More Christmas Photos

Wonderful Paella!

Charlottesville Christmas.....

I'll post more of the pictures. John and Elizabeth, you will have to post some pictures for us.

Christmas Ornament Exchange

The ornament I gave was the silver LOVE....Donna Harris in front is holding...I put a message on the card I made.....The true meaning of Christmas......"For God so LOVEd the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life"

Snowman Fun

Sophie and Peter with the snowman that Peter made over Thanksgiving. He's puffing on his pipe to stay warm!

Etsy artists with a cause

Mom asked me to post the following links to several Etsy artists who are donating all their proceeds for a cause. I've been keeping these in mind for Christmas gifts.

Charity:water's "Water4Christmas" campaign:
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5433598 and
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5875794
(The first artist has some great Christmas ornaments that she cannot keep stocked. . . hopefully there will be more coming soon)

Loux Adoption Fundraiser:
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6457320.

I'd love to know about any others you come across.

local press

Here's a local article in C-Ville that we were just in! They spelled my name wrong in the photo caption but at least it's right in the article!

http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1992004070499680&ShowArticle_ID=11801311081287752

heroes

With a mere 65 days til the new season of Lost starts, I wanted to find out who has been watching Heroes in the mean time? I just finished season 1 tonight and loved it.

just saying hi

Happy Birthday Paul!!

Sinkyone Wilderness State Park

So we spent the last part of our trip on the coast in Sinkyone Wilderness State Park. It is really secluded -- it is about an hour to the nearest town on mostly dirt roads. But it is well worth the trip. Coastal redwood groves are scattered along the way and the final destination is one of the most peaceful, quiet (except for the ocean), beautiful places to spend time in. We were fortunate to be able to rent "the barn", rather than having to tent it. The barn came complete with a porch swing. . .which became my favorite spot to hang out in. We were visited by one of the park's elk herds the last morning that we were there.

We are at the Sacramento Airport waiting to board our plane but I wanted to post a few more pictures before we head out. These are from last Friday when we left the Russian River Valley and drove up the coast to Point Arena. Because it was raining, we decided to spend the night there instead of traveling all the way to our camping destination. I'll post some pictures of that area (maybe at the Atlanta airport) because it was so beautiful!

Cali pics

We're having a good time out here in California. We did a wine tour today -- driving through Sonoma County on two-lane backroads to all these little wineries. It's beautiful here and the wine has been very tasty! We decided to just focus on the pinot noir variety since it grows so well in this region. It also is a variety that Darcy and I have wanted to explore more. Some of the vineyards we visited have up to a seven year waiting list for certain bottlings of their pinot noir. Another serves their wine at the White House. All that to say that the wine here is very sought after and exceptionally good. Unfortunately Darcy still has a cold and can not taste or smell much of it. Talk about bad timing! We might stop at a few more wineries as we head north tomorrow. We are planning on spending the weekend up in the Sinkyone Wilderness area, though it's supposed to rain tomorrow evening so we may not camp until Saturday. We'll keep you posted.

ironic

i found this picture on a design blog i check regularly. thought it was interesting to see john and june cash shades and a boston terrier that looks just like cashus sitting close by. if only these shades were mine...

ideas for our basement

I saw this before/after project on the apartment therapy blog today and thought maybe instead of doing drywall in the basement, this would work. what do you guys think? it would be much easier but i'm not sure it would look as cute in a basement.

A walk in the woods

Another power post. . .

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