Have Yourselves a Merry, Little Christmas

It is Christmas Eve and the year is almost over....
This has been a whirlwind year for me.
I've purchased and renovated a house.
I've taken in a half a dozen wayward teens
and I found my sweet, loving better half!

Life is rich and full
and I am happy and grateful.

My wish for the few who read this:
Have yourselves a Merry Little Christmas!

Peace and Love from my heart and home to yours,
Dixiebelle

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Art in All Things

I see art in everything.......

From colorful router bits........

To the Christmas tree shaped wood pile.......

A mossy brick path.......

and even a winter's sky

It is all around us if we only choose to see.....

Life is art!

More from my Grand Adventure

New Mexico

Bridge over the Hoover Dam

Vegas

Border Patrol

Acorns in holes on a pine tree in California

Mt Laguna hike

Mt. Laguna

Mt. Laguna

Jamul, CA old abandoned house 

Angels leave them behind for us to find

Windswept sky

Sunshine and More

Today I felt the sun warm my face
as I turned towards the heat of it's fire.
It has gently caressed me
while the rays swept across the day.

I am fortunate.
I can escape the confines of the building where I work
slip quietly into the day unnoticed
but for a few moments stolen,
only to return to the shadows within......

Pictures from my Grand Adventure

These pics don't even begin to tell the tale of my two week Grand Adventure out West but only scratch the surface of the 1,200 plus pics I took on the journey. America is so much more vast than I had ever dreamed and this once in a lifetime trip was the perfect way to see some of it! 

The Grand Canyon

Calico California

Steven shooting pics

The Hoover Dam

The Meteor Crater

Hiking in Mt. Laguna

Somewhere in New Mexico

Our newest friend Taylor who hiked with us and slept on our bed!