Misty Unfiltered

This Is It!

2010-09-21T22:44:00.000-07:00

:) 9-21-10 The Vogtritters

Ohhh my...It's here...the last day. As promised the year was full of ups and downs, crazy moments, dull episodes of existing; and amazingly enough, absolutely chock full of blessings unending!!!

Unfiltered, In Focus and with the right Shutter Speed, this year long picture blog has been captured. Thank you for your interest, comments and love. Goodnight friends...

One Simple Wish

2010-09-20T21:58:00.000-07:00

1 Paradise Valley, AZ 9-20-10

It's your turn...You are sitting in front of a lit candle and everyone is looking at you, waiting for you to make a wish. Do you take it seriously and actually "make a wish" or do you quickly blow the candle out and get on with the eating of the cake?

It was my turn today (actually, I've blown out three separate candles on three separate days) and honestly, as I look at the people gathered around me with cameras poised for the puckered lipped, air exhaling event, I am blank.

How can I capsulate all the wishes I carry on a daily basis into one single moment with one single crystalized wish? So, here is what I think as I dramatically lean in for the snuffing of birthday lit candle, "Thank you". That's it...One simple wish...

Love you friends and know that I am undeniably grateful for each and everyone of you, for this life, my family and for my faith in Christ. God is good...Goodnight everyone. :)

Last Song

2010-09-19T20:49:00.000-07:00

2 Paradise Valley, 9-19-10

Time does not become sacred to us until we have lived it, until it has passed over us and taken with it a part of ourselves. ~John Burroughs

It is the last song my friends...the end is drawing so near, I can feel it now. Sadness at the thought of not sharing my thoughts and pictures anymore...Happiness at the ability for one full year of sharing my thoughts and pictures...

Time has passed quickly and definitely taken a part of me. Goodnight friends.

Say Goodnight

2010-09-18T22:49:00.001-07:00

3 Ethan, Scottsdale, AZ 9-18-10

The day started like any other except the looming aspect of having an appointment to get my body dunked under water; measuring my fat vs. muscle ratio. Really!?!

Keep in mind, that July 2008, was record of same measurements and attempts to match great numbers (make that AWESOME numbers) were a point of personal obsessive maneuvers. i.e. no alcohol, sugar and limited carbs. For how long you ask? Three weeks!!!

Finding the water mobile station for the test was an adventure, but both my best buddy and I marched in ready for the hold your breath, claustrophobic experience. What follows next is a verbal visual for you of me throwing myself into an embryo position in the corner of the mobile trailer. The numbers for me were astronomical (as if I had never worked out) and my friend on the other hand, peachy perfect! Waaaaa....I'm depressed. Tail between my legs defeated and frustrated. Time to say goodnight to the past and strangle the future! Focus on healthy and lean NOW...Understanding that today's choices are under appreciated for tomorrow's desired goal. Make it great my friends and choose right :)

What's Up

2010-09-17T23:04:00.000-07:00

4 Spencer S., Scottsdale, AZ 9-17-10

Tucson Twinkle

2010-09-16T22:23:00.000-07:00

5 Tucson, AZ 9-16-10

She thinks she is soooo grown up. Sliding against the law with drinking, living in a house with 4 other girls and learning the new skills of cooking, cleaning and laundry.

She calls mostly when she needs something and writes almost never claiming her college class work keeps her busy all the time.

I think I'm soooo grown up. Raising two children and married for 26 years. Drinking excessively when I feel like it and avoiding the skills of cooking, cleaning and laundry.

I'll call her mostly when I want to lecture her about being grateful for her life or not calling me often enough. I claim I can't call her when I want to tell her I love her because I'm running too many errands or working out.

This is why when I see her and she sees me; We both fall into each others arms, hugging and kissing and feeling remorseful over our lack of ability to control the inevitable...independence from one another. :) Loving my Tucson twinkle moments now more than ever!

Hot Hot Hot

2010-09-15T21:24:00.001-07:00

6 Paradise Valley, AZ 9-15-10

I can't breathe...and it's not because of the weather. Sure, it's unbearably warm at this time of year, but combine that with the continuous peri-menopausal 'hot flashes' and what you have is H-E-Double Toothpicks!!!

Lord have mercy on my soul, but being hormonal is challenging enough let alone the disgusting sweats that will ignite without provoking and continue through all hours of the day and night.

Breathing is optional as I find a weird satisfaction over surviving each and everyone of my "personal summer" hot spells. Here's to you staying cool amidst those that are scorching hot! Goodnight friends...

Not Funny

2010-09-14T21:26:00.000-07:00

7 Paradise Valley, AZ 9-14-10

Full Circle

2010-09-13T22:15:00.001-07:00

8 Paradise Valley, 9-13-10

Dedication

2010-09-12T21:15:00.001-07:00

9 St. Barnabas on the Desert, Paradise Valley, AZ 9-12-10

God Is Alive!

2010-09-11T22:56:00.000-07:00

10 Saint Barnabas on the Desert, Paradise Valley, AZ 9-10-10

Christians are to be good news before they share good news. The music of the gospel must precede the words of the gospel and prepare the context in which there will be a hunger for those words. What is the music of the gospel? It is the beauty of the indwelling Christ in the everyday relationships of life. ~Joe Aldrich

Love Letters

2010-09-10T20:14:00.000-07:00

11 Hilary C., Picture taken 2009, M&M Art-E2D Studios, Paradise Valley, AZ 9-10-10

It seems altogether like stealing, but here is my homage to my seriously sweet friend pictured here. She is inspirational, loving and extremely intelligent and her passion for poetry had me following her blog, "This Same Flower". Here is a snippet of one of her days...

I've been rooting around for some time now looking for something to put here, something to justify my claims. So here is one, one that I love.

Morning

by Billy Collins

Why do we bother with the rest of the day,

the swale of the afternoon,

the sudden dip into evening,

then night with his notorious perfumes,

his many-pointed stars?

This is the best-throwing off the light covers,

feet on the cold floor,

and buzzing around the house on espresso-

maybe a splash of water on the face,

a palmful of vitamins-

but mostly buzzing around the house on espresso,

dictionary and atlas open on the rug,

the typewriter waiting for the key of the head,

a cello on the radio,

and, if necessary, the windows-

trees fifty, a hundred years old

out there,

heavy clouds on the way

and the lawn steaming like a horse

in the early morning.

