A New Blog for our Slice Trip

I created a new blog to journal our "Slice of America" trip in June. It will be a place where our friends can follow our trip and we can post our pictures. The kids are so excited and thinking of all kinds of things to do. The site is: sliceofamericatrip.blogspot.com

Just thinking......

I was just musing on how beautiful our earth is and thankful for seeing as much of it as I have! I think we should all make it a point to enjoy the beauty around us.

Some of the wonderful places I have been remembering visiting are:
The Loire Valley in France. So beautiful, would love to visit again.
Brugge in Belgium, such a special place.
Venice, and the wonderful countryside of Italy!
Split, and Vis, an island off Croatia and Kliz the castle ruins on a mountain in Croatia....had fun singing a latin chant in the ancient chapel there. The acoustics were great.
The Great Barrier Reef near Hamilton Island off Australia.
New Zealand, it's natural wonders are like a lot of the United States natural wonders in a smaller area. Would have loved to be able to get a recording of the Mauri music, still regret that after 20 years.
Fiji, and their wild horses.
London, the British Museum (loved seeing the rosetta stone) and want to go through Westminster Abby again...slowly.
Switzerland's Alps!
Canada, and it's beautiful countryside!
Mexico, what little I saw of it.
And of course, the United States. There are so many things to see there isn't enough time to see it all in a lifetime!

So I feel very fortunate to have experienced so much and each place I have been I have met such wonderful people.

Still Life on a Rainy Day

Storm #5 has been working its way through the Bay Area. This is one that has brought cold weather. We were out in the garage and we could see our breath. OK, I know, we have it so easy here in California compared to other parts in the world, but we do notice more subtle changes. I do feel for the relatives in South Dakota that keep digging out of 8' snow drifts......And let me tell you, if our storm #4 get out there to them they will get doused again good.

In the mean time, the pears are pretty!

Visons of the Grand Canyon!

Can't go out to paint, it is pouring here in the San Francisco Bay Area. So, decided to get ready for the views I will see in June! The view is from a TV program showing beautiful scenes of Arizona. I'm sure it will help when I see the real thing!

139 to go!