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Forks: Quiet and No Glittering Vampires
I really thought we were going to miss visiting Forks. We’d approached the Olympic peninsula from a different direction than I’d scouted online so I didn’t think we’d make it. If you have no idea what the significant of Forks, Washington is you have probably never read or watched something called Twilight. Forks was, well, quiet, what you’d expect from a small industrial town (think logging and fishing). It has a handful of small diners, a couple of gas stations, a grocery store and I’m sure there was a little bit more but we drove right through town and exited out the other side. Chris was nice enough, and probably…
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Pumpkins with the Whitlocks
+WILLLLSOOOONNNN! +Painting pumpkins with my family last weekend. Zoe is in pre-school now and is smart, smart, smart! Grayson is growing fast and is an adorable troublemaker. The kid does.not.stop. Go! Go! Go! is hit motto. I keep wanting to cuddle with him like I did with Zoe when she was his age but he doesn’t want any of that. He has legs and wants to use them. The cat is Kylie, aka: Colley….Zoe’s original name for her. Zoe loves her some Kylie and Kylie is kind of like Grayson and does not like to be cuddled! Never a dull moment when children are involved!
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Basking In The Last Bits of Light
….or working in the last bits of light. Either one. That’s what happened this evening as dusk settled in and despite the grey throughout the entire day the sun decided to peek through and throw some red, orange and yellow into the evening sky. Only for a bit. Then it faded off into other countries for the night. I’m thankful that I am able to come home for lunch if I choose to. This is a complete difference from my job in Florida where my commute was anywhere from 30 minutes when I lived in western Miami-Dade county or an hour to an hour and ten minutes when I lived…
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Four Years Ago & Present Tense
I went looking on my Flickr account for something pretty to post from years past taken on this date. I found this photo from 2008, four years ago, when I was at my parent’s house for two weeks for my ten year high school reunion, and one of my best friend’s weddings. The tree in the photo is a pecan in my parent’s backyard, but the atmosphere of the photo then versus this weekend was completely different. Sunny in the photo, chilly in the 50s and overcast this weekend. It’s a little strange that the photo happens to be from a weekend home because I think it was somewhere around…
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Mountaineer Creek | Enchantment Lakes & Wenatchee NF
I’m going to step away from writing about the Hoh Rainforest and return to that in a few days. Now I want to delve into the main reason we went Washington: to go to the Enchantment Lakes. Last Thanksgiving when we went to Guadalupe Mountains National Park we met Sheri and Randy in the parking lot at the McKittrick Canyon trailhead. We talked to them for a good bit and got the word that the Enchantment Lakes were a must see. We decided that this would be a great trip for our 10th wedding anniversary so Chris put in for the permit drawings. Yep, this place is so popular you…
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Bulbina
Sometimes you just need something pretty to look at and make your day a little brighter.
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Happy October (Toadally!)
I risked getting peed on just to get a shot of this cute toad. It was hopping around as we planted azaleas this weekend. Finally, fall is here. Well, for now, it is Texas after all. We’ll have another bout of warmth before Halloween and then hit the first real cold weather after that. I’m just enjoying the crisp mornings and warm but not overly sweaty afternoons for now. So, October is going to be about showing up. I plan on showing up this month for: +Daily sketches, no matter how awful and rushed they might be. Something on paper to practice, that’s the goal. +Showing up to write 10,000…