I heart her words which are shear love letters to my soul. Goodnight friends...

Final Healing

2010-09-09T19:04:00.000-07:00

12 Paradise Valley, AZ 9-9-10

One reason that sin flourishes is that it is treated like a cream puff instead of a rattlesnake. ~Billy Sunday

The Hump

2010-09-08T21:15:00.001-07:00

13 Paradise Valley, AZ 9-8-10

Double Up

2010-09-07T16:22:00.000-07:00

14 It's 2 "Passions"?, Paradise Valley, AZ 9-7-10

Today was a day of being over exposed. Writing a text message to a friend led to over analyzing my ulterior motive, which in turn, led to me over dramatizing my friendship, which led to an emotional over exposure of my insecurities!!!

Have you been there? Where the tiniest of situations turns into a major crisis? Thank God for another friend who clearly talked me off the ledge and back into the world of reality!

Between hot flashes and hormonal imbalances sans numbing devices like alcohol or serious doctor prescribed drugs, I'm a mess! Seeing double when it comes to anything involving my 5 senses...Xanax anyone? :) Hugs friends

Labor of Love

2010-09-06T21:47:00.000-07:00

15 Robert Christian Dior Vogtritter, 8 lbs. 3 oz., 9-6-93, Paradise Valley, AZ 9-6-10

Seriously, laboring on labor day with this giant, precious boy. Gorgeous, inquisitive, cautious, brilliant and loving as a newborn and still carries those qualities now.

Happy birthday to Bo! My baby is truly growing up too fast!

Happy day friends...

Blessings

2010-09-05T23:46:00.000-07:00

16 Bo V., Paradise Valley, AZ 9-5-10

Almighty God, to you all hearts are open, all desires known, and from you no secrets are hid: Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you, and worthily magnify your holy Name; through Christ our Lord. Amen

God is alive friends...

Childhood Perceptions

2010-09-04T23:25:00.001-07:00

17 Tiffany & Breanna, Paradise Valley, AZ 9-4-10

She shared of her memories when she was younger (mostly negative) and I glanced at the little girl she was raising thinking, "What will her daughter's recollections be"?

In life, we are given such a gift of taking our past and morphing it into our presents and sometimes, if we are cognizant of it, we imprint them on our futures. What have you carried with you and passed on?

Tonight, we kind of set the story straight just a bit and saw first hand how when you choose to remember the bad, bad is all you will see. Try to rewind the tapes of all the people involved, show some grace to allow for errors and reglue the pieces of your psyche that were broken by your childhood perceptions. Love you friends.

Temptation Resistation

2010-09-03T20:31:00.000-07:00

18 Jeremy & Raquel, Scottsdale, AZ 9-3-10

What makes resisting temptation difficult, for many people, is that they don't want to discourage it completely. ~Franklin P. Jones

Virgin Goals

2010-09-02T22:08:00.000-07:00

19 Virgin Olive Oil, Scottsdale, AZ 9-2-10

Yes!!! It's another chance to commit, to make a difference and change ordinary into extra ordinary!!! How? Simply by deciding to fully douse myself on fire with a new goal.

Try it with me! Think of something you've wanted to start but have found a million reasons to not begin...For the next 19 days, commit to starting your new, virgin goal!!!

Yaaaay...You are going to love it! Sharing is caring by the way, so when you begin, go ahead and post it. Write it in the comment box and let's forge ahead together! Geez, it's only for nineteen days. Go for it friends.

20 Days!

2010-09-01T22:39:00.000-07:00

20 Paradise Valley, AZ 9-1-10

Here's to 20 more days and a goal completed! Sadly, as happy as I am to be nearing the end, I'm openly admitting that I'm going to miss being connected to an outside world through a photo a day and words.

Bless you my followers for being faithful and caring enough to check in from time to time. Some of you have even spoken to me personally about how some of the blogs have touched you and had eerie similarities to what is happening in your life.

Could this be because when it comes down to it, we all are remarkably alike? With fears, joys, loves and experiences that unite our moments and make us aware of what we have in common instead of what separates us by differences. Goodnight my friends...

Hollah Hooray!

2010-08-31T23:55:00.000-07:00

21 The (Tuesday Night) Village, Paradise Valley, AZ 8-30-10

Sweet Day

2010-08-30T22:07:00.000-07:00

22 Pool Colors, Paradise Valley, AZ 8-29-10

Bonding

2010-08-29T22:27:00.000-07:00

23 Scottsdale, AZ 8-29-10

Have you attended a High School reunion lately? It seems as if every other person I am connected with is experiencing a class reunion and sharing the moments of past school friend drama or post reunion events which showcased friend/drama trauma.

Cracks me up, that even as we age, we cling to our past reputations and identities as if the hands of time never existed. What ever your labels were...Jock, Greaser, Geek, Misfit, Popular, Churchy, Brainiac, Druggy, you sincerely will walk back to this group you haven't seen for years and immediately drip into the character cast that was bestowed upon you by choice or victimized with. :)

Despite the silliness of stepping back in time and falling into the social circles of yesterday, there is a security and comfort to those who had your back. Your friends who carried you through the dramas and traumas and who magically refuse to see you as all grown up. Being an adult is sooo overrated...Hee hee. Being a kid again, hilariously funny! Re-bonding with your buddies, regardless of label...beautiful. :)

Birthday's Galore!

2010-08-28T13:04:00.001-07:00

24 Party Bow, Scottsdale, AZ 8-28-10

Grow along with me!

The best is yet to be.

The last of life, for which the first was made.

~Robert Browning

Happy birthday Tomes Twins and Bridgett!!!

Before You Bloom

2010-08-27T15:10:00.000-07:00

25 Paradise Valley, AZ, 8-27-10

She gathers with a group of women every month or so to celebrate birthdays and catch up on each other's lives. Theirs is a friendship that started in elementary school and has endured years of shared moments. But no matter how long they've known each other, they cannot get beyond the surface communication and non commitment to take their relationships into connected friendships. The soft laughter over lunch and "how is the weather" discussions allows the four of them to pretend that life is okay for an hour or so...

