the day dawned crisp & bright. i walked to the edge of the bluff in my pjs, raised my arms to the sky, and said "good morning world!"
i padded around the garden and admired all the little live things.
made some coffee.
the sky & water shone.
finished the last page in one of my sketchbooks, and cracked open a new one.
waved to my favorite neighbors.
found another interesting staircase.
did a lot of this.
reading staring thinking
dottie arrives tomorrow! she loves the ocean more than anyone i've ever known. i can't wait to see her face when she sees the view.
the winter session of sketchbookery starts bright & early tomorrow morning. as soon as i finish up here i'm heading over there to start turning on the lights. everything should be ready to roll in a couple of hours.
merry christmas pilgrims!
Bellismo blog! A kiss from Italy, Verona, my town.
Amazing pictures! Where are you? I would love to visit there.
Merry Merry holidays for the Moss sisters in that beeootiful setting. Dottie will be knocked out when she sees this place.
We’re really seeing winter here. Hard freeze tonight, expecting freezing temps for New Years Eve…yikes. Expecting 340,000 tourists for it. A major city comes to town by car, train, bus, plane. Craziness. I’d rather be where you are or right here in my chair by the fireplace.
I can’t stop looking at your beautiful photos! What a glorious place on this earth. Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year to you. Now I am off to play with my new pens.
Wow what a view! Merry Christmas to you tooMerry Everything! N
And a lovely day was had by all……that’s all that comes to mind. All I can do is stare at your pics. I’m so happy you are tucked away someplace special and grand and that you are surrounded by everything you love and that you love to do. That is all that matters. Your delight is utterly contagious and I for one am glad to have been touched by it. Dottie and you are gonna have an awesome time together.
I don’t have to wish you to have a beautiful, peaceful Christmas – you’re already there! But I will anyway. That photo of the cup of coffee by the ocean said volumes. Looking forward to re-starting Sketchbookery too. Gotta remotivate!
What a glorious place to spend a solitary Christmas. Just you and your thoughts and Mother Natures grandeur. Oh..how delightful, and now you get to share it with Dottie. Dreamy!
Thank you for sharing the beauty in far away places!!! WOW, it is truly magnificent and interesting details of this little blue ball we live on! Merry Christmas and JOY AND PEACE to you now and through the year to come! Blessings…
Merry, merry, Mary Ann …
and you , too, Dottie.
That is a little piece of paradise, both within and outside of those windows…
Enjoy…
“In -Joy”
Safe travel when you journey home and Happy New Year to you.
xx
Sass
What a wiew and a wonderful place to be. I would also be staring,thinking and reading in joy and happiness. Merry Christmas and a happy new year from me to you.
Awesome piece of Earth! Wishing you and Dottie all good things there at the beach!
Merry Christmas, Mary Ann! That’s where I want to live. In a house on a bluff overlooking the ocean with stairs leading down to the beach. Have fun, the two of you.
So, so cool!
So, so happy for you, and Dottie soon!
Enjoy and I’ll tag along vicariously!
Merry Christmas, gorgeous photos of your part of the world this Christmas.
Merry Christmas!!! Lovely spot. Heading for key west on Saturday. Can’t wait!!?????
Merry Christmas Mary Ann! Beautiful photos/hideaway! Thanks for sharing.