I'm in Sri Lanka as I post this

Thought I'd post these pictures I took from the Seattle Flight Museum over the holidays as a way of saying, "I'm off!" Again.

This time I'm spending a little under two weeks in Sri Lanka with my husband and Son. I'll post a few pictures when I get back in a couple of weeks.

Until then, regular posts should keep coming -- I've scheduled a few things to go up ahead of time (including the Monday Caldecott series I've been doing). Hope you are having adventures, too, wherever this finds you!

"The world is a book and those who do not travel read only a page." -- St. Augustine

Home Sweet Home

I thought that going home to Washington State in the middle of the winter, I'd be a little bummed out about the coldness. Or the darkness. Or maybe the rain.

 But the sunsets over Bellingham Bay are as pretty at 4:30 P.M in early January as they are at 9:30 PM in June.

I know that it's a bit of a pithy cliché, but isn't it kinda true that some of the cloudiest skies make for the prettiest of sunsets?

 And as for the cold: AHH! RELIEF! I got to wear my cozy sweaters! And my funky knitted leg warmers. And I could snuggle up with a down comforter at night.  it was nice to feel cold when I was outside instead of when I'm inside (due to air conditioning).

 And as for the rain...

That swarm of dots in the center of this photo was a flock of birds!

Okay, I confess, I kinda like the Northwest's rain.

There's the flock again, or at least the side of it -- to the left above.

I kinda like the thunderstorms in Kuala Lumpur too, as long as I'm not caught out in one.

Yep, the white clump to the right: birds.

So it was great to have a few weeks back at home.

But, to be honest, it felt good when my plane touched down back at the KL airport too.
I've got a heck of a lot of adventures lined up this coming year.
I've got a heck of a lot of collages to finish in my studio too (can't wait to share some photos -- soon!).

Check out this treehouse I found at a local park recently: it's a covered picnic area!

And anyway, when the plane touched down in KL, I noticed that it was raining. Or rather, drizzling -- just like it does in my other home, sweet home.