Tag Archives: vacation
365 Project Day 232: Wish We Could Stay
Posted on 20. Aug, 2011 by maryanne.
Peaceful Reflections
Canon 5D Mark ll, 16-35 2.8L, 16 mm focal length, 6.3 aperture, 1/1600 shutter, 100 ISO
How I wish we could stay here, together in this beautiful place, just outside of time’s relentless pace. But we cannot. Daughters will be leaving for distant lands, and jobs need to be done. We need to go. My heart feels the weight of what lies on the horizon. We will pack up belongings and memories in the morning. I know life must move forward.
How I love this crew.
Three by the Sea
And I am glad I share the boat with this amazing man.
Cap'n Morgan
Back on the road tomorrow. Hope is ever present.
Hope Shining Through
Psalm 33:20 ~ “We wait in hope for the LORD; he is our help and our shield.”
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365 Day 228: Sunset Silhouettes
Posted on 17. Aug, 2011 by maryanne.
Gone Fishing
Canon 5D Mark ll, 16-35 2.8L, 35mm focal length, 4.5 aperture, 1/4000 shutter, 100 ISO
Our first full day of vacation was so restful. I love the image above of Chris and Johnny fishing on the lake at sunset today. It is a picture of how I am feeling on the inside, as quiet and rest spread like the sun stretching across the water to my feet. I am savoring the moments, framing them like precious art. I have decided not to do much writing here this week. Just favorite images.
Here are a few more.
Romans 1:7 ~”Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.”
Tethered
Sunset Excitement
Sister Love
Back Porch View
Quiet Fellowship
Happy Handstand
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365 Project Day 227: Anywhere with you
Posted on 16. Aug, 2011 by maryanne.
Best Seat in the House
Canon 5D Mark ll, 50 1.2L, 5.0 aperture, 1/160 shutter, 160 ISO
I would go anywhere with you. You my family, have my whole heart, my full attention. I have the best seat in the house, as I turn to watch you, listening to your laughter from the back seat. All I have ever wanted is in this one car. All I could ever want again. I would choose you all, over and over to be mine.
Looking forward to a week of life and laughter with you all. Happy vacation week, my sweet and wonderful family.
Perfect Day's End
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365 Project Day 226: Rest and Refresh
Posted on 14. Aug, 2011 by maryanne.
Sweet Nectar
Canon 5D Mark ll, 100 2.8 macro, 3.5 aperture, 1/500 shutter, 100 ISO
Tomorrow we leave for our vacation. I must admit, we need it very much. We have been going our separate ways, as we have milled around in our busy circles. An eight hour car ride should ensure a sense of togetherness, as we journey to Orlando, Florida. It feels bittersweet however, as I am aware Annie will be getting on a plane to Oxford, England a week after we get home. Summer will be officially over. Our five-person family unit will once again be separated. I knew this season was temporary, and I have endeavored to hold on to and enjoy every moment. Still, it goes by quickly. I do believe being grateful in the moments as they come, helps us to hold them and slow time. And so, as we fill suitcases tonight and chat about our plans together, I will let my heart expand and be grateful, breathing in the moments. I will say “thank you” to my Father in Heaven who graciously gives me these gifts, these moments, each a treasure. When I add them up together, I am a very rich woman indeed.
So Chris and I will leave tomorrow to spend a week with our birdies three, counting the gifts one by one. “Thank you, Father”.
James 1:17 ~ “ Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.”
Sipping Sweetly
Peeking In
Take A Ride
Exquisite Design
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Grateful
Posted on 25. Jun, 2010 by maryanne.
This is the view from our balcony this week in Colorado. We are on a family vacation this week. One that I have looked forward to for some time. I have needed the rest so badly. When we first got to our location, my heart fell silent. I couldn’t believe both the extravagance and the generosity of the people who are allowing us to stay in their home. It is, hands down, the most beautiful place I have ever stayed in my whole life.
All I could feel was gratitude. I was so thankful to my Father in Heaven who seems to take delight in surprising me with His never ending goodness. Thankful for our friends who so lavishly gifted us with this week in such a beautiful home. No detail has been left unattended to.
Here is an excerpt from my journal that I wrote after awaking the morning after our arrival.
“That feeling you get as a tear begins to form in your heart and move it’s way from the intangible to the visible – is beautiful and I do not resist it. I embrace it. Yes, I will weep and I don’t have to ask why. Just – cry. It makes me feel alive. I am inside myself- I am living my life and not just carrying the lives of those around me. I am so grateful. A single tear reminds me of all these things. So thankful. I don’t have to figure it all out. I just have to respond and surrender.
When I look at the extravagance of this house, and then the mountains, this blue blue sky, I pause to think that God is so much bigger than any way I could possibly imagine Him to be. I could hardly speak when I got here yesterday. My mind was shut down by the overwhelming beauty, but my heart was saying “yes”. Just “yes”. Isn’t it like God to think of every detail- like when He built the temple- every measurement well thought out, to build something so glorious and extravagant. And then, to give it freely to us, who couldn’t possibly conceive all He had done. ( Jesus eventually represented the temple, also freely given.)
‘ Such things are too wonderful for me, to lofty to attain.’~ Psalm 139:6. But we still say ‘yes’. We say ‘yes’ and ‘Thank You’.”
Enjoy some of the photos I have taken so far of this glorious place. Colorado.
