  In short, we are touched very deeply by this oil spill in more ways than one.   We have fellow wedding officiants in Florida who are now being affected by what's happened with the spill and because of BP's accident and then followed by their inability to do any kind of damage control weeks after the fact.

I guess, we're feeling pretty helpless right now about this.  But then we're not the only ones.