Sea Glassing

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This week is the letter G.

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A year ago I was in Puerto Rico visiting my sister Cheryl. It was fantastic.

And now I'm missing it.
So, the letter G is glass. Not just any glass, though. 

Sea glass.

I've collected sea glass since I was a little girl on the coast of Maine. It's one of those special things. In Maine we found it on the rocky beaches, but in Puerto Rico the sand was wonderful...

The beach where we found the sea glass...

...and the other side of that beach.

We picked glass from the beach and the surf. Some good, some not so good, all bits of treasure. Each piece had a story I wanted to hear.

At the end of the day we settled on the patio and sorted our treasure.

More whites than ambers, and more ambers than greens and blues. Much like life.

The variation in the greens remind me of the surf. So many shades, so much beauty.

But my favorite of all remains the blues.

Want to see more sea glass? Visit my sister--she has awesome pictures.

So tell me, if you were sea glass, what color would you want to be? Why?

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Doomed, I Say!

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This week is the letter D.

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I'm doomed!
This last weekend we returned home from an almost two week road trip. It was a great trip, even if it was a work trip. We stopped by to see my parents, visited one of Dad's fishing lakes, and simply enjoyed the traveling.

So why am I doomed?
Well, I had this GREAT list for blog posts for this A to Z meme we're doing. I mean, this is my favorite meme because it gives me the perfect opportunity to post some of the things that pop into my mind (which could be scary if there weren't a thread connecting them all together). Two days ago I went looking for my list...

It's GONE!
I'm doomed, I say!!

For a girl who lives off her lists, losing one, especially one like this, is awful!
So, I've been trying to remember some of the cool things I jotted down for the letter D...but it's just not happening. It's like my brain has been drained.

One thing I know wasNOT on that list is this, which is something I did a lot of...

Drive by shooting.

I don't know what I was taking a picture of (it certainly wasn't in this picture! LoL) but I got a good shot of how I looked as we drove West... like a tourist with the camera clenched in my hands or plastered to my face.

When we saw these huge rocks in the middle of nowhere and nothing, guess what we saw?

Go ahead, guess. 

What do these rocks look like to you? (Remember, it ties in with the letter D.)

Think outside the box.

Goofy is good...

;-)

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A New Happy Place

In the past few weeks we were able to do some traveling--yes, it was for work, but still, we enjoyed it. A highlight was getting to visit with my parents in the mountains of Arizona. A humongous treat! =]



I'm at the Barn Door today, with pictures of our visit to Hawley Lake. But I couldn't resist putting a few others on here because this place jumped onto my short-list of happy places.

The hills and pine trees go right to the edge of the lake making for a picturesque and peaceful place to sit and just be still. I wanted to sit and soak in the silence and beauty, but there wasn't time for a long visit--just enough to run around and get pictures...pictures I'll enjoy looking at many times for a virtual visit to the lake.

Won't you join me at the Barn Door for more about Hawley Lake?

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A Constant

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This week is the letter C.

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In the past year I've been doing a lot of traveling. From the beaches of Puerto Rico to the mountains of Arizona--and the one thing that remains a constant is the clouds. They captivate me sometimes.

An Arizona mountain lake my dad fishes in.

Storm clouds over the high country of New Mexico and Arizona.

A sunset in Puerto Rico.

Clouds seen from the airplane window. Stormy below but beauty above. It's a good reminder for me--when there are storms in my life there's still sun and beauty above.

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Beach Time

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This week is the letter B.

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Traveling is much on my mind these days. The other day I got to thinking about visiting my sister last year, in Puerto Rico. It was fantastic! The beach has always played a big part in our family--from our days on the coast of Maine, to the south Pacific beaches of Ecuador, so getting to visit Cheryl was a double dip of home for me. So, I indulged myself and took a mini virtual vacation by going through my pictures from Puerto Rico. I loved it!! here's some highlights from that virtual vacation. ;-)

The Beach...

My first glimpse...

Pirates Cove...
This place made my imagination run wild.

This is where you'll find me. Right there under that palm tree...that is, if I'm not at Pirate's Cove.

Toward the end of a great day spent on the beach. One last glimpse...

Can't get away? Turn on your fave music and virtually visit somewhere. Is it as good as a real, in-person visit? No. But it sure beats nothing! Worked for me. By the time I reached the last pictures of that photo file I was smiling and relaxed, ready to forge ahead in the here-and-now of my life. It was time well spent for me.

What about you? Where do you like to virtually visit when you just can't get there in real life?

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Are We There Yet?

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third round of A to Z!

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Naturally, this week is the letter A.

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The other day we (re)watched one of the Mummy movies. One of my favorite scenes is when the kid drove his captor crazy on a train ride by asking Are we there yet? It totally cracks me up every time. I understand the man's extreme aggravation by that phrase! In fact, it's one of the forbidden lines in my family. Really.

In the past year or so we've spent a fair bit of time on the road. Our longest trip was last December. Five kids, two adults, and a monkey, in one van from Illinois to Arizona. Thank God for 15 passenger vans!

All those miles and the only time I heard Are we there yet? was when it was said jokingly to harass me. But their body language said all...

Of course, at the beginning of the trip everyone is eager to get on the road. But it doesn't take long before this happens...

Boredom!

Reading a good book.

Dad likes it comfy cool in the van...much to Mom and Toby's dismay. When Toby was in the first bench seat, this is how he ended up. Bundled in his blankies. LoL.

Lotsa picture taking.
Pictures inside the van and outside the van.

Time to draw and write.

Toby's second favorite place to ride--the top of Mom's seat where he could keep an eye on everyone and everything.

Play stop. Yes, those are my kids on the playground meant for LITTLE kids.

Because you're never too old to play on a playground. (This one was just a couple weeks shy of turning 20 in this picture! LoL)

Status update time...

Why'd ya wake me up?

Are we there??







Craziness of all kinds!

All's fair and love and war. hehe.
This is where Mom whispers desperately, Are we there yet?

Touch my seat and I'll tell Mom.
Go ahead.
I dare ya.

Yay!! Rest stop! Wahoo!

Movie time. Computers and tablets are great on long trips!

My husband is great.

So, can you tell how I spend all my time when we're traveling?

LoL. Give me a monkey and a camera and I'm happy for hours on end. Good thing too because writing with a monkey on my lap is almost impossible since Toby likes to lick the pen and paper and play with the pen. sigh.

Toby's Are we there yet? look.

Just

can't

keep

my

eyes

open...

Guess what?
Okay, besides how much fun this mom's revenge has been. LoL

We made it to Grammy and Pappy's!!

So tell me, how does your family fight the Are we there yet? syndrome?

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