Don't we all have circles like this? Surface emulsified for a reason. Because when we plant ourselves with the few we really trust and care for, what's left is only enough energy to be tethered in monthly gatherings. :) Sounds harsh, but the reality is, it's what completes us. How could we possibly be full time friends to every person we know whether its from childhood or not. We connect ourselves emotionally, spiritually and physically to those we know who will be there for ALL the successes and ALL the losses. It's in our DNA and part of the survival of the species!

Gathering for bi-monthly lunches and talking about what ever isn't REALLY important with circles from past and present create our opportunities of discernment and tracks our wisdom gleaned. Learning to understand the necessity of needing everyone on our path for a reason. :) It's all about learning, earning and returning...before you bloom, know the garden you are planting yourself in. :) God made you good!

Mindful

2010-08-26T11:44:00.000-07:00

26 Paradise Valley, AZ, 8-26-10

When you wake up, what is the first thing you think of? My list is endless...People, appointments, chores, deadlines, etc...

But, today I was reminded by my very favorite, faithful follower of Christ, Dayami that the real secret is to cover yourself with God's blessings. That you repel the words and voices that creep into your brain that are the doings of Satan. That no matter what you think or do, you make it about God.

My list is still on going, but now my thoughts are centered and refocused on my footsteps being God filled. God IS alive in each and everyone of us. Being mindful creates a boundary that makes evil difficult to sneak in. :) You are all in my prayers...

Reconnect

2010-08-25T14:04:00.001-07:00

27 Margie H., (Taken '09), Tucson, AZ 8-25-10

It was on the drive to visit Alexa in Tucson that a text message came detailing a friend of a friend's loss at the death of her daughter, (very close to the age of our daughter). The text was written matter of factly, but with distinct sadness...

"Murphy committed suicide last night by jumping out of the moving car her Mom was driving on the freeway".

Can you even fathom being the mother and unable to stop your child from jumping? Or for that matter, can you imagine being the daughter with a mind poisoned of despair so much, she would choose to jump? Of all the blessings this life has to offer, please stop at this moment and reflect on your Mothers and Daughters relationships...Reach out, call or write, but tell them how much they are loved!!!

I love you Mommy (pictured here) and my baby girl, LexiLoo. You both are my everything. Rest in peace Murphy...

Crash & Burn

2010-08-24T22:10:00.000-07:00

28 Tub toys, Phoenix, AZ 8-24-10

Marriages, relationships and friendships all have a thing or two in common; Relatable differences. It's the bonding of understanding and commitment to cooperate that keeps all of the above flourishing.

That is unless, of course, one or both parties in said partnerships decides that it's no longer an option to be connected and harmonious anymore. Then, for lack of a better way of saying it, "All hell breaks loose".

To all of you on the verge of should I stay or should I go...Gather yourself up, put your emotional toys in a row and hyper focus on what's right. When you shift your gaze off of what doesn't work and onto what does, you'll truly see what's meant to be.

Circle of Love

2010-08-23T21:17:00.000-07:00

29 Denise H., Scottsdale, AZ 8-23-10

Love is the key.

Joy is love, singing; Peace is love, resting; Long-suffering is love, enduring; Kindness is loves' touch; Goodness is love's character; Faithfulness is love's habit; Gentleness is love's self-forgetfulness; Self-control is love, holding the reins.

~Donald Grey Barnhouse

Make It Happen

2010-08-22T20:10:00.000-07:00

30 Art Statue @Roaring Fork, Paradise Valley, AZ 8-22-10

With the economy the way it is and with people finding a voice in disillusionment, it's unbearably difficult to find the light through all the dark.

Therein lies the rub...Are we really supposed to find the glorious white while disregarding the black? Isn't it time we all find comfort in the fact that we are given both for a reason.

If it were never hard, I would never understand easy. Embrace your contrasting colors and enjoy the merge. Absorbing the light moments during the dark times. Make it happen. :) Hugs friends...

New Patterns

2010-08-21T22:39:00.001-07:00

31 Paradise Valley, AZ 8-21-10

Here's to you seeing the color and movement in the patterns you've created of your life. Practice patience, give openly and be genuinely grateful for all you have. :) God bless you friends...

Courtyard Sculpt

2010-08-20T20:35:00.000-07:00

32 Paradise Valley, AZ 8-20-10

Chemo Party

2010-08-19T21:51:00.000-07:00

33 Scottsdale, AZ, 8-19-10

Get Real

2010-08-18T22:07:00.000-07:00

34 Paradise Valley, AZ, 8-18-10

"V" for Village

2010-08-17T22:07:00.000-07:00

35 Paradise Valley, AZ, 8-17-10

I remember being so poor when I was younger that a local church brought over a grocery paper bag full of clothes and dropped them off on our door step. We thought it was the best gift ever because we needed so much. My Mom was single, raising 4 children, working two jobs and going to school. This meant every dollar she earned was practically spent before she could deposit the checks.

Isn't it funny how in life you are given opportunities to give back? How many times do you acknowledge the ways you can make a difference in someone else's life? Tonight, we shared a need for a friend who like my Mother many years ago has fallen on hard times.

Just the mention of this struggling Mom with two young boys, and the hands reached in purses and money was handed over. Will it be enough for an extended period of time...probably not? Will it be enough for her to know that she is loved and supported by her Tuesday Night Village...:) We are in a time where it is important to understand the concept of being connected to others and giving way to the mercies of kindness. Thanks be to God...Goodnight friends.

Solo System

2010-08-16T20:32:00.000-07:00

36 Paradise Valley, AZ 8-16-10

The most valuable of all educations is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do when it has to be done, whether you like it or not. ~Aldons Huxley

He Meets You

2010-08-15T18:41:00.000-07:00

37 St. B's Courtyard Art, Paradise Valley, AZ, 8-15-10

There is tremendous relief in knowing that His love to me is utterly realistic, based at every point on prior knowledge of the worst about me, so that no discovery now can disillusion Him about me. ~J.I. Packer

The sermon by Phil Carlson today was about He meets you. No matter where you are in your life...At a high or at a low, The Lord finds you at whatever level to welcome you home. Reach out and be at peace...He meets you. Goodnight friends...

Teacher in Everyone

2010-08-14T21:37:00.001-07:00

38 Bishop Thorton, St. B's, Paradise Valley, AZ 8-14-10

Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday. ~John Wayne

Enjoy this day from beginning to end. Starting your morning fresh and anew. God bless you. :)

Many Memories

2010-08-13T23:24:00.000-07:00

39 Paradise Valley, AZ, 8-13-10

Ours was a friendship that was based on need. A need to be in each others lives to learn, earn and give to one one another. Now that they have been removed because of circumstances and distance...I miss them!

