tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15302565.post4624805005474144083..comments2008-07-04T15:49:49.910-07:00kelly raehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08018657951979637249noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15302565.post-18961906875936550552008-07-04T15:49:00.000-07:002008-07-04T15:49:00.000-07:00Just love reading your blog...you have so much insight that i wish I posessed!! Thank you!debbie vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16631951033789299248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15302565.post-24093970090158254022008-06-30T14:28:00.000-07:002008-06-30T14:28:00.000-07:00vacation? hmmmmmmmm.....idk...<BR/>i am hoping for a little trip to nashville, tn<BR/>to visit friends...but, who knows? this summer<BR/>seems rather busy with my new job...director<BR/>of children's ministries at our church...all the while<BR/>trying to find time to squeeze in some art time.<BR/>but - summer is always sweet to me...and it's my 21st wedding anniversary on july 4th! so - that usually means we do something fun for a day or two...nothing planned yet...but - i do rather like the gypsy life. ;-)<BR/>hope that you enjoy your oregon vacation. that is somewhere that would be fun to visit someday.aRtgypsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09517729003253464904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15302565.post-41334048727221426072008-06-30T11:04:00.000-07:002008-06-30T11:04:00.000-07:00My husband and I don't travel too very much, as we live in the most beautiful place in the world. we do have a big horse pack trip planned for 14 days in the Bob Marshall Wilderness- I can't wait to be with just my love and my horses!<BR/><BR/>Big fun in Big Sky country.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the joy you bring to me everyday, Kelly. your art and your insights brighten my life!<BR/><BR/>LorieLoriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02227685622404625504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15302565.post-36727053601201480622008-06-30T08:55:00.000-07:002008-06-30T08:55:00.000-07:00Just this weekend I travelled north to Anacortes WA. I swear that sleeping on an island brings you more vivid dreams!<BR/>And in two short weeks time I'll be spending a week in my favoritest of spots on the Oregon Coast - Yachats!Rekojhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17683543215785285736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15302565.post-2295361580775570782008-06-30T05:08:00.000-07:002008-06-30T05:08:00.000-07:00I'm going to Scotland for 2 weeks in August for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. I shall be working there as a Deputy Stage Manager for my friend's musical and it's going to be wicked. Can't wait to immerse myself in all the performance stuff! :-)Imeldahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03672850597130404526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15302565.post-23579150995503847882008-06-30T01:14:00.000-07:002008-06-30T01:14:00.000-07:00I used to have a penpal in Portland Oregon so it has a special place in my heart. I have received many a beautiful postcard from there!Anna Lloydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01323444241874251725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15302565.post-42849844953062546702008-06-29T20:04:00.000-07:002008-06-29T20:04:00.000-07:00beautiful photo. I would love love love to go to Oregon, Seattle, SF, Canada, back to England - London and the Countryside, Africa, and I have wanted to go to Iceland for a long time now :)Vanessa Vosshttp://vanessavoss.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15302565.post-64628026458882511532008-06-29T17:59:00.000-07:002008-06-29T17:59:00.000-07:00Kelly- I grew up down the the road from this very spot on the northern coast....oh how your pic makes me ache for home- so beautiful!!!Alisa Burkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02530329745687053976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15302565.post-78702045199570014242008-06-29T15:35:00.000-07:002008-06-29T15:35:00.000-07:00I would love to travel around the world! There are so many beautiful places outside your door..... Can't decide where to go!! :o)<BR/><BR/>In Germany there is a kind of wisdom, that means something like that:<BR/>Why curving into the distance, if the good is right beside you!<BR/><BR/>I would love to pilgrim my last tour again. It was 5 days on fields, woods and meadows. Hearing the birds twitter, smell the summer and see the beauty of the nature. Had no stress, no cell-phone, no internet or TV. Just relaxing for the soul!!!<BR/><BR/>Hopefully I have more luck to win a giveaway today!!! ;o)))<BR/><BR/>Anke<BR/><3<3<3Cheppobunnynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15302565.post-44597289980810064252008-06-29T13:57:00.000-07:002008-06-29T13:57:00.000-07:00oops! I was just reading the comments and realized that I posted my comment as anonymous! Silly me! Kari D.Karinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15302565.post-64021893174684624742008-06-29T13:50:00.000-07:002008-06-29T13:50:00.000-07:00My daughter is off to see her Dad in Adelaide, Australia next week all by herself... a little bit exciting. <BR/><BR/>I have never been anywhere in the northern hemisphere and would love to see a gazillion places. <BR/><BR/>Also in my own country New Zealand, I have work in 6 galleries and there are 4 I haven't even been to yet. so would love to do that at some stage.