Hi JIMW -- That is a nice series. I can't figure out for sure where it was taken, if all together. Some looked like the Trinity River bottoms. .. BTW, you came to my regular blog. I have a link wrong someplace. My WW/WT is on JIM'S LITTLE PHOTO PLACE at http://jimmiehov6.blogspot.com/
Hiking in your crocs huh... maybe someday I'll cave in and buy some. But definitely not yet. I'm really excited to come next week. I definitely want to go on a walk or at least do something to get my body moving :)
Each day comes bearing its own gifts. Untie the ribbons! ************ "Joy is what happens when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are." **************
"A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world." --Paul Dudley White
************ "Now if you are going to win any battle you have to do one thing. You have to make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do. The body will always give up. It is always tired in the morning, noon, and night. But the body is never tired if the mind is not tired." - George S. Patton, U.S. Army General, 1912 Olympian
I am often asked to describe the experience of raising a child with a disability - to try to help people who have not shared that unique experience to understand it, to imagine how it would feel. It’s like this… When you’re going to have a baby, it’s like planning a fabulous vacation trip - to Italy. You buy a bunch of guide books and make your wonderful plans. The coliseum. The Michelangelo David. The gondolas in Venice. You may learn some handy phrases in Italian. It’s all very exciting. After months of eager anticipation, the day finally arrives. You pack your bags and off you go. Several hours later, the plane lands. The stewardess comes in and says, “Welcome To Holland”. “Holland?!?” you say, “What do you mean “Holland”??? I signed up for Italy! I’m supposed to be in Italy. All my life I’ve dreamed of going to Italy” But there’s been a change in the flight plan. They’ve landed in Holland and there you must stay. The important thing is that they haven’t taken you to a horrible, disgusting, filthy place, full of pestilence, famine and disease. It’s just a different place. So you must go and buy new guide books. And you must learn a whole new language. And you will meet a whole new group of people you would never have met. It’s just a different place. It’s slower-paced than Italy, less flashy than Italy. But after you’ve been there for a while and you catch your breath, you look around…and you begin to notice that Holland has windmills…Holland has tulips. Holland even has Rembrandts. But everyone you know is busy coming and going from Italy…and they’re all bragging about what a wonderful time they had there. And for the rest of your life, you will say “Yes that’s where I was supposed to go. That’s what I had planned”. And the pain of that will never, ever, ever, ever go away…because the loss of that dream is a very significant loss. But…if you spend your life mourning the fact that you didn’t get to Italy, you may never be free to enjoy the very special, the very lovely things…about Holland.
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The first bridge over the creek is my favorite. It reminds me of the times I used to go hiking in the woods when I was a child.
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What a great hike! The photos are wonderful...
Okay I liked yours! Very nice. Happy WW to you. Mine is up also.
I love this sequence that plays with light and shadow! The sun is so cooperative this time of year! Wonderful photos.
Hi JIMW -- That is a nice series. I can't figure out for sure where it was taken, if all together. Some looked like the Trinity River bottoms.
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BTW, you came to my regular blog. I have a link wrong someplace.
My WW/WT is on JIM'S LITTLE PHOTO PLACE at
http://jimmiehov6.blogspot.com/
It has me bar hopping someplace.
Happy WW/WT!
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I've seen lots of snow in my WW rounds today but this one is a breather. Happy WW.
VERB
Such lovely photos!
Come visit my Wordless Wednesday if you get a moment! :)
What a nice change of scenery. It looks very peaceful.
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Such a lovely photos. Happy WW.
Travel & Leisure
Awesome!
Wow! Those are really nice pictures you've got here!! I like the picture of your shadow :)
Merry X'mas!
What a wonderful set of photos. I like the bridge and walkways. Happy WW and have a happy Christmas
Amazing shots! Love the one with the shadow and the last one:)
Here's mine for today!
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Happy Holidays!!!
I was just thinking I haven't taken the kids there in a long time.
It looks lovley!
Beautiful photos! Looks like a wonderful place for a hike. :)
Oh, how I miss hiking. Great pics!!
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Uhmm where's the snow? **grin**
Thanks for stopping by happy WW
Aline
Hiking in your crocs huh... maybe someday I'll cave in and buy some. But definitely not yet. I'm really excited to come next week. I definitely want to go on a walk or at least do something to get my body moving :)
Beautiful scenery! I want to go out now.
Joy in the Journet HSB
Shivers. And smiles. Peace. A beautiful walk.
Brings back recent memories. Very nice shots. My husband tried to take a picture of my daughter and my shadow - it didn't work very well.
Beautiful pictures! Looks like you had a great hike.
I love the pic with the berries. So pretty!
Wow, fantastic nature pics - I love the 10th a lot! sometimes it is more interesting when it is blurry... it looks kind of mystic!
Merry Christmas...
Tina
gorgeous photos, thanks for sharing.
Mine is up at 4Seasonsofmylife. Hope you can visit me too.
You really cool pictures. The sixth & seventh are my favorites :) Happy WW!
Thanks for sharing the beautiful ornaments and scenery. I too am looking forward to no school for a few weeks.
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