From the mountains to the ocean.....

I will lift my eyes to the mountains - where does my help come from?(psalm 121:1) This verse came to my mind as I thought back to last weekend.......
I had the blessing of seeing a dream come true for my good friend Nancy! 7 1/2 years ago we attended their church and she started dreaming about a time when I would come to their Ladies Retreat as the speaker!! And here I was.....
Together again....we have met in Michigan, Minnesota, Wyoming along with the places you would expect like BC and California! Here we are in the mountains....amidst the Redwoods....

The trees were amazing...so straight and tall!
Everything was so green and it was warm!!!

The gals that were organizing the retreat gave me a big bag of goodies...one of which was this Tea Towel. What a neat reminder of God's promises.....some days I need more reminders than others!

As I walked to my room I saw the colors around me....fall is here.

Saturday afternoon, my friend Linda drove me down to the ocean...Santa Cruz, right on the Boardwalk.
It was amazing....I didn't even know this existed!
We even had Caramel Apples overlooking the beach.....thanks friend!

What to do?

So what to do when you have downloaded 83 pictures to print so you can scrapbook while watching the Season opener of Amazing Race, and the website goes down?(and you call and they say...'our website is down?'....'yes, you are quite right! It is down....what do you know?')

The Answer? You decide that just maybe you should let people know that you are still alive! Alive and well...or at least 'Alive and tired'.....but nonetheless, alive!

And then you share one amazing picture that was taken on a walk around the park with a friend.....I love living where I can see mountains all around me! I am so glad I got to share it with you my friend.