Tag Archives: beauty

Winter Wonderland

Posted on January 21, 2013 by

  Snow  provokes responses that reach right back to childhood. - Andy  Goldsworthy We have been blessed with a winter’s wonderland.  It didn’t make bad driving conditions because temperatures had been in the seventies right before the sudden plummet.  This is … Continue reading →

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Atalaya Castle and Arts and Crafts Festival

Posted on May 23, 2012 by

Enter here, my friends, right through the door of the imaginations of a pair of artists and art historians, Archer and Anna Huntington.  Located inside of Huntington Beach State Park, in South Carolina, it is a great place to spend … Continue reading →

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Yellowstone’s Amazing Sites and History

Posted on April 28, 2012 by

A pair of moose were our official greeters to Yellowstone National Park upon our arrival.  I thought it fitting that they should be yours as well. What followed though, seemed to be as far from this green and serene landscape … Continue reading →

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V is for View

Posted on April 25, 2012 by

V is for views – all kinds – all places. From the Missouri River Valley to the Badlands of South Dakota, the top of the Rockies, to Paris, France, and the mists over the mountains of Jefferson National Forest in … Continue reading →

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The Perfect Snow Storm

Posted on February 20, 2012 by

Happy snow covered President’s Day! It’s the perfect snowstorm! Lovely and fluffy – cotton batting. It caps off the lanterns and shrubs around the deck. And drips like royal icing off feathery tips of the evergreens. The rosemary bush becomes … Continue reading →

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Why I love Venice, Italy

Posted on February 16, 2012 by

Several of you who have found me on Facebook or were already FB friends have asked about the picture of me there.  It is one of my favorites – not because of me, but because of the place it was … Continue reading →

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Candle Lighter Award

Posted on December 29, 2011 by

Arindam has presented me with the Candle Lighter Award and there doesn’t appear to be specific rules or obligations other than the recognition of others whose blogs uplift and bring light to those on the path of uplifting fellow bloggers. Some … Continue reading →

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Christmas Presence

Posted on December 20, 2011 by

Last Christmas Did you hear the giant exhalation of breath?  If you did and wondered where it came from, it was from me.  You see, last Wednesday I panicked.  Suddenly realizing that Christmas was only days away and very little … Continue reading →

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Weekend for Awards and the Versatile Blogger

Posted on December 5, 2011 by

This has been a great weekend for catching up with not only my blog, but those of others whose writing style and/or photography I admire.  If you have been following then you know that I participated in the novel writing … Continue reading →

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7 x 7 Awards Go To…

Posted on December 3, 2011 by

On November the 20th, I received a very thoughtful nomination for the 7×7 Link Award by one very talented young man whose blog many of you may have had the pleasure of reading.  So I thank you Arindam Mohapatra most … Continue reading →

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