Traveler's Notebook - Is completed

I did dither about on the ending because it

was getting quite thick 

BUT

as I got to thinking - we are headed back

and our next stop is in the panhandle of Florida

to turn in our votes and

we'll be there 5 days so that can be the 

start of our 'winter' in Florida part

of our adventure so...

 

This is our ride to eventually get to Florida

and this autumny goodness had to be included

mostly because I actually bought Autumn

things at the 'scrapbook' shop in a fabric shop in

Bar Harbor Maine.

 

On the back are more Autumn scenes mostly because

I set them aside and forgot that I wanted them

set apart. OOOPS.

I didn't have many photos for SC really because we didn't.

So that page for the one thing we actually 

went to sightsee.

And yes I broke the don't have photos on both 

sides rule - so we all know about rules. 

LOL.

Of course it was a lighthouse and that tree

is the last bleached tree that covered the beach.

 

I did decided I wanted more journaling that actually

kinda covers both of those pages and

had this ready made envelope and tag so.....

I pretty much chatted about our SC stay and lack of

sightseeing- mostly weather, but we decided to just relax

and smell the roses.

 

This camp has a lovely 1 mile walk in the woods

with water sources and critters.

I have loved each and every walk I did each day.

I did try to do at least 2 miles and more

but.......

 

And that was going to be the wrap up page for the notebook

but I forgot about the BEE.

This little bee was being quite friendly, landing on me

and curiously lingered for a bit...

UNTIL

 

the bee discovered my kindle.

No kidding.

He scarfed up all those little white particles which

could be crumbs and did a mighty fine job.

It was totally clean when he was done.

Haven't seen him since.

 

 

Travelers Notebook - Heceta Lighthouse

Lighthouses just make me swoon.

They are just soooo cool looking, have "romantic" pasts

that involved a lot of work and sometime solitary existences for

the lightkeepers. So yeah my darling sweet hubby 

chases down lighthouses for me.

 I remembered I had some thread so I popped some

in along with some frayed "cloth" for

some dimension and texture.

Some Tim Holtz paper.

Breaking out my MS alpha punch again.

Love that font.

TN - St. George Isle

The first photo is of our camp. 

 A lovely spot, private lots of foliage and mushy ground

around the camp - not actually in the camp

but a lovely spot all the same.

We stayed a couple of days.

I finally got an okay shot of the lighthouse that

greets you when you come over the bridge to the island.

Studio Calico.

Seeing the sights in and around Boothbay Maine

Sorry I haven't been around for awhile - we flew

through the midwest states (which means not a lot of photos), 

hung out with the grands

and now visiting with friends, 

hanging out in their driveway that I tended 

to forget the camera and just have fun.

 Tom and Gail at Boothbay harbor.

 Me and Gail.

 Lots of really cool and fun shops.

 These flowers were everywhere and so pretty and vibrant.

 Kitchey but Kool. LOL.

 Love black eyed susies and a bee.

 Hendricks Head Light Station.

Found it was privately owned so this was as close as we could get.

Pretty cool living in a lighthouse.

Heading into Seattle

This is the Admiralty Head Lighthouse at Fort Casey.

So pretty and it was closed.

 And my one shot of the space needle flying down the road.

 I have to point out that driving in Seattle is worse than

driving in New York City.

Seriously.

NYC is laid out in a grid, Seattle is chaos.

 We made it to Pikes Market but they were not tossing fish about.

Which was a bummer.

 And there wares are very enticing and delicious.

 Had a lovely lunch at 3 Sisters bakery.

The clam chowder was divine.

 We had a date with the grandkids at Seattle Aquarium.

We had a great time.

They were game for anything and was really

interested in everything.

 The puffins were fun and they are fast swimmers.

 And this adorable otter

 was floating on his back and rubbing his head.

Sort of like giving himself a shampoo.

He was very popular.

New Years Pocket Page

Last time when I was running low on page protectors

I grabbed a box without looking and wa-laa

50 project life pocket pages.

I decided to keep them because I'm seriously

running out of album storage so I may

play around with them more to reduce the amount of 

albums I've been creating.

Since I create a page for 5 days each for the blog times

52 is about 260 pages a year.

About 3-4 albums sooooo....

 if I want to highlight a certain photo I can do that too.

Love how this turned out for maybe my second or

third 12x12 pocket page (I have done smaller ones). 

We took off camping for new year's 

with some friends and camped in Fort Perkins for 2 days

and because of bad weather we left and went

back to their place (they have a nice slice of property)

 and camped out.

However, prior to the bad weather we did go on a field trip

to the Naval Aviation Museum and the Pensacola Lighthouse.

I adore both.

It was a lovely time all around and very easygoing.

From Crown Point through Vermont

Crown Point is a beautiful park and LOOK!!!

a lighthouse - 

Very ornate and beautiful!

I'm sparing you the 2934572975394 photos I took.

You're welcome.

 Evidently the British occupied this grown at one time.

There's also surrender flag - that I didn't get a pix of

but to let you know its all American now.

 Crushin' on barns and farms.

Dramatic skies with an old RR depot.

 

A couple of beautiful churches....