Even though, the lesson would say: Time heals all and you will survive. The reality is: I miss them! :)

Good friends and people who oddly (no paper evidence) seem to have a molecule of DNA similarities to yours makes memories of 'good times' impossible to forget. I miss them!

Goodnight my buddies of today and friends of yesterday. Big hugs to you all!

Focusing On Love

2010-08-12T23:27:00.000-07:00

40 Pastor Fred Doidge, Scottsdale, AZ 8-12-10

It's crazy how easy it is to get complacent on getting through your day, doing all the things we humans do. Human-doing instead of human beings...(I read that somewhere)? But, all of us have opportunities in our every day walks to enjoy more of what we love most if we find focus on what it is WE LOVE.

For some of you, this might mean, loving the people around you, your spiritual journey or the jobs you are blessed to have. I, personally, have spent years trying to hone in on what it is exactly I want to be when I grow up. Strangely, dappling in too many areas of interest and zeroing in on none, UNTIL now. :) Yes, as perplexing as it sounds, I finally feel like I get it!

Taking pictures today of this model to the right, Pastor Fred, I had the best time! Outside, with no lighting issues and free to capture the twinkle in the eye and giggle in the cheeks. It was f-u-n! I'm totally a headshot photographer! One on one and open to exposing positive energy in two peoples lives. It was the ultimate validation to finding my niche'. I hope you all find focus on what you love and get to grow up being the human you desire! Love and hugs friends!

Bottoms Up!

2010-08-11T21:14:00.000-07:00

41 Brilliant Baby Products-Fuzzi Bunz Diapers, Paradise Valley, AZ 8-11-10

Even the woodpecker owes his success to the fact that he uses his head and keeps pecking away until he finishes the job he starts. ~Coleman Cox

Lesson of the day: Do your best always. If it is more they seek...Let them look. :)

Blessings friends!

Noodle Blur

2010-08-10T17:02:00.000-07:00

42 Paradise Valley, AZ 8-10-10

24 Brown Eggs

5 Cups Flour + (2) 1/2 Cups of Flour

Combine ingredients until you form one ball. Break it off into four parts and then roll out each section to a very thin and flat circle. Cut strips and lay out on white table cloth for hours to dry out. Add to broth or bag into quart size ziplock bags for freezer storage and later use.

~Noodle recipe from Brenda Stephan's Mommy

OMG...What was I thinking? HOURS later, still in jammies, flour all over me, my face, the floor and anything in the kitchen within arms reach of rolling the noodles. Made hundreds of noodles like I was running a soup kitchen. Sooo, speaking of soup...On the stove top, I started a full chicken to boil and thought for the amount of noodles, I needed another pot of broth. One more time friends...OMG!!!

Skip forward and take note, I have chicken soup for an army. I'm exhausted and have filled my freezer with gallons of chicken noodle soup. When you visit next...remember, chicken soup is good for the soul!!! Hahahahahaha....Laughing myself to sleep. Goodnight friends.

Water'marc' Yourself

2010-08-10T07:50:00.001-07:00

43 Ryan N., Phoenix, AZ, 8-9-10

Just learned a valuable lesson which was way overdue in business. Listen up, and never be duped today with the high technology of tomorrow...ALWAYS WATERMARK YOUR WORK OR VALUE YOUR PERSONAL PROPERTY ENOUGH TO IDENTIFY IT AS YOURS.

I never knew that people could take your pictures or words of writing from facebook and totally make them their own? Why is this disconcerting? Well, when I've worked 1/2 hour to an hour on a single picture and proudly post it to facebook to then have it downloaded to my friends computer and then uploaded to his facebook and titled, "My Pictures"...It's crazy. "His Picture Album" are all MY PICTURES!!! What is really weird is that there is no loyalty and credibility required? :( Don't worry, it's only a lesson, not a setback. A compliment of sorts that he wants to use my pic's as his is cute, really. So, thank you Marc...from this day forward...Facebook will have silly pictures unmarked as candids...Anything of sincere personal property and possible future sales, will have watermarks all over the face and front. I do love learning...sincerely. Especially, by those I love and who are in my circle of best buddies. :) Goodnight friends...

Lake Lovin'

2010-08-08T14:12:00.000-07:00

44 Bartlett Lake, AZ, 8-8-10

Sometimes... The moments are really just about being there and being aware. Awesome!

Rivers of Wet

2010-08-07T20:54:00.000-07:00

45 Stained Glass, Prescott, AZ 6-7-10

Most people are searching for happiness. They're looking for it. They're trying to find it in someone or something outside of themselves. That's a fundamental mistake. Happiness is something that you are, and it comes from the way you think.

~Wayne Dyer

Seriously Painful

2010-08-06T12:58:00.001-07:00

46 Wind Chime, Prescott, AZ, 8-6-10

If I had to choose between pain and nothing, I would choose pain. ~William Faulkner

No, this quote is way off...I would not choose pain, I would choose pain killers!!! i.e. Vicadin...Seriously, friends, pain in the rotator cuff that needed medication to sedate a 3,000 pound horse. OMG... I was dying.

Thank you 4 shots of tequila, 1 vicadin and the love of rest from my honey. I am dying!!! Must get to doctor tomorrow!

Baby Big Girl

2010-08-06T12:57:00.000-07:00

47 Tucson, AZ, 8-5-10

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. ~Albert Einstein

It was 28 days after a surgery to remove endometriosis and a doctors grim prognosis on the likelihood that I could conceive...Just 28 days to understand the hope of a miracle. 9 months later, the gift of experiencing a miracle as she entered the world 7-18-91.

19 years later, I'm setting that miracle up for her 2nd year of college. And although some of you might read into the notion that the ultimate miracle is that she graduates from school...hee hee, no, my friends, of all the miracles regarding this angel, the one I'd like to make note of today is mine. As I look over her new room, her new surroundings, her new life, I finally understand the beautiful miracle for me is that my baby big girl is all grown up!

Here's to you seeing all the miracles in your life and hoping for more! Blessings friends.

