I took this picture a few years back in Tennessee. I gotta say, those hillbilly's know how to do pyrotechnics!
As I sit here in my little home on the Pacific’s edge, I just looked up to the clock and noticed it’s 2 hours away from 2011.
A new year. It always feels so hopeful doesn’t it?
I wonder …… how different your New Years eve is than mine?
There are no loud crowds here. Only the sounds of barking Elephant Seals on the beach below me.
I don’t have to worry about driving or finding a place to park. The only place I plan on parking is my butt in my computer chair.
No sound of tinkling glasses as they are raised in a toast to a hopeful new year. Instead, I hear the trickling of the creek beside my home.
No swaying bodies as they try to get the room to stop spinning. I watch as the Redwoods sway in the gentle breeze against a star filled sky.
No loud explosions of fireworks here. Instead, I saw the most amazing, long tail shooting star I’ve seen all year.
I’m a long way away from that sparkling light filled ball in Time Square, but I imagine, no matter what type of New Year’s Eve experience you are having, or where you are spending it, most of us have that same feeling of hopefulness.
Happy 2011 everyone!
Next year, let’s spend it together, okay? We share the vision. I love you bunches, sistah, and hope 2011 brings us even closer.
By: bigsurkate on January 1, 2011
at 6:32 am
Happy New Year! have been looking for you off and on for years, and it’s funny that last night, on what would have been Kaye’s 64 birthday, I find you by doing a little lurking on bigsurkates site. I am thankful to have come across both sites and would love to have you shoot me an address, so we can correspond. I’m glad your heart led you back to where you needed to be, I know Kaye always felt the same:)
By: Dawn Thiess on January 1, 2011
at 6:09 pm
Dawn!
What a wonderful surprise to begin the new year with. I sent out a birthday wish to her last night and here you are. Coincidence?
I’ll send you an email with my address. And catch you up on life here in the Sur.
By: bigsurwoman on January 1, 2011
at 10:31 pm
My dear sister,
You always did have a great way with words and the way you see things. To see and hear what you do is bliss. You are my sister and am proud to say that. Have a great new year. Hope to see you soon.
Love Johnett
By: Johnett on January 2, 2011
at 3:04 am
Awww Johnett. I love you so much! Hope you had a nice Christmas in Ohio with the boys and have a happy & blessed new year!
By: bigsurwoman on January 2, 2011
at 3:38 am