I don’t know about you, but this is about perfect. A beautiful white wooden church with sand on the floor, blue ocean right outside its windows, sea breezes blowing through…the best of God’s air conditioning. Let’s go…OK? 🙂 Slainte, Lisa
The view just a few steps away…
I love boats, and water, and boats, and water. Hmmm…I see a recurrent theme there. 🙂 Just put me on a boat, big or small and let me move along on some water, big or small, and I’m a pretty happy girl. Sun beating down on your face, sea spray blowing on your face, the gentle or not so gentle loll of the wake against the boat…ahh. One of my very favorite and first memories of boating was with my uncle and cousin when I was young. They had a motor boat on the Potomac and would take our family out in the summer for a picnic on the shore. After dropping off the food and older relatives on the beach, my cousin would take us back out on the water, rev up the motor, and we would fly. He’d hit boat wakes on purpose, and we’d scream happily. Great memories. 🙂 Here are some of our favorite pictures we’ve taken of boats. And if you are on the water today, enjoy every minute! Slainte, Lisa
Boats near the port of Miami
Tender in Half Moon Cay
Cruise ship in the Bahamas
Boats in a row, Killarney, Ireland
Just walk through…it’s waiting…white sand, blue waters, warm breezes.
A bit of Caribbean dreaming for the day. Slainte, Lisa
It doesn’t take much reading between the lines to figure out that I love to travel. I adore planning out new holidays, pouring over travel books and reviews, searching the internet for the best deals. I am a frustrated would-be pilot (maybe one day!), so I love the airport/flying part, the thrill of sitting in the airplane seat, feeling the roar of the immense engines as we tear down the runway for lift-off. I love seeing the new sights, smelling the new smells (well, sometimes) and trying out new foods.
I found a great passage from Last of the Donkey Pilgrims by Kevin O’Hara that encapsulates many of my thoughts:
” ‘Tis the beauty of travel, isn’t it,” she looked wistfully upon her poor but scenic domain, “seeing things you’d never see if you just kicked about the old place. And you’ll take it all home with you, won’t you, these memories, and be all the better for it. Well, be off with your rambling, so, and I’ll keep on with my dreaming.”
“It’s only a half-door you’re standing behind,” I told her. “You could easily hop over it.”
“Oh, I know,” she smiled, “but could I ever hop back in again?”
Enjoy your rambles, planning, and dreaming. Slainte, Lisa
Nod & Bob
I have declared this week to be beach week here on my blog, and to kick it off, I share with you Nod & Bob. They reside in Half Moon Cay in the Bahamas. That’s right, they are styrofoam balls, but if you look closely, they have eyes and very cute noses. My husband and I gave them their eyes when we were happily floating in the crystal blue waters last summer. (Yes, we defaced the styrofoam, but hey, they look much better now!) The reason that I share these two characters with you is this: they are content, they are happy just to nod and bob along on the water. They are rather tied down to their swimming area containment job, but seem to make the best of it. They encourage visitors with their pleasant countenance. And they stick together as friends through it all.
“A friend loves at all times…” Proverbs 17:17a
“…be content with what you have, because God has said, ‘Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” Hebrews 13:5b
So if you head down to the Bahamas and see Nod & Bob, please send them our best!
Slainte, Lisa
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