UPDATE: Last night, May 20th, the body of Nichole Kristine Cable was found just miles from her home. Continue to keep Nichole and her family in your hearts, pray even if you've never prayed before. The perpetrator is still out there somewhere. As more information becomes available, I will update you all accordingly.
Thank you so much for your support.
I would like to thank the following bloggers who have bestowed a variety of Awards to me:
Kim at Garden Lillie for the “Liebster Blog Award”. She has some beautiful poetry and has a heart of gold!
Renee at Positive Boomer for “The Blog of the Year 2012″ Award. She awarded it to me twice in December. She always has informative, positive and inspirational posts!
Viveka at My Guilty Pleasures also for “The Blog of the Year 2012″ Award. She lives in Sweden and I enjoy the variety of posts that she produces!
Martyn at Cabo de Gata Photography for the “Addictive Blog Award”. Martyn lives in Spain and loves it! His photography is beautiful!
Nakita at Nakita Audrey for the “Very Inspiring Blogger Award”. Her lovely blog is about Fashion, travel, photography and movies!
Marcela at Photography Art Plus for the “Very Inspiring Blogger Award”. Her flower photographs are gorgeous!
Untitled Adventure (I don’t know her name) for the “Versatile Blogger Award”. She has had some wonderful adventures!
I am really grateful for all of you and appreciate your recognition! Let’s make 2013 our best year yet!!
Something I love about blogging is that I continue to learn more about myself! I realize I love unique things…whimsical things…bold things…surprising things. I hope you like these “things” as much as I do…
“Technical skill is mastery of complexity, while creativity is mastery of simplicity.” ~Christopher Zeeman
“A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament.”
Oscar Wilde
How cool is this bookshelf! Actually, you could use it for other things also!
“Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.”
~Steve Jobs
I can imagine taking a nap here.
A cool piece to display and store your “things”!
Save your corks…
Some of these I wouldn’t have in my home, but they’re cool!
Hope your day is fabulous!!
I have brain pain right now! The good kind! I’m planning a six-week trip through 12 countries in Europe! I’d like to visit Norway, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Copenhagen, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungry, Romania, Bulgaria, and Turkey. The only one I’ve been to is Germany (I lived there for a couple of years back in the late 70′s). I’m hoping to Couchsurf in some countries, stay in hostels or cheap hotels for others, and I’d love to meet some of my fellow bloggers (like I met Rory in Cape Town)!
I’m not set on these countries yet but if I purchase a Eurail pass they are the most convenient to visit. I would get discounts on boat travel with the Eurail pass. As many of you know, when planning a big trip like this–it’s so time-consuming. To get the best deal, I’m flexible with my dates (hoping to leave in about a month) and with my beginning destination. I’ve looked at flying into Oslo, Norway; Helsinki, Finland and Copenhagen, Denmark. From Helsinki I’d like to take a fast ferry to Tallinn, Estonia (2 hrs.) and spend a day there. Also from Helsinki there is an overnight ship through either Silja or Viking Cruise Lines to Stockholm, Sweden. And…of course in Norway the Fjords are at the top of my list!! Air travel is quite inexpensive between some of the European cities also. Less than $100 to fly from Bergen, Norway to Berlin!
So…my itinerary could be fly into Helsinki..stay a couple of nights..take a day trip to Estonia..take the overnight cruise to Stockholm..stay 2 or 3 nights…take a train to Oslo, Norway..stay 2 nights..take the scenic train & fjord cruise to Myrdal..Flam..Gudvangen.. bus to Voss..train to Bergen. Fly to Copenhagen..trains on to Berlin, Prague, etc.
Or…fly into Copenhagen…stay 2 or 3 nights..take the train to Stockholm..stay 2 or 3 nights..take overnight cruise to Helsinki..stay 2 nights and do day trip to Estonia..fly from Helsinki to Oslo where I start the itinerary listed above onto Bergen…then fly from Bergen to Berlin, then trains onward.
Or…fly into Bergen…reverse the fjord & train itinerary to Oslo..stay 2 nights..train to Stockholm..stay 2 or 3 nights…overnight cruise to Helsinki…stay 2 nights with day trip to Estonia…fly from Helsinki to Copenhagen…then trains onto Berlin, Prague, etc.
Whew! I was allotting at least 30-35 days for all of the countries except for Turkey, where I would stay in Istanbul for 3 nights — then possibly see Cappadocia (where the fairy chimneys are) — and for sure the Mediterranean shore, called the Turquoise Coast, in the area of Fethiye. I’d love to hike a few miles along the Lycian Way (500 km) which is located on the coast.
I would be traveling solo…and thinking I won’t plan everything this time…to let the universe do its magic! So if anyone would like to meet up…let me know!!
I love indoor/outdoor spaces and these are so lovely! I wonder if this would be comfortable…
Images via Pinterest
I love to entertain and this would be a perfect spot for it. It’s absolutely breathtaking! People would need to be careful if they’re drinking though!
“It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.” ~Thomas Jefferson
“Serenity is not freedom from the storm; but peace amid the storm.” ~ Unknown
“The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.” ~James Allen
Everyone loves tree houses. I think they take us back to our childhood and make us feel young again!
I had found a kind of serenity, a new maturity…I didn’t feel better or stronger than anyone else but it seemed no longer important whether everyone loved me or not–more important now was for me to love them. Feeling that way turns your whole life around; living becomes the act of giving.” ~Beverly Sills
“The serenity of mind, gentleness, silence, self-restraint, and the purity of mind are called the austerity of thought.” ~Bhagavad Gita
I’ve just begun discovering my tastes in art during the past six years. My role as a full-time working mother in the years past didn’t leave time for me.
I’m drawn to pieces that are bold, either in color or composition. And to trees! I’m thankful I have the time and interest to explore it now!
Artist: Karen Tarlton
A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears. ~Gertrude Stein
Artist: Thomas Pietrzyk
I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way – things I had no words for. ~Georgia O’Keeffe
Artist: Jarek Puczel
A picture is a poem without words. ~Horace
Artist: Unknown
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures. ~Henry Ward Beecher
Artist: Susie Frazier Mueller
Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time. ~Thomas Merton
