Travels & Photos

Information on our trips and photographs I love to take

Florida Vacation – Gatorland Photos

We made it to Florida – Pops, Libby, Robert, Hunter, Westly and I!! I’m so excited that we are all here!! We’re staying in Lake Buena Vista near Disney Village…er…well, it’s now called Disney Marketplace. This is my first time visiting Kissimmee on vacation!! I mean I did go to High School here, and my […] Read more…

Halloween Picture Fun

In case you’ve missed my Facebook obsession with using PicMonkey to create spooky Halloween photos, I thought I’d share them here. I seriously could spend all day creating these – well, if I had all day. But, you don’t need all day because you can create them quickly too! Even Bubba got in on the […] Read more…

Busy Times – Recent Malibu Trip

Oh my gosh, these are busy times around here….as you’ve probably noticed by my week off of blogging! Not intentional trust me, it’s just sometimes…well, I’m busy living life and there truly is not time to stop and write about it. I’m way behind and have so much to tell. This will be a quick […] Read more…

Party at the Anderson’s

Ready for some fabulous party photos?? Well, not to say my photos are fabulous, but what I was photographing certainly was! I hope you can see what I mean from these shots. (I’m trying to shoot only in manual mode lately, so, please, be kind.) Our friends Mickie and Gibson certainly know how to throw […] Read more…

I Left My Heart….SF

Just some FUN Friday photos today from our day hanging out in San Francisco with the monkeys. I’m still organizing the pictures of the boys goofing off around Fisherman’s Wharf with us. So, today, I’m just posting some scenic pics that I’ve been playing with taken from the bay cruise we went on. City Skyline […] Read more…

Wordless Wednesday – Beach Train

We had a fabulous day taking the Roaring Camp Railroad train to the Santa Cruz Beach and Boardwalk and back. If you’re in the area, I absolutely recommend doing this!     Read more…

Fave 5 Guys!

Were you wondering what happened to my Friday Fabulous Five? Well, this week, my fabulous nephew Ty was in town for a quick visit, so, instead of posting I was enjoying 5 of my Favorite Fabulous guys!! Each one of these cutie pies brings so much love, joy and happiness to my heart there are […] Read more…

Yew Tree Farm – Coniston, England

It’s Wednesday, so it’s photo day – though this one won’t be very “Wordless Wednesday”. Today, I’m heading back to the fun we had on our England tour and our stop at Yew Tree Farm. Yew Tree Farm is located in the beautiful Lakes District and was previously owned by Beatrix Potter! In fact, because her […] Read more…

Friday’s Fabulous Five

Happy Friday everyone!! Here are the 5 Fabulous (in my opinion) standout moments I had this past week – hopefully one or more of them will inspire others to go green and/or try healthier foods and/or support eco-friendly businesses and/or take some time for themselves to be creative and play.  on my list this week […] Read more…

England – Liverpool

Next tour stop – LIVERPOOL! Which basically means The Beatles! At least on our tour it did. We arrived in Liverpool in the late afternoon – just in time for a Beatles tour – and then we promptly left for our next destination in the morning. But being there for just a Beatles tour is […] Read more…

Vegan Love in Chester, England

Back to sharing memories of our trip to England. Next stop – Chester! We weren’t here long – only a few hours – but I’ve been here before and find this town so very precious with it’s black and white buildings – which it is somewhat known for. Chester is one of the best preserved […] Read more…

England Day 3 – Stratford on Avon

As we continued our travels northward from Bath, we stopped for a visit in the town Stratford on Avon. Stratford is best known for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare. He spent much of his life here and therefore it is also where you can find his gravesite. It’s a beautiful little town with many […] Read more…

England Day 3 – Bath

For me, 2 words came to mind on traveling to Bath – Jane Austen! See, I’m a huge Jane Austen fan. I’ve read all her books – numerous times, I might add. I’ve seen all the movies of her books, and movies about her life and movies about others who also love her and her […] Read more…

England Day 3 – Stonehenge

Day 3 of the tour and we’re off to the English county of Wiltshire to visit Stonehenge! Luckily, we are here a day before the Summer Solstice as the site will be closed to the general public this day when 10-15 thousand people typically arrive to celebrate. We did, in fact, see much more than […] Read more…

England Day 2 – More London

Day 2 of our trip and the tour begins. Today we traveled around the beautiful city of London getting to see a lot of the major sites. As you can see in the photo above, the city (and we later saw much of England), is still decorated from celebrating the Queen’s Jubilee! What an exciting […] Read more…

We’re Home from England – Time to Share

Wow, what an AWESOME trip we just had!! It’s hard to believe we’ve been half way across the globe and now we’re back home again! It’s time to share!! First, I’d like to say the trip was amazing. We booked our tour through Virgin Vacation tours (you can also book through Gate 1  Travel) Let […] Read more…

London Photo Play

We leave London today to head to Stonehenge and Bath. Here are a couple more photos I’ve had time to play with using Photoshop on my iPad (yes, I’m being a techie geek even on vacay!)   This is the punk Lollita from the Victoria & Albert’s museums British Fashion exhibit…basically I love this! this […] Read more…

London!

We made it and we’re having a great time! Testing different ways to post from here now, so sorry if this looks a bit funny at times ;) Happy Monday everyone! (yes, I went meatless today…even with having dinner in a pub!)   Read more…

Wordless Wednesday – England/Scotland Memories

Reminiscing over my last trip to England while packing for my upcoming trip. Happy Wednesday!   P.S. if you have a Wordless Wednesday post, please share so I can stop on by to view your photos! Read more…

England/Scotland Trip Preparations

Next week at this time, I will be on a tour of the beautiful city London. I was there briefly years ago on another tour with my mom. This time I head out again with my mom and in addition to Mimi, Jimi (Pops) and our friends Greg and Dianna. This is Pops’s first tour […] Read more…

Leap Into Spring Photo Fun

The incredible women over at Live and Love Out Loud, Bumbles&Light  and Project Alicia have been putting on a weekly photo challenge this Spring called “Leap Into Spring”. If you’ve missed any of it, pop on over to their sites to see all the amazing photos that have been submitted. I haven’t been prepared enough […] Read more…

Wordless Wednesday – Memory Lane

See the beautiful bride above? That’s my Aunt Ellen (she’s also my Godmother). This past weekend, her daughter Amanda (my cousin) got married in a gorgeous ceremony in North Carolina. I wasn’t able to attend the wedding, but was so grateful for Facebook and the ability to follow the day’s events through photographs posted there. […] Read more…