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And a Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! May the new year be filled with God's blessings and peace for you and yours!

Merry Christmas!

This is a couple days late, but Merry Christmas! I hope you all enjoyed your family and friends...Brian and I have just moved back to Texas and I plan to continue sharing our adventures with you as soon as I get access to my photos once again. Take care and I'll see you guys soon!

A Pause in Time

Hello friends....I know I haven't been posting regularly the past couple of weeks. Soon I will have more to share, but I just wanted to let you know I haven't forgotten about my blog! I am just very busy right now and will "see" you all soon!

I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day...

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I could live in Santorini (Saint Irene in Greek--at least that's what we were told). There. I said it. Or I could live on Mykonos. I don't remember which island this one was taken on, but they are both very similar with architecture. The white washed buildings, the blue domes on the Orthodox Churches. All very beautiful...Beautiful structures on rocky, largely infertile soil. I have had friends who are/were part of the Orthodox Christian churches and they talk about the "smells and bells". It's true; we stepped into a couple of small chapels and the incense and peacefulness of it all makes on feel reverent. The bells I didn't get to hear, but I could imagine the sounds. There were little chapels all over the islands. I wonder what Christmas is like; if the sun still shines and if the sky is still blue. My point is; this place has a quiet beauty to it that makes me want to return there. Perhaps someday I'll come back and relax on the beaches o...