Other places...

Why is it we always dream of being somewhere else? The restlessness I feel some days can be overwhelming. I am perfectly happy where I am so that is not the problem, and usually when I am away from here I feel anxious  to get back here. Home sweet home. That is the saying isn't it? It is my favorite place to be after all, with Cannon Beach a close second. Wait, Cannon Beach is first! Yet even after being at Cannon Beach, when in the car coming home, I am filled with this wonderful feeling that soon I will be here again. I can settle in and relax, no pressure to be somewhere or do anything if I don't want to...............Until that dream of being somewhere else starts sneaking in to my thoughts once more.....

Now this looks like a nice place to dream about on a cool and damp November day...

Maui, Hawaii - view from our condo lanai of a perfect sunset

Yes..this is where I would like to be today...

Maui...we will be back again to see you some day!

Fall sunshine...

Choosing just the right template and background for this blog has been a fun task. I think I have finished playing around and what you see is what I will keep for now.......until my mood changes again!

Today is my sweet husband Dale's birthday and with it came the sunshine! I took my camera outside to take this photo of the tree across the street with a beautiful luminescent light radiating from the leaves:

And a few photos of Falls in the past that are dear to my heart:

My sweet Atreyu around three months of age

Our lovely fawn girl Elsa at four months

Glimpses of time...

Sometimes I just love to reflect on moments in time that I've witnessed....

The dark and light: dark rocks, clumps of sand, shadows in the waves, silhouette of the Boxer/Lab gazing at the silhouette of the Saluki; light sky, clouds, sky's reflection on the waves, crashing wave foam, and sand.
A quiet, peaceful moment....

Brown eyed parents and their blue eyed daughter....

The carefree joy of childhood on the beach....

A new bride celebrating at her bridal shower....

Grandfather's is a safe hand to hold when you see the world....

The tranquility of sleeping under a warm blanket....

A walkway to heaven on earth....

A great grandmother's table set for Easter dinner....

The sights of an American Fourth of July parade....

A heart uncovered by accident as the result of a leg injury....

A spider's web hanging in the sunlight of Fall....

A baby's first Halloween costume.....Happy Halloween!

Looking back a year...

This is me, Atreyu, Elsa and Hadji taken in the field near our house in December 2009.