-Piano 35 photo at the top of the page -

Just realized - I changed my top photo right around the time that I posted pictures from St. Martin.  Well, the top photo is actually at the beautiful, broad, you-gotta-see-it beach at Kalaloch Lodge on the coast of Washington.  We've stayed there three times and loved it every time - the picture is from a very quiet morning - it was so peaceful!  And for you Twilight lovers out there...this is werewolf country!  (Ha...just started reading the third one again....got stuck last summer and dropped it for a year.  Everybody keeps telling me that the fourth one is great....actually, it's only the 13-15 year olds that keep telling me the fourth one is the best....so I decided to give it a try and slog through the third so that I could finish up that freakin' series....)

More pics! Don't know how to put the text first and the pictures second....so scroll down for a short paragraph of commentary!

Can you believe it?  I came back to the blogging world!  It has been 9 months.....  I would like to show some pictures of my most recent big trip! - St. Maarten/St. Martin - I had a fantastic time and would like to thank my brothers and sisters for giving me such a wonderful and unexpected present - it was just so great to sit on the beach and relax (first couple of days it was hard...when you haven't relaxed in a while, it is easy to forget how! - by the last couple of days I sat on the beach and totally relaxed - it was outstanding).....

Here are some of my favorite pics from the trip - enjoy!