vacation

Very beautiful place–spent half the day here. These memorial benches, so sweet. Okay, good night.  Love, Val

We made it–left early in the morning in a cab to the airport going 20 mph as the snow flew. The flight left over an hour late–de-icing and plowing the runway, but a few hours later, we landed in this sweet place. The hotel we stayed at before was right on the ocean, and that

 My brain is still half on vacation.  We’re back into the swing of reality, sort of, but not too much. These are pictures from the botanical garden.  I love this planter, and we could totally do this with old fallen logs at the lake.  Okay, one person, no goofing around:  The paths up and down

 Here’s a picture from the bus stop. I took a few pictures on the bus ride.  We have a clothesline at home too, and I like it and use it sometimes–but it’s not on the roof. Though I suppose it could be. We have a flat roof where there’s a good breeze.  Finally, after a

 The boardwalk.  Photos from the beach, late in the day We went on one professional tour, and this was it, snorkeling and touring a nearby town.  This is a photo of the city against the mountain as we headed out.  The condo building on the left was our neighbor. We stayed in the flat building

We sort of blundered onto this destination the day we went to the zoo, and decided we should come back again and check it out. Today we did, headed there, told it was tiny, quiet, beautiful, with a few restaurants and trinkets, and not much else. The water in this cove was perfectly clear–the water

Last night internet was so slow, I went to the lobby late in the evening, trying to figure out some real estate things.   Yeah, problem solved.  Or not. At least I know what the problems are now, so that’s progress.  It’s just about photos and a listing, not an offer being negotiated, so it’s

I love riding the bus in this town.  The riders are a mixture of tourists and people who live here, young and old. Yesterday a little girl baby was on the bus in a bad mood.  Her mom didn’t scold or seem concerned. She smoothed back her bangs and blew on her forehead.  She lifted

We made it to the hotel, took the bus to Walmart to buy some groceries, and it was a beautiful evening, listening to the ocean, warm breeze blowing. This morning was bright and fresh. I miss you guys, and I’m actually pretty glad you didn’t have school today so you could spend a day just