How do you learn about new places? I do the online research, look up houses on real estate sites, look at demographics and planting zones and images, but how I really learn about a new place in the world is through books. We are visiting two different couples and traveling through Alabama for two weeks…
Tag: travel
August and Annie
Meet August. She is the creation of a brilliant twenty-three year old named Annie, who is helping me on my farm. August is a 2006 Dodge Sprinter van who started her life as a work van in Chicago, a bare bones vehicle given a second life as a traveling ray of sunshine. Annie and her…
A Visit to the Desert Botanical Garden in Arizona
The Desert Botanical Garden was my favorite outing this week in Phoenix. It was the only day my friends that we are staying with had off work. At the Botanical Garden, I learned about the ecosystem and plant life here. The long, meandering paths lead in circles around the living outdoor exhibits, so it was easy to traverse. …
The Inspiring Arizona Landscape and Paint
Arizona is even more beautiful than I could have imagined. The brightly colored flowers landscaped down the highways splash raspberry pink along the desert city. Palm trees and giant Saguaro cacti intersperse. I had never seen a Saguaro cactus. I am inspired to paint. Just last week I was wondering what might have happened…
Gone Vintage and the El Rancho Hotel
There is nothing like the excitement of going on holiday. I love the lists of things to remember and dreaming of places to come. My friend, Mindy gave me one of these suitcases and the other I inherited from my Grandma. To me, they represent the golden era of travel with sleek, hard covers, ready…
Birthday Travels Through the Southwest (and the year of learning and adventure)
As adults we don’t seem to celebrate birthdays with the same festivity as when we were children, but I think all birthdays are incredibly special. Having lost many friends at a young age, I know that each birthday is a great time to reevaluate, reground, regroup, and to be filled with gratitude. Each lesson leading…
Happy Birthday HotRod!
For those that are long time readers, the people that are mentioned in my blog are almost characters in a book. It’s fun to see folks that read the blog meet my friends for the first time. It’s almost as if they know them! Rodney is one of those characters. He and his wife, Pat, have been…
The Art of the Mini-Vacation
Vacations are expensive. They take a lot of planning, a week off of work, savings, and can be exhausting. We have found that the best vacations are often weekends. We call them mini-vacations. We got our friends hooked on them too. We find specials on hotel rooms and stay one night, maybe two somewhere new. …
Setting Yourself Free (Part 5- Letting Go and Dreaming New)
I have written many times about how to manifest your dreams. Write them down, set a goal list, talk about them, and watch them turn into reality! It is a science. It works. What I haven’t written about is what happens when that dream comes true then gets taken away? How do you restart? How…
A Field Trip to the Hot Springs
The mountains were alight with the glow that only comes from thick blankets of snow. An illuminant feel to the air, light and free, while whipping through the valleys of highways to get to our destination. We had escaped. We didn’t get as much snow as everyone else and we figured if we could get through…
Farmgirl School 