tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post977688028043649623..comments2023-05-28T02:05:07.525-07:00Comments on The Wilder Coast: photo book: washington state ferriesMelinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16957983479473967228noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post-68615504254653528082015-04-16T15:16:32.161-07:002015-04-16T15:16:32.161-07:00I also just returned from a journey. This one too...I also just returned from a journey. This one took me to Geneva, Switzerland to spend time w/my younger sister and her tribe. Getting to connect w/her and her kids was a gift. From playing Battleship with the nine year old, to hiking in the Alps w/the whole family in snow and 65 degree weather, to getting daily snuggles from small arms, it was wonderful! Being back in the real world of my own life is just a little sweeter from this taste of family.Icinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post-45139848744670577322015-04-16T12:59:46.899-07:002015-04-16T12:59:46.899-07:00Spring is here... At least for today!! I am enjoyi...Spring is here... At least for today!! I am enjoying a glorious 70! Although I love a snowy and cold winter, Spring is always so refreshing! <br />On that note- no complaints here!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07055137122183458463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post-80639193761040077062015-04-14T15:49:06.881-07:002015-04-14T15:49:06.881-07:00@Angie-
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Thank you so mu...@Angie-<br /><br />thewildercoast@gmail.com<br /><br />Thank you so much for looking out!!Melinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16957983479473967228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post-56228712541572817222015-04-14T15:12:47.937-07:002015-04-14T15:12:47.937-07:00Hey woman,
I'm having a shit time finding you...Hey woman, <br />I'm having a shit time finding your email.? <br />I came across a freelance deal and thought of you. I think you may like it. It looks to pay. <br />If you want, shoot me your email and I'll send you the link. <br />You may already do some writing for them, actually. <br /><br />Anyway... Beautiful pics! <br /><br />-AngieSmithShack71https://www.blogger.com/profile/05176301515201652192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post-34780438000403824842015-04-13T14:07:02.958-07:002015-04-13T14:07:02.958-07:00We're doing okay. Things have found a steady r...We're doing okay. Things have found a steady rhythm, a daily routine... Lots of doctors appointments for Kade, squeezed around a trip to Denver for my best friends wedding. <br /><br />It ebbs and it flows! <br /><br />I'm so glad you enjoyed your trip, Lina. That red hair against those tones is incredible!Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17149349622055878138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post-76109544286947141732015-04-13T12:31:23.825-07:002015-04-13T12:31:23.825-07:00I am: standing on the precipice of some long-await...I am: standing on the precipice of some long-awaited life changes. They are big and exciting, AND I've been working toward them for so long, AND they're still up in the air. I'm trying to strike the balance of preparing like mad for each scenario that could happen, and be okay with letting go of whichever ones don't come to pass. So - a lot of holding on loosely. :) Thanks for the stunning pictures and great post!Marielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08572895823628503257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post-24940318896982460452015-04-11T14:13:18.464-07:002015-04-11T14:13:18.464-07:00Things are wonderful here. I live on a farm in the...Things are wonderful here. I live on a farm in the Deep South, so spring is here for us! Flowers are everywhere, our strawberries are doing nicely, our peach, fig and loquat trees are producing fruit and other trees/vines (blackberries, muscadines) are flowering now to produce fruit soon. Our hens are laying eggs like crazy and currently we have a dozen eggs being set on by a few hens and we're probably about 10-20 days from them all hatching (they were marked and put under hens every 3-4 days so we can stagger their hatching). We're waiting on some calves to be born. So spring is definitely upon us and I couldn't be happier! My birthday was this week (33 years young!) and things are going great with my super sweet boyfriend, who I was so lucky to find after my husband passed away 2 years ago at the age of 30. My kids are off on Spring Break so we've been doing lots of activities, library time, bike riding, etc. They return to school Monday and then we're on the countdown for our family trip to Disney! So things couldn't be much better over here!! I'm incredibly happy! Crystal C Kellhttp://asugarcoatedsatansandwich.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post-70176436155474283072015-04-11T13:34:57.276-07:002015-04-11T13:34:57.276-07:00I can't decide what I want. I have two job off...I can't decide what I want. I have two job offers - I AM SO LUCKY - and I can't choose. I lay awake at night, all night, petting the dog's round puppy belly and thinking about where we should go.<br />The Arizona sun feels like home, now.<br />I miss my family, so much.<br />I turn these truths over and over in my mind, until I want to cry.<br />I want someone else to choose and yet I fiercely, definitely, do not.Caithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00957920877842979647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post-83664495136059324712015-04-10T10:15:48.471-07:002015-04-10T10:15:48.471-07:00All is good here in the South of France. The weath...All is good here in the South of France. The weather is beautiful, 70 degrees and sunny. We are definitely in spring time transition. Everything is blooming and my allergies are killer! We are planning our spring break trip. Think we might pop onto a cruise into the Med. Starting in Marseille, headed to Barcelona, Maillorca, Malta then Rome. Your pictures are great!