For The Journey Not just the destination…

Hurray! The first of the Jekyll Island photos have been posted. I don’t know how I was able to take over 10 gigs of photos in a single weekend. I still have a lot to week through. This first set shows the beach immediately behind our motel.We stayed at Oceanfront Clarion Resort. We were told that the motels on the Island are pretty ghetto, especially the ones that allowed dogs, but this one was actually pretty nice. It’s not a Marriott, but it was clean, quiet, backing up to the beach, and had really comfy beds. I would recommend it.

Anyway, I’ve posted this first set of photos on Flickr:

• Clover Discovers the Beach (Jekyll Island) (23 photos)

The colors were gorgeous. This photo was from Sunday morning when we took Clover for a walk on the beach before heading out birding.

Clover loved the sand and ran up and down the beach as fast as her little legs could move her. There was a rock wall blocking the ocean, so she didn’t really get to see the water.

The beach was pretty narrow. Our motel was just behind the trees and the ocean was on the other side of the rocks. The weather was gorgeous…though just a little cold.

On Monday, Thomas woke me up early so we could watch the sunrise before heading back to Atlanta. When we got out there, we discovered that the tide was up and the beach did not exist. You can see how far into the ocean the rock wall was. The wind was whipping pretty hard, so we headed on home before too long.

P.S. Tomorrow is the last signup day for the Handmade Greeting Card Swap. We have 8 participants, so if anyone else is interested, we’d love to have you. I started on my swap cards tonight, and I’m really excited to see what everyone makes.

I wasn’t sure what to shoot for this Theme Thursday, but Thomas bought me some beautiful tulips, so I focused (no pun intended) on them. Once again, I used my lightbox — I promise I will cut down on lightbox photos, I know it’s getting boring — but this time I hung up black fabric as a background and used our 105mm macro lens. Below are my favorites, but I put several shots on Flickr:

• Tulip Lightbox (11 photos)

Which one do you like best? Be sure to check out other TT participants at Stacy’s Blog (Note: She’s got a new URL).

This is another Few Words-Wordless Wednesday. I took this shot Saturday morning when the sunlight was hitting Thomas through the bedroom window just right. Then I played with the photo in Lightroom and Photoshop Elements a bunch, and this is how it turned out. I like how his eye turned out, but I made his complexion too splotchy-looking.

We’ve had a packed schedule for the past couple of weeks, so it was nice to stay home this weekend and relax. We did a lot of clean up and general maintenance, and finally took down the Christmas tree and decorations.

Thomas worked on my laptop for a few hours, so I got some sewing time and tried out my new cutting table. I’ve got it setup right between my fabric shelves and my sewing machine. The table is the perfect height to cut and iron standing up. Wow, I really need to organize my shelves.

I worked on my Pay-It-Forward swaps. I’m embarrassed that I haven’t sent out any of my PIF projects yet, especially since I think all three of my recipients have already Paid-It-Forward to their recipients. I had to get through Christmas though, and I just figured out what I’m going to make each of them. I hope to have at least one mailed by the end of the week. I’ll post a photo once it’s received.

P.S. Signups close on Friday for the Handmade Greeting Card Swap. There is still room, if you’d like to participate.