the people by the sea

there is something so peaceful when you are by the sea.
K. asks " do you like the smell of the ocean" i am tempted to say no, the answer i have always given when asked that questions but today i say "yes i do, my mum love's it". these places remind me of my mum very much and my youth as it started to turn into adulthood. I came here long ago, the summer were it all began. i found myself answering an add to work by the sea and before i knew it at seventeen years of age, bags backed, borders crossed i found myself living on the coast, working and falling in love with ocean breezes and the simplicity of my new life. as the summer came to an end and my mum pulled out from the drive way of my summer house, it is then on the drive back through all the seacoast towns that we were not just mother and daughter, but two women each with their own experiences breathing in the same salty air.

seacoast towns

last sunday we decided to visit some of the oldest new england seacoast towns. the weather was perfect. so we headed from newburyport to gloucester, rocky neck and rockport. we discovered many quaint towns in between that we could easily call home. the ocean could be seen at the end of every alley, through every shop window, down every street and hanging at the back of every gallery. we will be headed back to the tent in a few days where i am sure i will be strolling these towns again.

living in a tent by the ocean

yes it is true and loving it. living in a tent. why not staying in a tent or gone camping, why have i chosen to write
i am living in a tent, simply because that is what i am doing. i am not on vacation well that could be debatable, my husband goes to work every morning. we go on with our everyday business the difference is i sleep in a tent, cook on an open fire.

I could use up alot of this post telling you how this came about but i have decided not to get into it except to say, that i did not take into consideration the “what ifs” i could hardly be blamed for it since i have been taught not to, but i am fully responsible for it, yet i believe it is exactly where i am meant to be.

we drove-away from our house on saturday after spending many days and hours cleaning organizing. i wanted it to be perfect for the guest that would be staying at our home. I have many mixed feelings about if i did enough and if the house was good enough. all i knew now was i was exhausted and time had run out. we drove away leaving the lilacs behind. stopped to say by to friends and got the longest overdue mocha. I was relieved i had wanted this moment to come, to tired to beat myself up. K and i chatted as my eyes opened and shut. he took my hand in his and said you are tired ..yes i answered and asked if it was okay to put my feet on the dashboard( a pet peeve of his) and he said of course i stared at my purple shoes facing the sky and shut my eyes again.

Arriving at our destination as the sun started to prepare for it’s exit and the ocean breeze caressed my arm as i swayed it from front to back, i knew it was all going to be okay, perhaps even better than okay.

un marriage impromptu!

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impromptu wedding

i was asked to do a wedding this weekend. the wedding itself was
planned but me taking photographs was the impromptu part!

deep love

ever since i was a little girl is was drawn and moved by horses, i have always felt like there was no other living thing
that understood me more than a horse........and on this day they gave me what i wanted.