High Sierra or Bust!

Life has it's ways of making it's own plans for you sometimes. My plan last week was to be backpacking in the High Sierra range- instead I was laid flat most of the week w/ some sort of flu bug! Arrgh! I'm feeling much better now & it worked out just fine since I've got a little more time off and now my nephew is able to join me as well! We'll head up for a short little trip & hopefully I'll have some gorgeous photos to show you when I get back in a week or so.

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Oh, p.s.~ I found the old suitcase pictured above at a resale/antique shop, & for 17 bucks I had to have it. I thought it went great w/ the abandoned car that was nearby.

Growth

 

My mom emailed me this picture, and it was too cute not to share. She had ordered these potatoes in December, and they've been sitting in the garage in a closed box, waiting for right time to plant. Now that the ground is warming up, she went to get them out... and found this! These potatoes clearly thought it was time to start growing... no matter that the conditions weren't ideal... being in a bag in a box in the garage! I love how these little sprouts have found their way to the holes in the bag (click on image to enlarge), and are reaching, growing, searching for light. Despite the adversity of their situation, they were going to keep right on growing! I thought of it as a metaphor for life...