<br />SkittleSkattlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04867308230182714931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post-3674439219672149402015-04-10T09:12:57.587-07:002015-04-10T09:12:57.587-07:00Your posts mean so much to me that I save them to ...Your posts mean so much to me that I save them to read for just the perfect moment where I can fully embrace them and enjoy them. This morning I sit with my brand new pup, his name is Arrow and a cup of coffee in my lap as it lightly rains outside on my newly planted garden. Lots of changes for me lately, wondering if decisions made to this point were in fact right for me. My four year relationship with my partner ended and in the space usually filled by him, I spend on the front porch of my friends house with her and her new baby, I have dinner more often with my friends large family and sit with them as they all talk at once or I spend it doing hill sprints with my ingenious friend who likes to drink margaritas after as a treat. I have my little yellow house to myself now with my little golden dog and little garden. I have so many things to be grateful for this spring that looking back seems so wasteful but still not always easy. Thank you for your wonderful writing as always and allowing me to feel like erasing myself from a situation is something we all feel and making it feel more bearable. Kellinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post-89512932221626156152015-04-10T08:05:09.237-07:002015-04-10T08:05:09.237-07:00These photos are amazing, the red and grey!!And be...These photos are amazing, the red and grey!!And being out at sea, I want that! <br />Life has been crazy it feels like I'm running on the spot. My baby is due well any day now and the "nesting" comes in waves of panic and frustration- must buy 4 door car, must buy 4 door car, the dust on the ceiling fan makes me want to cry and sitting at my work desk all day makes me feet swell up like balloons.. But then I relax the next day and realize I may still have a couple weeks worth of time and that life is about to change forever and it feels so good.. Carey Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09630861886604192963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post-80663751190537311462015-04-09T22:59:35.084-07:002015-04-09T22:59:35.084-07:00I live in Seattle and you visited during one of th...I live in Seattle and you visited during one of the worst weather weeks we have had recently. I feel like it was worse than most of the weather we had in January and February. I'm glad you still had a good time. I'm working like a fiend, trying to save up money so I can take as much time off as I can afford during summer to enjoy the gorgeous Pacific Northwest during it's magic time.Krista C.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post-38951057797491187632015-04-09T09:55:19.610-07:002015-04-09T09:55:19.610-07:00I'm good! So happy to see you post. I'd ...I'm good! So happy to see you post. I'd check out your site every day to see what was new and wonder what you were up to. All is good here in rainy Chicago - but we are expecting a sunny warm weekend. I have a first date on Saturday and we are going hiking. So, I am excited, nervous, and hopeful.Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06945390452297994008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post-82906918773318750022015-04-08T23:41:23.581-07:002015-04-08T23:41:23.581-07:00I'm great! It's been warm and sunny here i...I'm great! It's been warm and sunny here in England which means we all freak out like its a heatwave. Me? I've been out in the garden with hands in the dirt while my boys play around me. Not much makes me happier.<br /><br />Loving seeing Seattle my brother lives there and for the first time this summer I'm going to visit. I can't wait!Sianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15110664157316853976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post-1783615889326426652015-04-08T08:24:14.360-07:002015-04-08T08:24:14.360-07:00I'm glad you are back, and the pictures! Oh- t...I'm glad you are back, and the pictures! Oh- they are lovely! I have little interest in visiting such a rainy place, but your stories and adventures, always told with such beautiful pictures, make me want to go anyway. <br /><br />Currently, I'm okay. My husband got a new job! One that won't require us to move 1/2 way across the country, but it does require a bit of travel from him. Rather, a lot of travel. But, I'm finding excitement in that we are going to be able to travel a bit to meet up with him, and my daughter will see more of the country. Work for me is going; we are in our spring slam of preparing hormonal 8th graders for high school. Some days I feel I need a hazmat suit just to get through their ups and downs and cope with them and my own. But that is just some days, not all the days. So I'm living for those other days. I made an agreement with friends to push myself to be more in the moment, and to celebrate more of those other days and moments, to be more present, which on the hazmat days, is much harder than it sounds. <br /><br />Thanks for the update! (And, thanks for the topic- I needed to write/say all of that.)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18159340695134732599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post-70554882981030349352015-04-08T01:48:52.085-07:002015-04-08T01:48:52.085-07:00Hello - I'm the one with the hyperemesis who i...Hello - I'm the one with the hyperemesis who is expecting my second child. Well a bit of time has passed and I'm into the 2nd trimester, and on a good medication which is helping, and generally doing a lot better. Not perfect, but better enough to take my daughter out to make the most of the nice weather and really enjoy these last few months together with just the two of us :)<br /><br />Also, we had our first scan and saw wee baby number 2 - heart beat strong, kicking away. I've even started to feel some movement. My daughter talks to her little sibling every day. "I love you. Mama loves you. Dada loves you. We're your family."