I found me!

What I found out was that I do not give into things easily, I am stubborn and I am strong. When I was a kid, these attributes were not very much appreciated, but they are serving me well now, LOL ☠

I have been walking a little here and there and taking pictures everywhere...I think this is my "thing", my "make me happy", my "passion". I feel whole when I am in nature with my camera and dog. 

"You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition.  What you'll discover will be wonderful.  What you'll discover is yourself."  ~Alan Alda

Here are the latest pictures from my walks...

The view from my Mom's front yard, she also have a walking trail right outside her house!

 

The view from my Mom's front yard, but on a different day.

Me and Pup enjoying the sun on Summer Solstice ☼

I am pretty sure Pup and I are not supposed to be here, but so glad we are! ☮

Love this shot, this is one of the moments where I feel whole. ☯

Me and the sun, it is a beautiful thing :)

Anyone know what this is? It is a cool plant? It has flowers in the Spring that turn to these sticker things in the Summer.

Well that is all we have for now folks! Thanks for reading, love and light! 

 

I am always playing catch up....ALWAYS!

Playing catch up is the story of my life, always playing...

Friday - I had a large work load on this day so I did not walk. I did get a lot done though, personally and professionally!

Saturday - Unexpected company prohibited the family hike we had planned. Grrr, love the company but not a big fan of "unexpected". Oh well, take it as it comes and deal as you will.

Sunday 8:38 am - I WILL WALK! I will. We had a lot going on this day so I was not sure when but I knew I was going to!

2:45 pm - Family came over and we hiked down the mountain again. It was fun! My daughter and pup were really happy about that.

Monday - I had so much work to this day that I did not get a walk :( I did get a lot done in the office and at home though!

Tuesday - My daughter asked me to wait for our walk so she could go to....so we wait!

4:15 pm - Walk done!

Wednesday - I am supposed to be having an Valentine's Day Sale for my creations but moved it online because I am not feeling well. Stomach ache, headache and annoying cough.  I must have what Alyssa has been working through all week. She has a higher tolerance for it though because she has not stopped moving, where I have landed flat on my butt!

If a walk happens today, it will happen much later...

We'll be coming around the mountain when we come...

First, I want to wish my husband, Pat, a VERY Happy Birthday! 

I love you Babe and I am so glad to be on the journey with you ♥

Wednesday - Yesterday's walk turned into an unexpected mountain climbing excursion. I have to agree with my daughter, this was the best walk EVER!

It started out normal, we took the NID ditch on our side of the road. It is flat and busier than the other trails we take so Pup needs to be on the leash most of the time. I did not have her on and we came across another person with the dog who was also not on a leash. All went well and there was no incident.

My daughter saw a trail that headed straight up a hill off in to the forest. I had seen it before and told my self that someday I would see where it led and today was the day. It was basically a deer trail, you could see where they eat their way through, LOL!

This is the middle of the trail where it kinda leveled out.

It took us straight into the forest all right! We stopped when we came across a private property sign and turned around to find ANOTHER trail, well sorta. You could see where the animals scaled down the mountain to the creek so we took it. A couple steps into this new direction I noticed that we were not far from home! I could actually see the creek and the roofs to our house. Onward we go!

My daughter, Mother and Pup...which way should we go? Well, it was so steep and the dirt was very soft so we all just found our own way down...

...it was really not that bad, but we like this kind of thing! Exploring....

When we got down to the creek we meandered upstream, checking out all the details. We saw hearts, we saw animals homes, we saw moss, we saw all things natural :)

...because this is what you get to find along the way....

...of course, we were shown love from above along the way...

...the only way to get a picture of Poppy is by chance. She will not sit still long enough. Silly goof...

I wish I would have taken pictures along the way home. We climbed up a muddy, rocky, hill that's pitch was more like a wall. We did it, but Pup could not :( She actually fell and thank goodness did not hurt herself (Well, at least not that we can tell). Poppy looked at us like, "Are you going to leave me? Don't leave me!" It was so sad. The energy became very frantic. My daughter and Mother began thinking of creative ways to get her out; the best one being that I could hold my mother's legs while she dangled off the "wall" hill we climbed up so she could reach pup to put her leash on. While that would have been fun, my logical approach was to find a place down stream that was not as steep where Poppy could get to us. Now why we did not think to do that ourselves, I do not know. Those of us who know us, and know us when we are together, know that is just how we do things. All is good!

This is a picture of the sunset last night. Loved it and wanted to share!

I love where I live!

Today, Poppy and I took a walk early on. The weather forecast predicted rain with possible snow tonight. Oh I hope so! Thanks for reading folks!

Love, light, peace and all things good!