Bring It In

2010-08-04T20:29:00.000-07:00

48 Paradise Valley, AZ, 8-4-10

Whatever you can do, or dream you can -- begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. ~Goethe

Honey Anniversary

2010-08-03T15:09:00.000-07:00

49 Paradise Valley, AZ 8-3-10

Honestly, doesn't this ring look like a tiara? It's ironic because when Scott asked me to marry him, I was involved in a pageant and told him the crown of being his wife would have to be after a reign of being Miss Hawaii. Wishful and positively thinking perhaps, because when the title of 3rd Runner-up was bestowed upon me, I looked out at the audience and found my unofficial fiance grinning from ear to ear.

I raised my 'un-ringed' finger in the air and mouthed the words, "I do". The picture of my ring is my crown that I've carried for 26 years today. And even though our discussion over our, "It's tradition" dinner at The Chart House was a little rocky because of our aging understanding and financial issues are confusing, I wouldn't change a thing. He is my rock. (No pun intended) :)

I love my husband and what we have accomplished together. He is honestly, my better half! Goodnight and God bless you friends!

Birthday Happy

2010-08-02T23:32:00.000-07:00

50 Paradise Valley, AZ 8-2-10

You're never too old to become younger.

~Mae West

Compatibility

2010-08-01T22:06:00.000-07:00

51 Our Backyard at Dusk, Paradise Valley, AZ, 8-1-10

Seems easy enough, after ALL these years...To sit outside in the backyard, sip on a cocktail and share a little of life's moments. Yes, easy is as easy does...

We took the glasses and cheered to our upcoming anniversary and the world we had created together and then stared into each other's eyes and knew the the pretend egg shell we'd created was very close to breaking.

In life, it's oh, so easy to see what's wrong and AMAZINGLY DIFFICULT to believe in what's right. Time makes for cynic attitudes and hardened hearts. Even as I type these words, I hope and wish for you the softness of movement that mimics the angelic appearance of the puffy cloud in the distance. Pretty, etherial and magical. Find and stay true to what is right! Honestly, it is just that easy...Goodnight friends.

Rainy Days&Mondays

2010-07-31T18:22:00.000-07:00

52 Paradise Valley, AZ 7-31-10

Sadness needs its own time to be.

~Karen Berry

He's Home...

2010-07-30T21:04:00.001-07:00

53 Cactus Needles, Paradise Valley, AZ 7-30-10

May you have the two greatest gifts of all...

someone to love and someone who loves you. ~John Sinor

Restless Ready

2010-07-29T23:58:00.001-07:00

54 Devils Martini (Photo taken last week), Scottsdale, AZ 7-29-10

Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. ~Philip K. Dick

Tutor Me

2010-07-28T18:52:00.000-07:00

55 St. Barnabas at Dusk, Paradise Valley, AZ, 7-28-10

Always try to associate yourself closely with those who know more than you, who do better than you, who see more clearly than you. Don't be afraid to reach upward...such associations will make you a better person. ~Dwight D. Eisenhower

Lesson of the day: You are who you associate with :)

Guard Your Tongue

2010-07-27T21:37:00.001-07:00

55 Tongue Model, Paradise Valley, AZ 7-27-10

The woman sitting across from me was carefully dressed, monochromatic in beige with just the right drop pearl earrings. Her hair was piled on her head with a coiffed bun and revealed just the tiniest pieces of gray escaping their place. It was a bit unnerving as she looked me straight in the eye and began a series of "reads" she had about me.

Since I've often 'felt' certain things about my friends and loved ones that could be considered "reads", I wasn't afraid of what she might say in as much as I was aware of how my own experiences of doing the same was perceived. As she began with rapid speed accuracies, I began to slowly categorize her words in bullet format. It was an experience to say the very least, but the one lasting epiphany from the moment was when she said, "You have a gift with words"..."Be aware that what you say, people will hear and so guard your tongue". Huh? Guard my tongue?

"Yes." She repeated and then said this, "There is an angel which sits upon your tongue. Watch what you say and how you say it, else this angel will have to leave and only return when it is sure you are speaking with love". :)

I love this imagery...And have HONESTLY changed my cursing to be only at extreme moments of frustration. Hahahahahahaha...Oh, but be sure, I do think about my angel leaving me and it makes me sad. Guard your tongue friends. :)

Future Revealed

2010-07-26T20:08:00.000-07:00

56 Scottsdale, AZ, 7-26-10

The future we study and plan for begins today. ~Chester O. Fischer

Scripture Reading

2010-07-25T09:09:00.000-07:00

57 Picture taken 02-10 at Chapel Rock, Prescott, AZ, 7-25-10

Luke 10:38-42

While Jesus and his followers were traveling, Jesus went into a town. A woman named Martha let Jesus stay at her house. Martha had a sister named Mary. Mary was sitting at Jesus' feet and listening to him teach. Martha became angry because she had so much work to do. She went in and said, "Lord, don't you care that my sister has left me alone to do all the work? Tell her to help me!"

But the Lord answered her, "Martha, Martha, you are getting worried and upset about too many things. Only one thing is important. Mary has chosen the right thing, and it will never be taken away from her."

All Smiles!

2010-07-24T13:32:00.000-07:00

58 Holly R., Scottsdale, AZ, 7-24-10

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. They are but trifles, to be sure, but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable. ~Joseph Addison

Uniquely You

2010-07-23T16:55:00.000-07:00

59 Hands, Paradise Valley, AZ, 7-23-10

Don't undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. It is because we are different that each of us is special. ~Brian Dyson

Spider Ways

2010-07-22T20:44:00.000-07:00

60 Model Spider, Anacortes, WA, Photo Taken by Elizabeth Schatz, 7-22-10

Icky...I tried to study up on the spider to give you, my followers, some clever academic information on this hideous creature, but alas, I do not like this creepy crawly thing and my studies rendered my preconceived notions as accurate and without merit for further fact finding.

If you have knowledge that would make me think differently, I would be open and willing to hear your thoughts. Otherwise, consider this insect the same as the loathsome human who crawls around looking for lesser to prey upon. Ugly, dark and even though small in comparison to the environment around them, dangerous to those who dare to encroach on their territory. :) Sounds like some old boyfriends of mine? Hehe...Goodnight friends.

