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take me away

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Secret Beach 2

No matter how much I am trying to stay present in this moment of enjoying our summer right here at home, there are days when my heart and soul longs to fly away. To explore and discover the places dreams ar made of. We’ve been lucky enough to have these sorts of summer adventures for the past few years and on days like this, I can’t help but sift through my archives to relive our vacations.

Share with us today the place your heart can soar…a Secret Beach (where this shot was taken on Kauai, circa 2006), a mountain top with a view from heaven, a landscape that sweeps you off your feet…you get the idea. Past or present, take us away to a magical place for the days when only thoughts of escaping will do.

Comments

  2. i’m not near any mountains or oceans. the closest beautifully panoramic thing i can think of is lake michigan in chicago and hour from where i live.

    {i also feel this way about the beaches of long boat key on the gulf of mexico in florida.}

    but the one place i go and feel the most peace and tranquility is to my twin sister’s house on the north side of chicago. she lives in a very large and very beautiful vintage apartment with such a peaceful atmosphere. there are so many windows in this place, it does not matter what time of day it is, light floods in at some part of the apartment. because i am currently unemployed, i have had the opportunity to go there for several days at a time and stay with her. every time, i feel like i am at the most wonderful bed and breakfast far, far away.

    here are some pics:
    http://itsjusthowiseethings.blogspot.com/search/label/my%20sister%27s%20place

  4. always by the ocean (sun-soaked, cloud-covered, moody or sparkly!)…love her.

    thank you for this community of women artists…the inspiration is endless (as is my gratitude).

    as a novice photographer (loving capturing movement)…wondering if you (anyone) would be willing to share your advice/recommendations for a) a good, first digital SLR camera…and b) a favorite digital point and shoot camera…thank you.

  8. i believe we’ve come from a long line of gypsies… my parents took us across canada when i was 14 & i (& they as they are just off for 2 months sailing in greece) have not stopped traveling since! we went as a family to africa (a place i have longed for ever since). more recently & one of my most life changing trips was one where i went to spain & france for 2 months on my own :
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/djbeat/3049525150/in/set-72157609814760493/

    this year with our new babe – we are sticking closer to home (though paris did beckon) – our latest holiday to sonoma & san fran was so special :

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/djbeat/3672685135/in/set-72157617837085219/

  18. http://www.flickr.com/photos/19967463@N00/2162467465/?edited=1

    My heaven on earth is Pfeiffer Beach, Big Sur, California. We live about 2 hours away from it, but I’ve not been there in over a year (due to many reasons, one of which was the heartbreaking fires they had last year). This picture was taken last year. Pfeiffer Beach has purple sand (and white, as you can see) and beautiful green rocks. It is a beach for combing the shore for shells and rocks with holes in, and for dancing.

  20. i have loved looking at everyone’s beautiful places! in summer, i always want to go to family places. i went to my friend’s family place–a very old logging cabin in the woods of central washington, sold by the forest service decades ago in an attempt to make money while controlling growth–in october 2008 and have wanted to go back ever since, in all seasons, but especially summer, when the hiking would be good and the glacier-melt river would beckon me with inner tube in hand. the downstairs has a massive woodstove with an always-hot kettle of water for tea in the cold mountain evenings, and the upstairs is stuffed with beds and divided by calico curtains. what fun it would be!

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/lilybeth29/1812447922/in/set-72157601163253623/

  21. Can you believe it’s been so long since I’ve gotten away to my favorite places that I don’t have any digital photos? All prints. Yep. I love the mountains. And I also often dream of when I lived overseas and my travels. Although I don’t really have a desire to go back, sometimes I get that "wanting to escape/wanderlust" feeling.

    Here is a photo that evokes that feeling, however. Though it’s really not very far from my house.

    http://www.mamaofletters.com/Site/The_Focal_Point/Entries/2009/5/28_I_Could_Walk_All_Day_Down_A_Road_Like_This….html