Winter Solace
The enchanted moment, where the ice crystals sparkle in the early morning sunlight, can’t be captured in a photograph and the peacefulness is just as breathtaking. The world is too noisy and busy and moments like this are magical.
Tag: life
New Experiences Keep Us Engaged with Life!
Watching a cat in Fougères France taking a walk perched on its person.
Conversing with a traveling companion who also feels shy.
UNESCO World Heritage site, Mont St-Michel, is a unique architectural and natural wonder of Europe
We left Amboise France.
Paris! La Sainte-Chapelle Shakespeare And Company – The Abbey Bookstore
Day 2 of the Tour
April 17
Our tour has officially begun
The Seine River with the Eiffel Tower as we walk around Paris!
La Sainte-Chapelle
Construction began sometime after 1238 and the chapel was consecrated on 26 April 1248. The Sainte-Chapelle is considered among the highest achievements of the Rayonnant period of Gothic architecture.
Life’s Adventures – Hiking & MORE
There are so many beautiful nearby hikes.
I appreciate that we can easily make a change to our daily
and weekly routine with an early morning hike and sometimes
a picnic as well.
We enjoy living in the mountains!
Hiking makes me feel so alive!
Life’s Little Moments
Life since I last posted in April:
We set up the piano in our sunroom for my husband. Our home is small and there’s not a better place – so we have to wait for ‘warmish’ temperatures.
Originally this space was an uncovered deck.
Springtime in the Rockies is a Metaphor for Life:
Toasty Warm Sapphire Sky Days Mixed with Single Digit Biting Winds
Cobalt sky and 8 this calm morning. We crunch frozen snow on our mountain nature trail before the sunshine bathes our valley. The serenity covers me like a cozy quilt.
New Years Eve
Celebrating New Year’s Eve
With My Gratitude Jar
New Years Eve 2022 a sweet message from my sweet husband as we usher out the spent year and welcome in an unspent year – gratitude comes to mind…
In positive psychology research, gratitude is strongly and without fail, linked with greater happiness.
Measuring Success
In graduate school, I had a professor who, for whatever reason, didn’t want to give me an ‘A’. I was three points away from my ‘A’. I KNEW what was coming – and I was correct:
“Professor, you said that if we came to every class and always participated that we would get extra credit.”
Celebrating the Joy in Life
“The sad in life never ends – neither does the good.”
Blessed or Lucky
It is so deeply satisfying to be able to go for a hike in the mountains, especially on the spur of the moment – because we live here. Husband and I did just that this morning. With back and knee support my body responded well to climbing up and down repeatedly.