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Alex Update & A Gift

I thought I would share an updated progress pic of my Lady Alexandra. I’m still plugging away on her and making some decent progress from my last update, I think.

I also recently received a Christmas ornament from my dear friend Darla.

Isn’t it adorable?! I can’t wait to hang it on my tree in a few months. Thanks, Darla!!! xoxo

I realized I also forget to post last time about what a great time I had last weekend at the beach with Terri and Darla. It was kind of a last hurrah girls weekend before Terri heads off to Arizona in a couple of months. We stayed at the Del Mar Beach Resort on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton and had a BLAST! There was plenty of eating, drinking, stitching, and most importantly, LOTS of laughter and good times with great friends! You would think we all would’ve taken plenty of photos since we all blog, but …. yeah, not so much. Here are a few I did snap:

We got to visit with Terri’s pups for a bit before we headed to the beach.

Beach time!

Not exactly a sign one sees every day.

Darla & I saw this cool flag print at a diner we stopped at for lunch on our way home.

Until next time …

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28 August 2011

Cross Stitch

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A Day at the Beach

Since we are going to be heading into our chilly/rainy season soon, I decided to head down to the beach today. There was a bit of a Pacific storm off-shore, so the surf was supposed to be a bit larger than normal this weekend. I figured this would be a good opportunity to play around a bit with the camera I’m test-driving.

I took a TON of photos (over 300), several of which were pretty good, but most were just so-so. After sorting through all of them, there was only one that I would really say I loved. In fact, it brought a huge smile to my face the moment I saw it. I’m calling it “Joy” because that’s the emotion I imagine he’s feeling. I would highly recommend clicking on the image to see the larger version.

Here are a couple of other random photos from the beach today that I thought were pretty good.

Power

Solitude

When I got back home from the beach, I noticed that the moon was so lovely as it was rising. It just popped out so much against the bright blue afternoon sky. I switched and put the telephoto lens on the camera and snapped this shot off my balcony. I was pretty amazed by the detail it captured. Again, I would high recommend clicking on the image to see the larger version.

Rising Moon