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Palo Duro Canyon

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July 26, 2015

I’ve been thoroughly enjoying hiking and exploring in Palo Duro Canyon just south of Amarillo, TX. I have seen so many new and interesting things. For a south Georgia girl this trip has been so exotic… I would like to share a few photos with you and I hope you enjoy them – I know I enjoyed taking them.

These beautiful wild sunflowers are everywhere in the canyon…

It is amazing to me and such a display of tenacity that these cacti grow seemingly from the rocks…

Saw this lovely creature hanging out on the pathway looking for some tasty ants to eat… He was beautiful!

It was thrilling to see this beautiful spider hanging out on the side of the trail we were hiking!

This was the most beautiful type of lizard I have ever seen! I was stoked when I saw him… I have never seen one with such bright colors…

Thanks for coming along my hike with me… I feel so blessed to have the opportunity to explore the world… I hope to have many more adventures in the future and I hope to share them with you.

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‘Tis the Season

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July 14, 2015

It’s that time of year again… no… no major holiday – it’s vacation time. My husband and I usually get out of town for a week or two in July and I am so excited for our trip… I was thinking about some of our favorite trips over the last few years…

Cliff face – From the mountains of Alabama

The view along the Blue Ridge Parkway, NC

View from the Top – Grandfather Mountain, NC

Pennsylvania Waterfall

Iconic New York

Next stop….? I’ll keep you posted 🙂

Tags: blue ridge, blue ridge parkway, Grandfather Mountain, hiking, manhattan, mountains, mountians, New York, pennsylvania, photo hikes, photography, staton island, statue of liberty, Summer vacation, Virginia, waterfalls

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Dumb Move….

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July 11, 2015

I feel so dumb today… I got home after work and gathered my things and got everything in the house and realized I could not find my car key…. It was after 11 pm and very dark out, so I grabbed a flashlight and searched all over the yard between the house and the car and could not find the key… I finally found it – I locked it in the car!! UGH! I don’t have any other key and the clicker is quite old and no longer works at all… We really cannot afford a lock-smith and I don’t know what I’m going to do… I hate it when I do things like this. I know we all make mistakes and are forgetful from time to time and I know intellectually that I am being hard on myself…but emotionally, I feel like I’ve made some major horrible mistake. Thank God for grace….now, if I could only apply that same grace to myself.

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Okefenokee Swamp

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July 6, 2015

I took a hike on Sunday at Okefenokee Swamp (Stephen C. Foster State Park) and it was a beautiful day!

I have never seen a Swallow-tailed Kite in person before and I have always wanted to see one… This one was breath-taking!

I saw this Millipede on the tree and it was just perfectly situated!! I was surprised to see a smiling tree… I have to say this was my favorite shot of the day…

This little Wren was hard to catch… he moved so quickly I could only get one good photo out of several that I took… but my persistence was well worth it… I think he is beautiful!

This large orb weaver/banana spider was right off the trail and he was huge! I think these are beautiful spiders.

These White-tailed Deer are so beautiful. There were 3-4 right along the trail and they were polite enough to sit still and let me photograph them.

And last but not least – it would not be a good swamp hike without a good photo of an Alligator. This one was a real beauty… and an opportunist! He was trying to steal fish from the fishermen along the bank.

Tags: alligator, art therapy, banana spider, beauty, hike, kite, photography, swamp, therapy, walking

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Happy 4th!!!

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July 4, 2015

Tags: 4th of July, American Celebration, art, art therapy, beauty, blessings, Celebration, color, family, fire in the night, fireworks, friends, fun, independence day, July 4, night sky, photography, summer, truth

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Hungry Babies

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June 18, 2015

I was doing some yard work the other day when I noticed this bird’s nest… I could not resist a peek inside and was pleasantly surprised to find little fuzzy Mockingbirds inside. I had to climb up on a yard chair to get high enough to snap the pictures…

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Hope

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June 9, 2015

I love how rainbows make me feel….. Every time I look at them I feel a surge of hope. Their beauty is ethereal and fleeting but the impression they leave on my heart is deep and permanent.

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Another Anxious Day

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May 29, 2015

It is one of those days when my heart twists inside me like warped metal… feeling immovable and beyond repair.. I think about the View from the Pit sometimes and wonder why so few writers embrace and write about the pit… but I think it is because the pain there is so deep and so very personal that writing/speaking honestly about is like giving a piece of your soul away to strangers… it feels foolhardy, dangerous and way beyond vulnerable. How do I articulate this?…. Hmmmmmm… I have unshakable faith in Christ and I have a hope for a better life beyond this one… but if I did not have my faith I must say I don’t think I would have survived my life. I would certainly not be as close to daylight as I am now. I may sill be in the dark… I may still be in the pit… but I can at least see the blessed sun now and I know that I will one day soon feel the warmth of it on my skin with all of its life giving glory.