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Showing posts with label Kayaking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kayaking. Show all posts

Friday, August 1, 2025

Some Days



  

Some days you've got to do

things you don't want to do,

like take a bath!



Hang out the wash.



Pull weeds and harvest.



But when the work is done,

it feels so good,



and you can kick back and relax.




That's when you have time to 
enjoy your surrounding
and the fruit of your labor.











Even take a nap 🐢😁🐢



Then there are days when 

you have to face the fact 

that your Kayaking days are over.



And sell it 😒




My 80th birthday is 

right around the corner.

I know that I could get in it,

paddle around for an hour or two,

but on the return . . .

I might have a terrible time

getting out of it.


Let's face it, there are days

when getting out of my 

easy chair is hard, LOL.

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Thank you all for stopping by

have a wonderful week.

&

God bless you 


Your blogging sister,

Connie :)

Thursday, September 20, 2018

Camping In The Desert


Enjoying the Autumn colors in the desert. 
We were off camping again . . .
This time at beautiful
Steamboat Rock State Park, WA.
The weather was a mix of warm & sunny,
chilly, windy and raining.
All in all an amazing trip.
The bike paths were glorious
with breathtaking views and 
curved paths with gentle hills easy
enough for a lady of my years to manage :)

Desert wildflowers.

This photo was taken on one of my
bike rides.  
At this point I turned around and headed
back to camp. It was raining, but not
hard and felt very refreshing :)

We enjoyed meeting our new neighbors . . . 

These wild turkey came into camp every day.

They would stay a while and then march
back into the tall desert grass,
only to come back in an hour or so.

Butchy loved sitting my the screen door
watching them walk about our campsite. 


Kayaking was marvelous . . .

You wouldn't want to go overboard
because the water was quite cold.

 Here you can see one of the caves in the cliffs.

Look closely to the right,
do you see the bridge?
That's where we were headed. 

Under the bridge.

This was on the other side.
In the Spring when the snow melts . . .
there is a waterfall here that flows 
down those cliffs and into the lake.
We sat there in awe and made plans to return
in the Spring.

Here we gathered our kayaks together
on the way back across the lake 
to stop and enjoy the view.


That's how we spent four delightfully
calm and restful days this month . . .

Wish you were here!
We would have a great time together :)
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Keep Smiling!
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Your blogging sister,
Connie :)

Thursday, June 21, 2018

Summer Solstice 2018

Welcoming in Summer 2018


Today is Summer Solstice.





The longest day of the year.



























We have been watching the field across the road, 
just waiting to see them mow the hay. 


Then Tuesday we took off for 
a kayaking adventure and picnic.
When we got home the hay was down . . .
we missed watching them cut it :(

Hopefully we'll be home
to watch them when they bale it :)



Look at the flowers growing out
of the side of the rocks.
 

 I went around the yard and took 
these close up photos of my roses.


Can you see the earwig . . .
they are a pest around here.



Well, that's my post . . .
here's to a happy and safe summer
for all of you and your families.

Keep Smiling!

Your blogging sister,
Connie :)