where I want to be right now

Right now I really want to be. . .
somewhere with palm trees. . .

Los Angles, CA

somewhere with sandy beaches. . .

Manhattan Beach, CA

or you know I would just settle for being on this beach. . .

Near Auckland, NZ

tuesday: something to love

I miss this place. And I love this place. Hopefully, I will one day return here.

Huka Falls, Taupo, NZ

where i want to be right now

Have I mentioned that I like the beach? It's warm, the sun is shining, the ocean is providing the background melody. And it's not cold or snowy or miserable. Yes, I wish to be on the beach. . .now where is my genie??

Near Auckland, New Zealand

And I love the texture of the shells on the beach in this pic!!

more currently

A while back I posted the picture that was my desktop background. I have since changed it, so this is now my background.

Near Picton, New Zealand
Yeah, so that place kind of stuck with me.

It reminds me that the sun will once more shine. Ah, I miss lovely sunshine. . .winter you can go away now. Thanks!

where i really want to be right now

a view of Mt. Doom (for all the LOTR lovers out there) across Lake Taupo

Taupo, New Zealand

happy winter

I can't wait for lovelies like these to come back soon!!




All of these pics are from the Auckland Botanical Gardens.

Monday: something to love

Happy Monday everyone!! Only 5 days until Christmas...which means I need to get my Christmas shopping done...yikes!

Unexpected and lovely handmade Christmas gifts...so fun!! This is a necklace made out of a piece of driftwood that my friend picked up on the beach in New Zealand.


Also, I have a special love of fortunes from fortune cookies. If I eat out it is usually Chinese food, and while I don't place much stock in fortunes I do believe that God can speak to us through all things, so sometimes I keep them because of that or just because they are good or funny. These are a few that I have floating around.

multinational scarf collection

A while back I posted photos of my shell collection for a photo competition. One of the collections that I had thought about photographing was my scarf collection. However, I couldn't really think of a good way to photograph it, so I didn't. Since then, though, I have been taking pictures of my scarves when I wear them.

In honor of colder weather, I decided to go ahead and give you a taste of my scarf collection. This is by no means the entire collection. I haven't had to really dig out my heavy winter scarves yet, but maybe soon. That being said, I may end up posting again about scarves, but for now this is a good start.

Both of this lovely scarves I picked up on my trip to New Zealand. God bless the boys for allowing me to do a little shopping.

Hmm...black scarf...not sure where it came from...maybe JCPenny's?

My roommate brought this one back from Malaysia for me.

London scarf...from the store on the corner of my street...I think it was called Fusion.

This scarf came from a little shop on my street corner in London.
And I spy some red TOMS!! :)

This lovely scarf (one of my favorites) a dear friend got for me on a trip to Alaska.

I picked up this red scarf from a street vendor in London.

A dear friend brought this back from Malaysia for me.

Another friend brought this scarf back from a summer missions trip to Uganda for me.

I wear scarves a lot...almost every day...that and my TOMS are my favorite accessories. Be prepared for more random posts about my scarves. Winter is difficult for me because of the cold, but I try to focus on the positive about the season...like getting to wear scarves and drink hot chocolate and decorate for Christmas.

delightful

Near Auckland, NZ

This is the background on my computer right now, and I just wanted to share it with you because I love it and it makes me happy.

Monday: something to love

You are getting several of the things I love today as I am feeling in a particularly excellent mood today. I think it's because I've thought it was Tuesday all day long...that and the pie fumes are getting to me.

lovely summer trips to the lake

getting an artistic photo when i wasn't trying to

creative table decorations at weddings

delicious pancakes in different countries
Gailey's in SGF, USA (above)
NZ (below)

TOMS love V

These picture combine my love of my TOMS with my longing to go back to NZ and loads of good memories along the way. These were taken up on the observation deck of the Sky Tower in Auckland, NZ.

where i really want to be right now

I've been feeling restless, and just a tiny bit discontent today...so I wish I were here.

Near Picton, New Zealand

where i really want to be right now

It was kind of a rough day...so this is where I would really like to be right now if I could drop everything and go anywhere.

Near Auckland, New Zealand

Doors: Part I

I have a thing about doors. They are just so fascinating. Doors are both a physical passageway into a new place, and they are also an invisible passageway into new phases of life. I love to take pictures of interesting doors that I see wherever I'm at. I have a lot of them, so I'm going to make this more than one blog post.

Oxford, England

Oxford, England

Wakefield, New Zealand

London, England

Manhattan Beach, California

Stay tuned for more doors from all over the world.

texture

My roommate and dear friend is a graphic designer and artist. She also happens to have a thing for texture, especially the texture of water and the ocean.

Huka Falls in Taupo, NZ

Pacific Ocean in California


Both of these were the Caribbean Ocean in St. Croix

Milford Lake in Kansas