Pretty pictures and pandemic ponders.
"It is a serious thing just to be alive on this fresh morning in this broken world” – Mary Oliver
Like many bloggers these days, I'm reaching back for memories of sunny mornings. But they will come again.
"Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather" – John Ruskin
The picture above is from the last time we spent the winter in Oregon — over a dozen years ago. We had a fireplace in the fifth-wheel RV that we lived and traveled in back then. There was a little bit of a hiccup in our plans that season — we weren't planning to spend the winter here, but health- and healing-related events changed that. At least this winter we are mentally prepared (more or less) for cozy winter months. After all, like everybody else, we've been thinking up ways to keep from being bored at home ever since April. Below is what we did one day:
Leftover pictures from a recent country drive
Scarecrow doesn't seem like the right word for the two fashionably-dressed ladies in the top row, but I think they're meant to serve the same purpose. We pulled over so I could take their picture and at first neither of us noticed the real-live-human woman plowing her garden. She waved at us and her protective dog never even barked, but he was sure ready to act had we stepped onto his property (as he should have).
We have another, slightly longer, getaway planned this week as we spend a few socially-distanced days in our tiny trailer.
Gold Beach Oregon 2017
We're looking forward to this year's version of the Thanksgiving holiday – camping on Oregon's south coast.
THANK YOU to the hosts of the following, where I'm linking this week:
MOSAIC MONDAY; NATURE NOTES; THROUGH MY LENS; OUR WORLD ON TUESDAY; TRAVEL PHOTO SOUVENIRS; THANKFUL THURSDAY; SKYWATCH FRIDAY; FRIDAY BLISS; and SATURDAY CRITTERS
We appreciate all visitors and commenters! Thank you.