Goal Again

2010-07-21T21:09:00.000-07:00

61 Sica Shoes, Taken 5-09, Epiphanized by Manny Fimbres of E2D, Paradise Valley, AZ 7-21-10

I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning. ~J.B. Priestly

Don't be afraid to set the 'goal' again. Push on knowing that today, this day, you are starting fresh one more time. It's good to begin anew! :)

Word Value

2010-07-20T22:02:00.000-07:00

62 Page from my Grandma's book draft, "A Candle Burns", Paradise Valley, AZ 7-20-10

Have you ever been with someone who sang you a song of false truths? Someone who seemed honest and legitimate with their words, but in reality, just said anything to get what they wanted...

Take note of this simple lesson here: Swallow your dose of bitter medicine on lesson learned and write in your journal of experience the words, "No Repeat". :)

Goodnight my friends...

Travel Woes

2010-07-19T18:26:00.001-07:00

63 Seatac Airport Window Art, Seattle WA, 7-19-10

Be still.

Stop thinking.

Feel.

Take action.

Visualize.

Repeat...

My Baby's Birthday

2010-07-18T22:54:00.000-07:00

64 Alexa V., Anacortes, WA, 7-18-10

Butterfly Kisses Tutu

2010-07-17T23:44:00.000-07:00

65 Marion Lunsford 9-10-12 ~ 9-5-09, Anacortes, WA, 7-17-10

Think not of death as the extinguishing of life, but rather the snuffing out of a candle because dawn has come. ~Anonymous

Family Forever

2010-07-16T15:04:00.000-07:00

66 Anacortes, WA, 7-16-10

Family faces are magic mirrors. Looking at people who belong to us, we see the past, present, and future. We make discoveries about ourselves. ~Gail Lumet Buckley

Point Me Home

2010-07-15T09:34:00.000-07:00

67 Alexa V., Calgary, Canada-Anacortes,WA, 7-15-10

The past cannot be regained, although we can learn from it; the future is not yet ours even though we must plan for it...Time is now. We have only today. ~Charles Hummell

Calgary Cowboy

2010-07-14T11:31:00.000-07:00

68 LexiLoo & Cowboy Brett, Calgary, Canada, 7-14-10

"Isn't it amazing how you never stop loving some people...You just learn to live without them". ~Alexa Vogtritter

Rodeo Ready!

2010-07-13T10:33:00.001-07:00

69 Jessica C. @The Stockyard Bull Riding, Calgary, Canada, 7-13-10

Does it ever feel like sometimes you can just try too hard? That no matter what angle you seem to come at to try to reach the pinnacle, you stumble.

So, it is with this rodeo business here in Calgary. The first day Alexa and I arrived, we went to skybox viewing of a 'Penning' event with Jennifer and her daughter, Jessica. Second team in the competition had the female rider thrown from her horse; The very same horse then had a heart attack, fell on her broken body and seized till it's death. :( Both the riders father and brother were in the competition with her and jumped off their horses to run to her side. The horse was covered with a tarp and taken from the arena. The rider was taken by ambulance to the emergency room and was hospitalized with bleeding on the brain. Prayers and blessings for the rider, Amy Carter as she recovers from horrific accident.

We never went to another event for the week we were in Calgary and thought ourselves bad luck pennies indeed. But, the real lesson about all our experiences, was it wasn't the external noise of an event, party and bar that we attended that brought us closer together, but our own personal moments of reflections. Understanding that when something is being pushed and feels hard, allow yourself to be open to the areas of soft. Being rodeo ready for what ever way the bronco bucks. Goodnight friends...

Fragile Friend

2010-07-12T23:28:00.000-07:00

70 From Airplane Window, Calgary, Canada, 7-12-10

Grace is God reaching down.

Faith is Man reaching up.

Calgary Communications

2010-07-11T05:47:00.000-07:00

71 , Calgary, Canada, Jennifer & Jessica C., Business Card made by E2D, Manny Fimbres, 7-11-10

Cross communications and helping one another be uniquely brilliant is exciting! Meet two up and coming rising stars into the world of virtual internet. Follow along as they take you on weekly adventures that are absolutely more than entertaining!

So proud of my buddy, Jen and her gorgeous daughter, Jessica!

Cruisin'2Calgary

2010-07-10T15:47:00.000-07:00

72 Part of Painting by Diane Rogers, Paradise Valley, AZ

If we are ever to enjoy life, now is the time, not tomorrow or next year...Today should always be our most wonderful day. ~Thomas Dreier

Always Sweet

2010-07-09T22:41:00.001-07:00

73 Deanna H., Paradise Valley, AZ, 7-9-10

This past week I have had a friend with her family visiting from my home town. She was a classmate in High School and our interactions then were within the confines of a typing and shorthand class, (yes, they did have those types of classes back then) and over the years we have seen each other possibly only a handful of times.

Ask me how then when we meet again, I feel as if we melt our words into synchronized sentences and finish each others thoughts? I wonder if it was our letters over the years that cheered on the successes of life or sustained our difficult family, health and financial times? But, no matter the reasoning, the outcome is I love and cherish her.

I hope that each of you has a special someone who is not in your physical space all the time, but is clearly an emotional balance for you. Life is just so much sweeter in all ways because of my friend, Deanna. Goodnight friends...

See Me

2010-07-08T23:12:00.000-07:00

74 Olivia, Paradise Valley, AZ 7-8-10

How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone. ~Coco Chanel

Still...

2010-07-07T21:06:00.000-07:00

75 Brat1, Paradise Valley, AZ, 7-7-10

Have you ever felt that no matter how far you go in truly achieving a personal goal, there is still this tiny piece of self doubt that wishes you could slump back to the default of what was easier and/or desired because of habit?

Stay true to your personal achievements by always looking at what you've accomplished and not what you haven't completed. You are amazingly focused and strong friends...Keep your eye on the target!

My Heart

2010-07-06T23:13:00.000-07:00

76 Olivia, Paradise Valley, AZ 7-6-10

Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes. ~Carl Jung

Life's Lessons

2010-07-05T22:59:00.001-07:00

77 Parasailing in MX for Fathers Day 6-20-10, Scottsdale, AZ, 7-5-10

"What is the age of the oldest participant you have ever had who has actually gone up in the air and completed this ride"? The question was posed by Scott's Dad as we were exiting the 1,400 feet in the air parasail ride in Mexico. The man looked at my Father- in-law and responded seriously, "75 years young, Senor".

