First Beach Visit of the Year

Ah glorious Springtime--bring us the Summer we've been longing for.

Incoming

Long Beach Washington Trail Head

Sand Treasure

Liquid Silver

Liquid silver-an unburied treasure for the eye.

Liquid Diamonds

The sun danced across the rolling water glittering like diamonds.

Playing Hooky at the Beach

We bagged school for the day and packed up our truck and headed to the beach.

The sun was shining, the sky above a brilliant blue with wisps of white clouds.

Who could learn anything inside the walls of school on such a day?

Hello Kitty Flies

After many failed attempts I handed my Hello Kitty kite to Lord V who flew her high on his first attempt.



I flew her for a bit then noticed two little girls with sticks for toys, walking on the beach with their parents.

MiniWarrior and I walked the flying Hello Kitty kite over to them and handed it off to them. They took the kite with puzzled eyes, unsure as to why a stranger would give them something--just because.

We walked away while the Dad helped keep the Hello Kitty kite dancing in the wind.

I sat and watched them for a bit. Their joy was a gift back to me.

Hello Kitty joy should be shared.

Dontcha think? :)

I love spontaneous joy

Park'd Trees

Spring Approacheth

Mount Hood Peaking

Frog Hunting

Crouched low, his 12 year old eyes scour the pond floor searching for the early Spring allusive frogs.

Duck Flight

Madam and Sir Duck

Portland Signs

Just Another Rainy Day In Portland, Oregon

Sunrise Birthday for Lord V

The Sun put on a grand Sunrise show for Lord V's birthday.

Sunrise 2010

I was up early in preparation of driving MiniWarrior to school.



Dragging a comb through my morning tangled hair I lumbered sleepily to my closet to exchange PJ's for sweats, something to get me through the drive until I was back home and could shower at leisure.



Sweats on, I trudged into the kitchen and ground the coffee beans, added water to the pot and set it to brew.



I turned and glanced towards the windows looking out over the Columbia River and stood still, transfixed by the swirls of color from the beginning tendrils of the sunrise.



I bolted to my camera closet and grabbed up Chanda. I knew the magic light of the sunrise could disappear within seconds. My hands shook as I took the cover off Chanda's eye and I slipped through the back door out onto the terrace.




I shot, checked, changed Chanda's light settings, shot, checked, changed settings, shot, changed, shot, checked-- while the sun lifted itself up from the foot of Mt Hood and speared the sky with its yellow beams spinning the grey morning clouds into a brilliant lavender, orange, yellow, blue and red canvas of light.

It was magnificent...and I am sorry but I only managed to capture a humble bit of it to pocket away and share with you.

Winter Approacheth

A few trees stubbornly hang on to their fall coats--but Old Man Winter is fast approaching.

GabbyAbby: Queen of the High Seas!

Abracadabra!

Pulling into the driveway this morning after dropping MiniWarrior off at school, I spied a leaf that had caught in a spiders web...



Abracadabra...



Floating Leaf!

A Spot of Fall Color

I spied this brilliant fall leaf while dashing across the street after dropping my truck to get new tires.

I leaned down as far as I could with my iPhone to try and capture the raindrops laying on the beautiful red leaf framed by dark green grass.

Halloween Time Approacheth!

Maui Sunset

Our last evening in Maui we drove to Lanai for dinner and a chance for me to do some tacky tourist shopping for memento trinkets to drag home.



While we strolled along the sea wall the sun began its decent. The crowd around us started stopping to take in the start of a beautiful sunset.



Everywhere I looked people had their cameras to their eyes, jostling their loved ones into the perfect sunset shot.



Soon the cameras lowered and people pressed in against each other, arms circling, heads leaning, a sort of awed hush settled down around us.



It was pure magic watching the fiery sun ball slide slowly into the edge of the ocean.



Its fingers burning the air turning it a red orange glow.




It was the perfect end to our Maui vacation.



Paradise.