<BR/><BR/>You would love New Zealand, really beautiful place and really friendly people. <BR/><BR/>Katherinejustagirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03919534998293152439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15302565.post-21062485231987885362008-06-29T10:32:00.000-07:002008-06-29T10:32:00.000-07:00had a dream vacation last spring, driving with family up to Washington State, heading to Artfest, driving the Oregon/California coast, heading through the backcountry to Flagstaff and home to New Mexico...the coast was hauntingly beautiful in Oregon, so much rougher than California and California had so many variations along the route that it was amazing to think that I was seeing all one ocean! <BR/>xo<BR/>ps love the postcard packs, can't wait to get out of the finanical doldrums, so I can pick up a a pack! what's better than a postcard in the mail!?Heather, paperfollies.typepad.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10596896625258174701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15302565.post-72740115216941630722008-06-29T07:23:00.000-07:002008-06-29T07:23:00.000-07:00That photo is beautiful. I'd love to see that place in person. <BR/><BR/>I dream of going to Ireland or Australia some day.<BR/><BR/>I hope you're having a lovely weekend.Kimberly Bhttp://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=92242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15302565.post-242130585385060522008-06-29T05:42:00.000-07:002008-06-29T05:42:00.000-07:00I have never been to the west coast so I think that would be so much fun!Christahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01901882633580622444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15302565.post-5497284858788817892008-06-29T04:30:00.000-07:002008-06-29T04:30:00.000-07:00I have two favorite vacation spots. One is in Cape Ann, Massachusets and the other is in my art studio :) Thanks for the giveaway opportunity! I love the picture here!Marilyn Rockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02638793484170791589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15302565.post-88627576212578711382008-06-29T03:06:00.000-07:002008-06-29T03:06:00.000-07:00the oregon coast is my favorite coastlines, the long beaches and the sound lovely, have a great time.ktkt40http://www.blogger.com/profile/09138305343146398762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15302565.post-44661649668229128562008-06-29T02:50:00.000-07:002008-06-29T02:50:00.000-07:00I hope you have a wonderful vacation. I need to wait for a few more weeks for mine. MartineMartine Hendrickxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15302565.post-78821869453282592972008-06-29T02:18:00.000-07:002008-06-29T02:18:00.000-07:00i am living my dream vacation - it's been 3 yrs and i still wake up and pinch myself to be sure it's real. italy is so many things wrapped up in one. but there is so much more of this wonderful world i hope i have the chance to experience along my way. :)sperlygirlwww.sperlygirl.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15302565.post-25601839504881702642008-06-29T01:56:00.000-07:002008-06-29T01:56:00.000-07:00travel dream haiku<BR/><BR/>dream of home sharing<BR/>with kind and happy souls from<BR/>Bali,Greece,not Earthambrellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15685356056743999461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15302565.post-71646617405197961722008-06-28T23:42:00.000-07:002008-06-28T23:42:00.000-07:00There is nothing to compare to the emotions that swell in your heart when returning to a place that you have loved before...<BR/><BR/>My two year old and I will be returning "home" to our family this summer after living thousands of miles away for almost four years. I am excited to experience the things that I have loved growing up through her eyes (now that she is old enough to understand) and reconnect with family and friends I rarely see. <BR/><BR/>As for places I desire to go...I want to go to Mesa, AZ, Rhinebeck, NY, the Grand Canyon, South of France, a tiny village in Italy, a beach in Bali... there are so many places for so many reasons, but mostly to feed my soul!Danahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09763326273961305794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15302565.post-56430957406382936332008-06-28T22:14:00.000-07:002008-06-28T22:14:00.000-07:00entering a comment so i can enter to WIN!melly~http://www.blogger.com/profile/03306598204814387612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15302565.post-30923990766348271322008-06-28T21:34:00.000-07:002008-06-28T21:34:00.000-07:00Thanks for all the giveaways this week!! Very kind!!!Sheilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16498596017278055501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15302565.post-61433883481065817092008-06-28T20:25:00.000-07:002008-06-28T20:25:00.000-07:00I nevthe coast ofer realized how beautiful the coast of Oregon is. It is now on my list.... I do love southern Spain though. I think I could live there! The people, the food, the history, the land...just beautiful.<BR/><BR/>kKathy Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09691314988396850056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15302565.post-46239362836619852862008-06-28T19:59:00.000-07:002008-06-28T19:59:00.000-07:00Summer holidays are 6 months away for me... guess that gives me a load of time to really plan something and do it! <BR/><BR/>I'd highly recommend New Zealand - it's landscape is so diverse and absolutely stunning... then it's just a quick, hop, step, jump to Australia... I know I'm biased but we have one of the most stunning coastlines in the world, where I live! You should check it out sometime :) Enjoy your summer, Kelly Rae and thank you for being so generous in your gift giving this week! You've been adding sp much joy to the lives of each recipient!Sue Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06877086149161486063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15302565.post-89478457983652523582008-06-28T19:43:00.000-07:002008-06-28T19:43:00.000-07:00Italy is dreamy, right? :) A Eurotrip would totally rock!Bunny Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12373232612908606243noreply@blogger.com