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A Travel Photo Treat: Serendipity

A Travel Photo Treat: Serendipity

By on 05/02/2012 in A Travel Photo Treat, California & U.S.

serendipity: an instance of finding valuable things not sought for With eyes and mind open, we can have moments of serendipity at any time, any place. I’m normally not a fan of rain, but with day after day of stormy weather this spring, I decided to open my mind and embrace it. Then one day [...]

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The Freedom of Having No Expectations

The Freedom of Having No Expectations

By on 04/09/2012 in A Travel Photo Treat, California & U.S., Lessons, Travel Tips and Inspiration

“Take your expectations and throw them in the ocean.” Last weekend my family and I had a wonderful time at Bodega Bay. Maybe you’ve never heard of it. It’s a small section of California coast north of San Francisco. It is wild, the kind of nature and beauty where you feel more like an intruder than [...]

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California sunset Pacific

A Travel Photo Treat: Sunset on the Pacific

By on 03/14/2012 in A Travel Photo Treat, California & U.S.

Sometimes everything just comes together perfectly in one moment. That’s how this sunset on the Pacific was. I was relaxing on the deck of the house we rented in Carmel, California, sitting in a hot tub with my sister-in-law, building common ground through unhurried conversation. No agenda. The sunset became more beautiful with every glance; [...]

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The Colors of California

The Colors of California

By on 01/25/2012 in A Travel Photo Treat, California & U.S.

I used to live in California when I was a young teenager. After I moved to the Midwest at the age of 15, I realized that most Californians are California-centric. They don’t leave California, they can’t imagine living anywhere else, and they don’t see any reason to travel to other parts of the U.S. (Stressing [...]

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A Travel Photo Treat: January in Northern California

A Travel Photo Treat: January in Northern California

By on 01/19/2012 in A Travel Photo Treat, California & U.S.

“Que frio!” That’s what my mother-in-law, who is visiting from Brazil, keeps saying about the weather here in Sacramento. To her, it’s cold because there is frost on the grass in the mornings, and temperatures drop pretty quickly once it gets dark. It is winter, after all. However, we have been having an especially nice [...]

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A Travel Photo Treat: The Carmel Mission

A Travel Photo Treat: The Carmel Mission

By on 12/22/2011 in A Travel Photo Treat, California & U.S.

People are different. I spent the last week traveling with my husband, my two little kids, and my in-laws from Brazil. We stayed in a really nice house with a view of the Pacific Ocean from the deck. We loved it. I arrived with a list of things I wanted to do but quickly realized [...]

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Northern California in the Fall

Northern California in the Fall

By on 12/14/2011 in A Travel Photo Treat, California & U.S.

Fall is a glorious time just about anywhere. The autumn colors, shifts in weather, warm cider and fall soups, cozy nights in front of the fire, and fun of the holidays make it a special season, but to me, fall in Northern California is hard to beat. If you can spend some time here in [...]

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A Travel Photo Treat: Napa Valley

A Travel Photo Treat: Napa Valley

By on 11/29/2011 in A Travel Photo Treat, California & U.S.

Sometimes we need to get away, no worries about the e-mails that should be answered, the work that should be finished, the pile of mail that should be organized. . . even if it’s just for half a day. Napa Valley is less than an hour from my house, and in November, it’s my favorite [...]

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