An Awesome View of Life

One more vacation picture.  More snow is coming tomorrow and these help me to hang on to the warmth just a bit.  (: Kiteboarding is seriously my favorite part of the beach.  Watching these wonderful athletes is a treat, getting to take photos of them is an added bonus. Thank you to all of them for the passion they have for their sport.

Yet another favorite photo from vacation.  I am slowing posting photos hoping to hang onto the vacation for as long as possible. This year the wind was the strongest it has ever been which made taking good photos a challenge.  The kiters were moving so fast.  My camera probably has more bad and almost good photos than good and great ones.  I am so grateful for every opportunity I have to take photos of these amazing athletes.

While sitting on our balcony last week in Florida, we had the privilege of watching this story unfold.  We saw a lady walking two golden retrievers along the beach when one got away from her.  This wonderful lady in the white helped out with one dog while she chased after the runaway dog.   As we watched, the runaway dog proceeded to swim out into the ocean.  Soon we realized his/her "dad" was one of the kiters and was trying to catch up with him.  When dad saw the dog he came ashore so the dog would follow.  This dog was doing some serious swimming out there in the rough ocean just to see dad. I got this one shot of the "good" dog greeting dad but unfortunately didn't get a good shot of the wayward dog bounding down the beach towards dad.   Too sweet of a story not to share.  I thought this was a better thing to do than to react to all of the idiotic political comments being posted on Facebook tonight.  So thank you to thi...

Dragon Wings For some reason when the kites are on the ground they remind me of dragon wings.  This is October 19th's photo.

Make the most of life... This photo represents life and the fears we need to overcome to make it the best life possible.  We need to learn to take a chance or two in life. It's what I plan to do. For the past few weeks I have been worried sick about a dear friend.  I left voicemails, sent text messages and posted on her Facebook wall without any response. This morning she called me.  She was diagnosised with MS about 6 years ago.  She also suffers from seizures which cause her to lapse into a coma.  She suffered a seizure a few weeks ago that has caused her some unbelievable physical limitations.  Speaking was extremely hard for her but she called me because she was worried about me.  She is the most amazing woman I have ever known.  Her strength through all of this is beyond words.  She told me the worst part of where she is right now is the episode was so unexpected.  She was doing so good one day and the next...