Low Tide at Smith Beach

Chilly day. Low tide. Sun and clouds race against each other. Receding waters reveal secret sand bars. And it all seems to be about the lines: the stark silhouettes of shoreline trees, the sandy diagonal ridges, and the horizon silently, solidly holding everything in its place. 


Smith Beach on The Eastern Shore of Virginia

Austrian Knitted Tree

 Spotted outside the Salzburg Museum: a tree wearing a cheerful hand-knit sweater! And apparently knitted trees aren't unique to Austria. Check out these colorful and cozy trees in Austin, New York, and Seattle. Have any near you?

Prague View

Red roof tops, spires,twisty little streets, and towers for bells and clocks and climbing...so many beautiful views, but this one from the top of the Powder Tower was my favorite. 

We spent last week in Prague and I am now sorting though lots of pics and memories. Stay tuned for more.

Happy New Year!

We spent the first day of 2008 exploring Avery Island's Jungle Gardens

Then we headed over to St. Martinville. One last afternoon of visiting with family before heading back home. We also hid our first letterbox by the Evangeline Oak.We wish you all a Happy New Year!

May 2008 bring you peace, happiness, good books, and lots of adventures.

We're in Taiwan!

We arrived yesterday and had a pretty exhausting afternoon....on the way to the airport I realized I had left my wallet at home and we had to go back for it, lost Noah's backpack full of toys, got lost trying to get to our hotel, and it was raining!

We were very happy to finally get checked into our hotel. Our room is very large which is great because the monkey boy has plenty of space to play and spread out. We were also very glad to meet up with our Taiwanese friend, Hsiaowen and her adorable son, Kaden (2 yrs old). We ate dinner with them and shopped for new toys for Noah ($4 matchbox cars...yikes!). We had planned on trying to see the new year's lantern festival but didn't because of the rain.

We woke up this morning to a sunny day. We will be leaving to pick up Camille in about an hour...so excited!!! We are also hoping to meet her birth family this morning. Please say a prayer that all goes smoothly. We will try to post later today/tonight...by then Noah will officially be a big brother and we will have grown from a family of three to four!