You Read the Blog, Now See the Movie

My thanks to Shawna McKinley for inspiring, supporting, teaching and applauding me as I learned how to make a video from my photography!

Note To Self (and others)

"Solitude is not a luxury. It is a right and a necessity." 

-- Anne Wilson Schaef

What Are You Waiting For?

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did.

So throw off the bowlines.  Sail away from safe harbor.  

Catch the trade winds in your sail.

Explore.

Dream.

Discover.

--Mark Twain

Decorations by Mother Nature

Salal blossoms or soft pink Chinese lanterns?  Native plants on the coast create their own enchanted world.

Didn't Do It, Wasn't There

"For the last time, Nancy, I have not seen your precious koi.  I have been here, on this rock, the entire time. 

I would never swoop into your backyard looking for a snack.  How can you accuse me of such a thing?  Seriously.

I didn't eat 'Goldy' even though I love those delicious orange and white fish.  You know, they taste just like Dreamsicles...

OOPS!"

Surveillance Cam

Poppy Make Believe

This poppy believes she is a beautiful ballerina complete with dewdrop sequins on her tutu. Perhaps she is.

Oh, Go Ahead!

Let the child in you run through the tall grass and jump on this tire swing. 

Grab the chains, lean back and search the green canopy for bursts of sunlight.

Glide to and fro with the wind playing in your hair

as your mind drinks in the pure delight of the moment!