beach sunset

Sint Maarten, NA 

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a few favorites

(very random)

In the Spring of 2011, we re-nested 3 baby barred owls.  This is "Barry," the first baby owl, so named by the neighborhood children.
I blogged about the owls:
Re-nesting 
Baby Owl #2 

I love exploring nature with my camera.  The tiny details of flowers fascinate me.  Sometimes I'm lucky and capture a creature as well.  This photo is my blog avatar which I've used since I started blogging in January of 2009.

I love to hike, especially in the mountains.  This photo was taken at the end point of a hike in Lake Louise, Canada--The Plain of Six Glaciers.  It is one of my all-time favorite hikes.  The scenery along the entire route is stunning.  To the tea house is about 3.5 miles with an elevation gain of 1200 feet. 

photos of the hike on AlbertaWow

I love the beach and the ocean.  I grew up 3 hours from the Eastern shore of the US, so trips to the beach were frequent.  This is a photo of Cupecoy, a beach on a favorite Caribbean island--St. Maarten.  

Alphabe-Thursday, hosted by Ms Jenny, is so much fun!  This week our letter  is "F."  Come visit others' submissions HERE and join in the fun! 



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child + dog

This picture was unintentionally over exposed when taken.  I do like that version, but decided to play with the photo in PicMonkey.  Now it's edited a bit.  To me, this scene seems to have a timeless, ethereal quality. 

It was taken on a trip to the Caribbean island of St. Maarten in Winter 2012.

Alphabe-Thursday, hosted by Ms Jenny, is so much fun!  This week our letter  is "D."  Come visit others' submissions HERE and join in the fun! 


 
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Radomly Favorite Ms

Today I give you some favorites, chosen very randomly, all because they start with the letter M.  (very important as you'll see at the end of this post!)

MAGNOLIA  MACRO

In this Wintery part of the world, who isn't longing for Spring and its lovely, refreshing beauty?! 

SINT MAARTEN

sunset on the beach on a favorite island in the Caribbean.  Does it get any better than this?!

MEOW

All through the night, the kitties bring us their favorite toys.  All the while they softly chant, "meow...meow...meow...meow...meow...meow."

These yellow strips are a current favorite because they're new!  They arrived wrapped around boxes I received in the mail. 

MESMERIZING

mmmm

My friends Claire and Marc got married last August and held the reception at their farm.

I'm linking up with my favorite teacher, Ms Jenny Matlock!  See others' completed homework assignments HERE. Come join in!  This week our letter is "M."



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The End: Alphabet Soup

And so I've reached the end of this odyssey with Alphabe-Thursday.  What a challenge it had been at times to come up with a creative post for the current letter of the alphabet.    I've enjoyed this journey with you, my readers and fellow Alphabe-Thursdayers, sharing our posts and lives.   Thanks, Jenny! (You can click on any of the following links--in blue--to go to that post.)

 

A   Arch Rock, Valley of Fire

B  B is for... Bicycle, of course! 

C  C is for... Cats, of course!

D  Desert Delights

E  Earnest (little white kitty)

F  Freedom Center  →

G  g is for... glass, Chihuly glass!

H  Hummus (a recipe with sauteed carrots and onions)

I island -- Sint Maarten, Netherland Antilles/Saint Martin, French West Indies

J  ....journal and journey....

K  Kauai

L  Lush and Lava (Kauai, part 2)

M Mushroom House (a fantastical house created by Cincinnati architect Terry Brown)

N  Nine Ns (cats--cute)

O  Oliver's Guide to Oases

P  Pi (and Daniel Tammet, autistic savant ↑)

Q  Sail Away #2 (quotes included!)

R  an early love (a very short and incomplete reading memoir)

 

S  a special party (sculpture, too!)

T  tiny turtle →

U  umbrellas

V  Vacation-Cayman Islands

W  wire

X  xeric

Y  Beautiful Yosemite

Z  Z Cloud

Whew!  

THE END

Well, not quite.  There was Rainbow Summer School and my post for the color

Violet.

Thus truly ends my post for "alphabet soup," linking up with Jenny Matlock's meme Alphabe-Thursday.  A new round will be starting next week.  Be sure to visit Jenny's blog ...off my tangent..., and link up.  It's so much fun and you'll be privileged to meet many folks and read so many wonderful posts.   Amazingly, Jenny visits EACH blog EVERY week!!
(This week's link is HERE.)

photos by me © 2008-2011

island

of Sint Maarten, Netherland Antilles/Saint Martin, French West Indies

Pointe de Bluff

entrance to Baie Lounge

Pelican Bay

St. Maarten, a Caribbean island, is the smallest landmass shared by two independent countries--The Netherlands in the South, France in the North.

This is a fun weekly meme, under the direction of Jenny Matlock.  This week, our letter is "I."  Come and join HERE.  You will be amazed at all the bloggy goodness to be found!  Here is Ms. Matlock's submission.



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Sunset Over Cupecoy St. Maarten, NA

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St. Maarten (Pointe de Bluff)

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