What Do You Do?

What you do speaks so loud
I cannot hear what you say.

                           Ralph Waldo Emerson



Oh my goodness this is so true,
it stopped me in my tracks.

California is my most favorite place.
Of all the places we have traveled in the United States,
it is the most diverse in people
and terrain.  I know I am partial, but the Northern California
coast is rugged and gorgeous.   Thank you, God for the
beauty of nature.  Blue blue skies, we rarely see in smoggy
Southern California.

Eureka, California. Treasures all around.
 Road trips mean food and thrift stores.
 Opening our eyes to see all around.

Discovery Shop in Eureka. 

Like most families, cancer tore
into our lives and continuous to
create hideous havoc.

Mr. Lee and I try to support
the charities that have blessed
us or are trying to find cures to the condition
near to our hearts.

Across the street, a  delicious burger and a tasty
malt were found.  The lines inside are a very good
sign we have found a local favorite. 

Blessings are Miracles - Travellog

April is Autism Awareness Month
The statistics are startling something like
1 in every 54 male births.

We give thanks today and every day for
healthy children. For family fun. For road trip memories.
For children who really get excited about
reading, board games, and swimming.

First night, Corning, CA, Olive Pit:

Holly found our first hotel by searching
on my phone for "hotels with indoor pools near me,"
of course, Google returned hotels with
indoor pools in Maine but it was a great
idea.  So each hotel on our way has
had an indoor pool.

The scariest road was Route 3 this
took us from Redding, CA to the Victorian
Village of Ferndale, CA.

I drove the second super scary
half with cliffs and edges of road
just  inches away.  Our rental van, the
Kia Sedona, has huge a blind spot between
the windshield and the driver's side window.

Gorgeous terrain where the locals fly and
the novice curve their way up, down and around
in a screw like fashion. 

Lovely Ferndale Village:

Yeah, that good. 

Some times I really need to be reminded
of how good life is and to be more
appreciative.

More to come, for a darling faithful reader, Sue from
Country Roads, where nice really does matter.

Road Trip Road Trip

We left Saturday morning with out a plan.
To Oregon or New Mexico.
North said the boy.
So north it is.
Next time we will head east, young man.


The get-along rented a van, dear Mabel
has almost 200,000 miles on her.

Here are some photos from last weekend
in Del Mar, Junk Bonanza.

Palm Sunday continues to be a favorite tradition.
Peace be with you my dear readers.

Be Bright

Forgiveness is a double gift.
It is a gift to the one who is forgiven, but
also a gift to yourself, freeing you from
the prison of resentment and bitterness.
                          Walter J. Ciszek, S.J.
                         With God in Russia





This bright idea is from Better Homes and Gardens.

A pink bench and crisp bright pots.

Live in COLOR.

Soul Siblings

Growing  up we spoke of the soul.
Mystical mysticism. 
We were taught we have a soul to give God.

Love is the intersection of the soul.
My soul floats with  joy when it is in love.
The soul is the intersection of the spirit.

These kids won't remember a time without each other.
And so it is with close siblings.  

Junk Bonanza, Del Mar, California
had the best photo ops. 

Making Lists

I find that I have reached an age where
I should know what to do but I do not.

To distract myself, 
I watched Bridget Jones' Diary.
And thought of lovely things.

Collected seeds from this lavendar.

Plan to wrap thread on my word for 2015: seed.

Loving thoughts are little seeds...
let them blossom into deeds.

Be Responsible for Some Things

Teach us to number our days,
that we may gain a heart of
wisdom.


                        Psalm 90:1

Make every day count.
Count every day.

If you feel annoyance, fear,
or disappointment, these feelings
are caused by you and must be
dug out like a weed.  Study
where they came from, accept
them, and then let go.

                                         Mo Aziz

                    30 Lessons for Living
                         Karl Pillemer, Ph.D.