FOR AULD LANG SYNE

 Because we couldn't take a road trip this New Years weekend, and thus blog it, we decided to share the story of our last New Years weekend.   We spent the first night {Friday} in the quaint town of Cedar City, Utah. Our plan was to see Bryce Canyon Nation Park, The Grand Canyon, and Zion National Park {along with any other place that struck our fancy}.  Early Saturday morning, each with a cup of hotel coffee in hand, we took the road headed for Bryce. Winding our way up the mountain road, through Dixie National Forest, we passed cascades of ice, frozen in their flow down cliff sides, deep blue and pale in color. At a viewpoint on the summit, we stopped to look out...

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'TIS THE SEASON

 I {Maria} love the Christmas season. Decorating the house is one of my favorite past times. I {Will} love... watching.   This year we have a real fireplace, complete with mantel and hearth to decorate. Which of course we are taking full advantage of. The mantel was the first thing we decorated for the Christmas season. Two smiling snowman gaze out from the brick shelf beneficently. A garland wrapped in lights hangs in even loops; a bow at the center and each end. Ornaments hang the length of the garland, three on either side of the center bow.  Acquiring our tree turned out to be an adventure involving two trips to a tree lot, a dead tree, and a trip to a second tree...

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SATURDAY DRAWINGS & ADVENTURES

 As long as I { Will } can remember, I have used drawing as another way to express the inner vision of my imagination. Somewhere along the way, I found that writing was my primary creative outlet, but I have never truly stopped drawing. After getting my first tattoo a year ago, I became fascinated with the minimalistic ink landscapes that many people get as tattoos. Combining my love of mountains and my love of drawing, I have begun to build a body of ink drawings. SOME OF MARIA'S RECENT PHOTOS  ...

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HE & SHE READ

 "You know you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend." -Paul Sweeney  One of our favorite things to do besides going on adventures, is reading. Between the two of us we have a considerably large and growing library.   Here is what we are currently reading, and some of our recent favorites.  {Maria is currently reading, Britt-Marie Was Here- Fredrik Backman}  {Will is currently reading...well, lots of things}   As you might have noticed, he {Will} doesn't like to read just one book at at time. I {Maria} just can't understand this, so obviously I have to tease him all the time...

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INTO THE MOUNTAINS

 Winter is coming. The mountain roads will soon be deep in snow and inaccessible. Taking advantage of one of the last weekends to drive Alpine Loop, we found ourselves roaming and climbing the boulders along a cold cascading stream. The fall colors against the grey stone was beautiful, and there was even a little snow for accent. ...

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