Snow and Sand

This week has had some wild weather. As I sit composing this post it is 65 degrees outside and I am going to go play in my garden! Okay, it actually can't be called a garden yet, but hopefully in the coming weeks it will deserve that name.

I actually started this post last Thursday but life happened, : ) as it so often does. However, I decided to go ahead and make this post anyway...
Snow is great when I get the chance to go up in the mountains and enjoy the skiing. But, this winter has seemed worse than normal and continues to drag on and on. Perhaps memory has dimmed past winters...either way the winter seems determined to continue to attack Utah. Waking up on Thursday I saw that the snow monster had struck again! Though the sun was out, the ground was once again snow covered.

Sulking I looked out my living room window dreading the day. However, as I looked across the landscape my perspective shifted. I was struck again by the beauty just outside my back door. Looking at the clouds floating around Mt. Timp reminded me why the mountains are considered so beautiful. I truly am blessed to live in such a gorgeous place. I don't take the chance very often to stop running from thing to thing and just admire this beautiful world.

That said I actually did get a few day break that was absolutely amazing last month. I got to go to Carmel California and meet with Lynn Lupetti! OMG!

Talk about dreamlike moments. I have grown up loving her work and had the chance to meet her several times before. However, this trip was all about getting to know each other so she can paint a portrait of me! I got to stay at her house with her and Ed, tour her studio, do a photo shoot and just spend a wonderful two days with her. We even watched AI together and I got to explain some of the music lingo to her.

One of the best things was the opportunity to take a few hours and walk on the beach! I have missed the ocean so much and am so glad I got to relax there.

Course Dad could have warned me about the big wave about to attak me...

Mom & Dad took a driving trip and met up with me when I flew in.

We ended the trip with a fabulous afternoon in San Francisco.

Followed by dinner at the fabulous House of Prince Rib. One on my favorite resaurants in the whole world.

All in all the whole time in California was fabulous. I was reminded that whether it is the sandy beach or the snow topped mountain the whole earth is beautiful and has something to offer me.