With his biceps exhausted from muscle fatigue and fingers still white with gripping the chest straps attached to the parachute, Scott's dad could barely contain himself. His eyes were wide open with excitement and his demeanor truly giddy from experiencing something his wife back in the hotel room would have surely forbid him to do, Robert Vogtritter proudly exclaimed, "I'm almost 82"!

All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on. ~Havelock Ellis

The lesson of the day: Don't be too old in your thoughts to forget how young you are in your heart! Happy day friends...

Happy Fireworks?

2010-07-04T19:16:00.000-07:00

78 Passion (Our Dog), Paradise Valley, AZ, 7-4-10

After a few sparklers hit the Arizona skyline and there were bursts of thunderous noises, our poor doggy was all about retrieving into the blanket found in our family room. Safely tucked under its protective lining, I looked over and thought, if only it were that easy?

When there are moments of sheer terror or just an inability to control our circumstances, remember these words:

We cannot choose the things that will happen to us. But we can choose the attitude we will take toward anything that happens. Success OR failure depends on your attitude. ~Alfred A Montapert

Allow a paradigm shift to take place in your mind by allowing your attitude to see the good in your perceived bad. Happy fireworks friends!

Cloudy Conversations

2010-07-03T21:46:00.000-07:00

79 Paradise Valley, AZ 7-3-10

When we are no longer able to change a situation...we are challenged to change ourselves. ~Viktor Frankl

"Pair" amore'

2010-07-02T16:44:00.000-07:00

80 Modern Steak, Fashion Square Mall, AZ 7-2-10

A little secret to any relationship seems to be in treating the disasters as incidents and none of the incidents as disasters. ~Harold Nicolson

Posing Peace

2010-07-01T12:43:00.000-07:00

81 Summit Yoga, Scottsdale, AZ, 7-1-10

Complimenting the yoga instructor on the way out of my first trial class, she leaned in close and whispered, "You are very strong". (This is what I heard; You are a big girl in a tiny girl world and you need to lose weight). :~0

Really...If you want to sweat off your back end and feel muscles you thought had died years ago, I highly recommend a Bikram Yoga class! This particular one included current music choices and a quote for the day, I was instantly a fan! Here is what the teacher spoke as we lay in a "named" (I can't remember) position which is basically on your back looking dead-like:

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity...It turns problems into gifts, failures into success, the unexpected into perfect timing and mistakes into important events. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision of tomorrow. ~Melody Beattie

Thank you friends for being you and being there. Love you all.

Olfactory Challenge

2010-06-30T23:40:00.000-07:00

82 Harkins Theater, Scottsdale, AZ 6-30-10

My brother by marriage, Chris Hanson, started a new company, Aromyx Corporation. Inspired by his website...today's homework for the day, The Olfactory Challenge? Find something to photograph that when you see the picture, you think of the smell simultaneously with the visual.

Are you smelling popcorn???

www.aromyx.com

Revolutionary Advances in Olfactory Biosensor Technology
Aromyx Corporation is developing proprietary technology that will enable the discovery and design of unique olfactory products – for appetite control, pheromone-based behavioral cues, flavors and fragrances, and to spur consumer buying and otherwise affect the human brain and human behavior.

One Drinky Poo

2010-06-29T23:22:00.000-07:00

83 Scottsdale, AZ, 6-29-10

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else; and for everything you gain, you lose something. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Whisker Soft

2010-06-28T23:41:00.000-07:00

84 Feral Kitty, Paradise Valley, AZ, 6-28-10

Peacefully scoop in the minutes of your day that seem ever so easy and "whisker soft"...

Because as difficult as some trials are at this time, hold fast to the reality "That this too shall pass"...

It really will get better friends...

Big-hugs-love

Revealed

2010-06-27T23:27:00.000-07:00

85 Ra Restaurant, Scottsdale, AZ, 6-27-10

Do you ever feel like you are a mess? Just making a mess of things and the more you try to clean up, the more messy you become?

Face it friends, we are of human flesh which makes for experiences that cause us to be simply put, "A Mess". I keep thinking I'll personally be able to overcome and rise to the top of my shortcomings, but sadly, I cannot. :(

I carry my humble, sinful, horrible choices across my countenance like a pocketful of sand. Kind of hidden, but burdensome none-the-less. The sermon today was of "Resting in Christ's peace". Planting your roots on that which is of your good. Placing focus on what you can do that is right and growing your fruit from your tree of goodness.

Knowing we are all a mess, try to reveal your light from within and find God's peace in what you are doing that is right. Goodnight friends.

Moon Over Paradise

2010-06-26T22:02:00.000-07:00

86 Moonlight, Paradise Valley, AZ, Photoshopped and Filtered, 6-26-10

"Go outside and look to the East where you will see the most beautiful full moon"! With my camera in hand and phone still attached to my ear, I ran outside as commanded and shot this perfectly round shaped moon.

Don't you just love when others know you so well that they completely identify your obsessive need to shoot the 'perfect' moon. Oh, okay, maybe you don't want the ultimate moon shot, but I did and my husband calling from California to usher me out to capture this moment was beyond sweet.

Give thanks for those in your life who step beyond themselves to allow you to find your "moon over paradise" experiences. :) Love you honey!

Point Taken

2010-06-25T22:51:00.000-07:00

87 Marriott Camelback Spa, Paradise Valley, AZ, 6-25-10

Life is too short to wake up with regrets. So love the people who treat you right. Love the ones who don't treat you right, just because you can. Believe everything happens for a reason...
If you get a second chance, grab it with both hands. If it changes your life, let it.
Kiss slowly.
Forgive quickly.
God never said life would be easy. He just promised it would be worth it.

Mexico Blues

2010-06-24T19:46:00.000-07:00

88 Nuevo Vallarta, MX-Paradise Valley, AZ 6-24-10

Home today, leaving my Silent Retreat Resort behind. Doesn't the picture showcase what hell I might have had to endure? :)

Things don't change. You change your way of looking, that's all. ~Carlos Castaneda

I've already spanked myself for not doing what I write about constantly, which is...Capture the moments by photographing and publishing your best shots.

