I'm going to miss this ....

Nov 13 was a beautiful day... clear blue sky, extremely warm sunshine, and no wind... so off to the beach, one last time. It was so calm and beautiful... I am going to miss the water, the ocean, and all its beauty. Nothing is the same as the wide open ocean...

With few people around these days
... rippled sand lay virtually untouched
... seaweed scattered about
.... kids playing- having forgotten how much they love playing in the sand
....hearing their little voices laugh and play
.....a calmness falls over me
.... something sends peace through my heart
....nothing will replace that feeling.... etched in my mind, forever

Alexa and Shaun with their new discovered treasures of the sea...

Fall 2010 ... a little late, considering it's now Nov!!

I still LOVE fall... it is my favorite time of year. This year, I wanted to capture the East Coast beauty, as it may be a very long time before I can experience this again. Unfortunately, the colors this year were odd.... some trees turned really early, but were not vibrant colors. Than, still at the end of Oct, it seemed there were yellow leaves and fully green leaves. It wasn't until the very last few days of October that the final leaves turned and were blown away. I did manage to get a few pictures of the kids... despite all of this!
This was Oct 23... in Bouctouche... it was SO cold, and the kids were not impressed it was time to get pictures... I tricked them into a few, but not exactly what I was looking for... :)

This is what I mean.... Alexa wanted NOTHING to do with pictures!!

but she did hide it a bit, to get one quick one of the two of them!

These were a different day, at a park in Moncton...

1 tree in the whole park was red... :)

The leaves turned much earlier in Edmonton. These were taken the last week of Sept... I was quite surprised to see dad out with Shaun raking leaves, filling bags and bags and bags of leaves, only to dump them out to make Shaun a little hut!!! hmmmm I don't seem to remember being allowed to do that as kids.... must be a grandchild privilege!

Shaun LOVED it!!

This past week we have had tons of wind and rain, and I am sure winter is now on it's way. It is a time of change for us, once again... we are getting ready to move back to Calgary!

It is with such mixed emotions though. I am excited to be near our friends/ family in AB, but I am finding it very difficult preparing to leave the friends and family here... we have had such a wonderful 2.5 years out here and there is so much I will miss. I know, that part of my heart will remain in the maritimes.... and it will always be our 'second home'.