<br /><br />Your pictures are beautiful, I loved looking at them!Smaychelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01241574140139262790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post-24139258311709021512015-04-07T20:46:34.445-07:002015-04-07T20:46:34.445-07:00I'm doing ok. Not getting enough adventures in...I'm doing ok. Not getting enough adventures in, but that may change this summer since I just gave a month's notice to my job! Woohoo!Jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03644429159071282353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post-31494029121815421632015-04-07T20:28:29.234-07:002015-04-07T20:28:29.234-07:00So glad you're back and sharing bits of your t...So glad you're back and sharing bits of your trip west- I so look forward to new posts :)<br /><br />I'm feeling every emotion under the sun. Within the span of a week I got engaged and accepted to grad school. Now, the incredible high (!!) has morphed into being overwhelmed by a list of logistics that need attention pronto (financing for school, wedding date/location/budget, an international move, long-distance house hunting, visa applications.. et cetera). I feel like i'm already behind with almost everything. But. I'm completely awed that I have so many wonderful things happening at the same time. And. I've worked really hard to get to this place, so i'm proud to be here too. <br /><br />And now back to investigating scholarships open to international students :)<br /><br />Emilynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post-67036485128885882792015-04-07T17:05:20.960-07:002015-04-07T17:05:20.960-07:00My spring has been a stomach clenching roller coas...My spring has been a stomach clenching roller coaster so far. My daughter is about to graduate from high school, my husband had to have surgery, my elder son got his driver's permit, our landlord told us we have 60 days to vacate our home, we decided to buy a house, we saw 17 properties and were worried we would end up renting again, found a house we love and are now waiting - waiting - waiting to see if we are going to buy our first home or if we need to lock ourselves into renting again.<br /><br />The up and down of emotions and stress have been exhausting... But, thankfully, the daffodils are blooming and the sun is shining. It's going to be okay.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132346210509828074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post-16668466924233002142015-04-07T11:56:11.505-07:002015-04-07T11:56:11.505-07:00Things are great, thank you for asking! I love yo...Things are great, thank you for asking! I love your pictures of the Northwest. It has been too long since I have visited. Here in the Midwest, it is officially Springtime, so everyone seems more happy and healthy. My family is moving for the first time in ten years, to my childhood home a few blocks away. It is very exciting, but also sad to think that my 3 year old and baby won't remember our tiny little house. I can't think about it without tearing up, and I've been taking so many pictures of them playing on the floor and the stairs and the porch and tiny backyard. I lived in my childhood house until I was in college so I don't know what it is like to have lived somewhere that I can't remember, and it makes me sad for them. But life changes, and I believe this is a good change, great even, so we will take the bad with the good and thank God for all of it.Mary Patnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post-70066458518277793762015-04-07T11:51:21.743-07:002015-04-07T11:51:21.743-07:00I'm happy that I am sticking to my plant-based...I'm happy that I am sticking to my plant-based diet. I am hoping that it works for me to get into better health.<br /><br />I am feeling guilty that I am procrastinating on a long overdue project at work. It is hard and boring and I need it done but I don't want to start.<br /><br />I am excited that I will be going to a new country in 3 weeks. Spain! It has been just long enough since I've been away that it feels like I never travel. And Spain looks so magical. meghanssjhttp://www.ourwaytoeat.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post-47033444240434852472015-04-07T10:44:31.068-07:002015-04-07T10:44:31.068-07:00Things are going well, thank you for asking! For t...Things are going well, thank you for asking! For the first time on a trip home I felt I had advice to share with my mom instead of the other way around - I'm finally in a good place in my life and am making changes that I am really excited about!<br /><br />Good luck on your test! :)Jessicanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post-41958148437164862682015-04-07T09:04:25.853-07:002015-04-07T09:04:25.853-07:00Your blog makes me happy. There are about 15-20 bl...Your blog makes me happy. There are about 15-20 blog I follow and yours always fills me with peace. They all serve a different purpose but your pictures and content...I just can't explain it.<br /><br />I'm...I dunno actually. I'm looking forward to summer when I plan on getting each of my kids their first bike. Pretty sad that my 12,10,8 and 6 year olds don't have their own bikes but money has always been tight. This spring I am saving hard though and we are going to hit the trails all summer. I'm focusing hard on that since winter has been going on forever here in Eastern Canada. As I type, the snow is gently hitting the window. It's rather pretty but I feel like I'm at the starting line of Spring just waiting for the pistol to go off. Pull the trigger Mother Nature!Melveysnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post-46365953280531731332015-04-07T07:11:35.806-07:002015-04-07T07:11:35.806-07:00I am plodding along, making big decisions, feeling...I am plodding along, making big decisions, feeling excitement and anxiety all rolled into one. I'm happy and nervous, yet fulfilled. I've made big decisions that I didn't necessarily like, but they are the right decisions for the time. I'm assured that all will be okay. I'm confident that things will pan out. It's just going to take patience and time...but that's all anything ever takes. Liz Stouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18267806576736655184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593256949311598537.post-18553078559542956282015-04-07T05:08:40.730-07:002015-04-07T05:08:40.730-07:00Lovely. The PNW is on my short list of places to ...Lovely. The PNW is on my short list of places to visit. I'm relieved the stomach bug has come and gone for my little people and we are getting back into a routine that does not involve endless hours of Nick Jr and Disney Jr.Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07313682448942736668noreply@blogger.com