My focus was all off for my holiday of quiet and only because I didn't choose it. What might have been my words, had I been the one making the request for such a time to reboot and center myself? Remember to let go of the control long enough to see the beauty before you. Goodnight friends...I'm happy to be home.

Stone Silence

2010-06-23T09:52:00.000-07:00

89 Stone Statue, Nueve Vallarta, MX 6-23-10

That's it my friends...Someone can take the candid camera off my existence here. I am very ANTI SILENCE and somehow I have been cast to this exclusive resort knowing no one and wishing to know no one; Alas, my predicament.

What predicament, you ask? (Clearing throat) Weeelllll....I, apparently, am on a silent retreat that I didn't sign up for? It's weird when you don't use your voice? I wonder do your jaw muscles atrophy in a few days of not moving the tongue to talk?

My phone is without service and there is not a stitch of internet service except by the pool and it is very hit or miss. Yes, yes, I know...Some of you reading this are scoffing my silliness at being quiet and I'm at a beautiful hotel...But, HELL NO...It's scary to be stone silent. Ugh...I'm ordering another drink just so I can assure myself that I have vocal chords. Hee hee Love and Hugs Friends. Wish you all were here.

Show & Shell

2010-06-22T12:32:00.000-07:00

90 Neuve Vallarta, MX, 6-22-10

The beautiful part about being secluded, alone and 'muted' vocally is your observation skills escalate to new heights! For the first time in my ENTIRE life, I looked around the pool today and noticed:

Every body type possible...Pimpled, dimpled and wrinkled skin. Great bodies, sad bodies and all in between. Fake boobs, real boobs, much needed lifting of boobs. Tatted & hairy backs. Hairy legs, toes, arms and noses. Doubled over bellies, washboard 6 packs and distended middles. You name it, I saw it and you know what? It's all just an exterior shell.

Why is this amazing and earth shattering after all these years? Because I've been all too consumed with my own personal flaws to recognize the world over has them too! :) Lord have mercy...I ripped off my bathing suit coverup and paraded around the pool as if Hollywood was paying me to do so! Free yourself Friends if you haven't done so in the past...I truly don't think anyone really cares. Be healthy and love the skin you're in!

This Same Chair

2010-06-21T14:03:00.000-07:00

91 Beachside, Puerto Vallarta, MX, 6-21-10

It is what the camera captures, isn't it? Or is it what you choose to point the camera at? Here is my choice today and I think it represents my emotional neediness fairly well. :)

Hard to be sad and lonely in Mexico with the waters edge in front of you, the feel of a soft breeze against your face and the sound of waves spilling over itself in the background...But, that I am.

Instead of seeing how awesome the moment is, I'm out and out choosing to be woeful in my movements and wishing I was with friends or family to enjoy the views and frolic in the water. Call me brat and unable to sustain 5 minutes of alone time with any cheerfulness! :) Lesson of the day...Change the picture you take with the image you want. :) It's beautiful here friends!

Boys Rule

2010-06-20T19:19:00.000-07:00

92 Larry S., Puerto Vallarta, MX, An inversion of colors on Larry and Photoshop of sunglasses, 6-20-10

Just boys having fun on this special day!

Happy Fathers Day to all the Daddy's out there!

Volleyball Vixen

2010-06-19T18:55:00.000-07:00

93 Meagan, Puerto Vallarta, MX, 6-19-10

New friends are almost easy here in Puerto Vallarta. Why not? Light conversation, poolside cocktails and plenty of sand volleyball. Everyone is your new BFF.

This pictured cutie patootie was a 2 hour volleyball tournament teammate, but overly gregarious and memorable for being genuinely unique.

It's always a blessing to meet and get to know someone who knows who they are. Be yourself friends, it's a good thing. Goodnight...

Bumps Again

2010-06-18T15:55:00.000-07:00

94 Sunflower, Puerto Vallarta, Filter-Curved, Painted Sky, 6-18-10

What is it about the sun in Mexico that totally refuses to just tan my skin, but somehow turns my arms into mirror images of a sunflower center? Grrrr...

Scott's first buddy arrived today for the week long "boys golf" outing for the year. Bo and I move down the road to a new hotel, Alexa left for home and I'm beginning to see what a mistake I might have made in not accompanying my baby girl home.

Very lonely and sad without her. Lesson of the day: Too much of a good thing, REALLY is too much. Goodnight friends...

A Favorite

2010-06-17T17:40:00.000-07:00

95 Seahorse Statue in the Center of Puerto Vallarta, MX, PS Filter-Invert, 6-17-10

Seahorses are truly unique, and not just because of their unusual equine shape. Unlike most other fish, they are monogamous and mate for life. Rarer still, they are among the only animal species on Earth in which the male bears the unborn young.

Did you happen to read that...They mate for life and the ONLY animal species on Earth in which the male bears the unborn young. I LOVE THE SEAHORSE!!!

When Scott and I first married, I would compulsively collect seahorse jewelry & figurines simply because I loved their ballet-esque existence and found the concept of once mated, they would stay together for life a marker of hope for my own relationship.

How good is God to give us one species on this entire earth that really and truly will stay devoted to the other for their their whole life. God is sooo good!

Flowers Edge

2010-06-16T21:32:00.000-07:00

96 Sky Preferred Flowers Edge, Puerto Vallarta, MX, 6-16-10

When you look for the edge and the sky is all you see, how bad can it be? Think about it?

Seek the edge of your brilliance...

Hugs friends.

Blossom Awesome

2010-06-15T20:56:00.000-07:00

97 Front Side of Bloom, Puerto Vallarta, MX, 6-15-10

Favorite line of the day from new friend, (20 year old) Jordan:

"When in Mexico, standards go to a different low"...

:) That's just funny considering it's always about perspective.

Here's to you knowing your beautiful bloom no matter where you are temporarily rooted!

Remember Me

2010-06-14T21:15:00.000-07:00

98 Other Side of Bloom, Puerto Vallarta, MX, 6-14-10

Painful. Standing at a chest high counter top trying to type out something of meaning or relevance about the picture to the right...

I think for the rest of the week, you shall see photos and no words. Forgive me my faithful followers but this typing at weird angle of computer has me discombobulated.

The flowers here are more than amazing...Maybe I should photograph a series of the gorgeous visuals? I mean seriously, they are at every other step around this awesome vacation spot called Paradise Village. We'll see...Goodnight my friends. Lots of love.