Landscape Drive-Bys

Not liking the "flying method" as means for transportation,

(or being able to afford it that often),

I spend hours of time driving to places I want to be during holidays.

As I scrolled through captures over this past year of places we went,

I was amazed at the scenes one can view from the seat of a 4 wheeled vehicle:)

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 I also realize that I'm drawn to places with mountains 

and wide open sky.

And I swear that every time I see some sort of hill or mountain....the words that slip out of my mouth are, 

"I would just love to run up that hill!"

I think I'm going to need some new Trail shoes.

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(And you can look HERE to read about last week's running race.)

on vision and mind

"What is seen by the eye is transformed and 

colored by the vision of the mind."

-   Robert Wade  
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I have an enormous aversion to barbed wire.

It has been the cause of many mishaps around our place...all of which include "my girl and her horses."

It seems a brutal and medieval type of material...and for the life of me I cannot figure out why any would be used when there are safer, less harsh, (and prettier) means to fence something in.

On a walk I came upon this rolled up bunch of the dreaded stuff.

I disdainfully cast it a glance.

It made me wonder just how many times our thoughts 
on matters get clouded by what we hold in our minds.

My conclusion ended up being...

"I will always prefer barbed wire rolled up in a heap,

 no matter how nice it may seem in the light of the setting sun.
Barbed wire is STILL... barbed wire."
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To live in a Lighthouse

I once spent the night in a Lighthouse.

It was so close to the ocean I thought that the waves were going to crash through the window.

The sights one can see from the top of a Lighthouse  makes you feel you are on top of the world.

Or at least...on top of the sea.

This little replica of a lighthouse was found on the edge of Lake Havasu.

I kept thinking it was a perfect size for me.

I sure wish there was enough time in my life to live in all the places I wished to be:)

Mornings and Nights ~somewhere else

I'm a sky watcher.

No matter where I am- I always catch myself looking up...head in the clouds I guess you could say.

This week I'm in Arizona.

No...I am still being loyal to my Canadian (cold)~~

but felt the need to absorb some warmth before winter really begins.

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This was the sunrise which greeted me

as I  opened the hotel door early yesterday:

This was the sunset~ (or rather, Moon~rise), 

coming back in from my hike last evening:

No matter where I am....{cold or warmth},  the sky holds incredible beauty.

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It's really not such a bad thing to walk 

around with your head in the clouds.