North Carolina – Living The Seasons

Endless Summer Sky

The sky and water stretch on endlessly in this photograph from the Outer Banks in North Carolina.

Here are some highlights from last year (Nancy’s 2014 Yearbook!): My Favorite Posts Some of my favorite posts from 2014 were: A Gallery of My Daughter Growing Up – this was for a weekly photo challenge on endurance, of which I think parenthood is the ultimate test. Books Everyone Should Read – these are not necessarily my favorite…

I Can Talk For Hours About. . .

Although I enjoy visiting, it doesn’t seem like I spend as much time talking as I do listening. But get me onto a favorite topic and I can talk your ears off (provided you don’t die of boredom because you don’t share my enthusiasm). So for today’s 30 Days of Lists, here are the subjects…

Weekly Photo Challenge: Adventure

The first picture I took in Asheville this summer was the view out the back of my hotel. It was Hour 1 of vacation, the first one I’d ever taken without my favorite boy toy (or sister). I was reluctant to do it, even though my boy toy encouraged me to have some time to…

Things To Nurture This Month

Where do I spend my time and energies? What do I need to focus on to bring along and develop? Wiktionary defines nurture as “that which nourishes; tender care, education, training”. So what do I want to nurture this month? My photography and creativity My soul (spirituality) My body For the next three weeks, those are the things…

Travel Theme: Horizon

I don’t know what it is about new horizons that thrills me so much. It’s the excitement of something new, whether learning or seeing or just an experience of some sort. Wikipedia defines horizon as: The horizon (or skyline) is the apparent line that separates earth from sky, the line that divides all visible directions…

Happy To Be Here

I was happy to see the brown eyed susans flow by my window in Virginia. The trees were brilliant green and so dense, the sky was a narrow blue strip. I was happy to see the yellow daylilies out my window in North Carolina, the sky now wide open with a never ending road. South Carolina’s palm trees gave way to Georgia’s pines, and…