BIG BEAR GOOD-BYE!

Big Bear Lake ~ 4.6.12

Lydia noticed this "found heart" last Saturday!

Driving back down the hill... 

dinner with Lydia's Popi... 

and heading home!

Will be good to sleep in my

own bed after a couple of

weeks away!

Vacations are FUN!

but getting HOME will be FUN too!!!

:: a last view of the morning frost ::

cabin porch mat

view from cabin door to main cabin

Off to pack the car!

WEATHER UPDATE 4.11.12

We drove into Big Bear {town} to run some errands, get some lunch at the Teddy Bear Cafe & see the movie, "MIRROR, MIRROR" starring Julia Roberts {very cute... but also had some gnarly-looking monsters}... by evening, the water on Big Bear Lake had been "stirred up"...


Heavy wind all night long! WEDNESDAY MORNING, this was the view from our cabin...

NO SIGHT OF THE LAKE - ZERO VISABILITY!

Smattering of snow flurries + lots of wind!!

DUE to the rapidly changing weather - this was our view about 50 minutes later!!!


Today MAY be a....

LOVING IT!

{Mom, I wish you were here!}

CHILLING on THE LAKE...

SPRING BREAK ~ 4.6 - 4.12 {2012}

"Nature always wears the
colors of the spirit."
Ralph Waldo Emerson

 twelve hours later!

ummm... relaxing!!!

How's your week going?


Off to play
"CLUE"
with Lydia, JPE & NB...

SCAVENGER HUNT SUNDAY 4.8.12

TUBS OF COLOR ~ 4.7.12

Missed a couple of SCAVENGER HUNT SUNDAYS, so I'm anxious to get back into the swing of things... don't forget to stop by Ashley's blog RAMBLINGS & PHOTOS to see who else has posted this week!

Hide & Seek... Words for this Week... NEW, LIFE, FRAGRANT, PINK, & OBVIOUS...

NEW

JPE made pancakes from his "secret recipe" for breakfast Saturday morning! He tried out Lydia's NEW pancake pan {Christmas gift}... pancakes at the cabin are the BEST!!!

LIFE

EAST {taking care of SLE after her Monday surgery} to WEST {spending time at the Big Bear cabin with family} --- LIFE was a BLUR this week... these SPRING colored origami birds captured my eye {seen in the window @ CHICO'S, The Market Common, Arlington, VA}.

FRAGRANT

Simply amazing!! one hard-boiled, cracked egg sure created an "unpleasant" FRAGRANCE in the kitchen... urgh! had to give this egg a toss!

PINK

Couldn't pass up one more opportunity {an earlier post} to share another PINK "cherry blossom" from Washington DC.

OBVIOUS

It's pretty OBVIOUS what day it is! I'm certain Peter Rabbit will pay us a visit Sunday! After all, we spent some time today doing this....

...DECORATING SOME EASTER EGGS!

ARTWORK by NATASHA & LYDIA

HAPPY EASTER!

HERE SHE/HE COMES!!!

getting ready to decorate Easter eggs...

the wind is "stirring up" over

Big Bear Lake!!!

...enjoying the Spring weather on the lake.

BLUR OF DAYS!!!

SLE + MB's place

HANGING HERE this week!

{took a walk in the neighborhood}

FLOWERS BLOOM-ING EVERYWHERE!

VIBRANT COLORS + LUSH VEGETATION

POLLEN COUNT = HIGH!!

{residents of the area are suffering}

WAITING FOR SURGERY

MONDAY WAS SPENT AT

GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL!

SLE HAD BACK SURGERY ~ FABULOUS SURGEON! 

IN AT 6AM & OUT AT 2PM...

PLAYING NURSE FOR A FEW MORE DAYS!