Life has kept us pretty busy lately, with lots of twists and turns. We needed a getaway. . . . after asking around we settled on High Falls State Park in Jackson, Ga. There hasn't been a lot of rain recently, so the falls were not as magnificent as they cold be, but the scenery was still beautiful and proved to be the grounding force we needed. The kids were excited to go and did pretty well, on what I thought the park employee said was a half mile hike, but was actually a 2

It was roughly about, two years ago, when I came across Summer Murdock and completely fell in love with her art. If you do not follow her, please, do yourself a favor and go check out her website. Her use of light and shadows, always has me in complete awe!! When I realized she taught a class, I immediately put it on my goal list! Two years later, I was able to take her Magic of Light Class over at Illuminate Classes !!! I learned so much in this class and am so thankful for

It is a very rare occasion that we get much of a winter here in south Georgia. Even more rare than that, is getting SNOW in south Georgia. That actually sticks to the ground and accumulates! We got two rounds. The first round was very light and instantly melted as it hit the ground. My monkeys watched from the window. I was sure just as soon as they were dressed it would be over, and I didn't want to get them excited. After a few minutes or so it stopped. About 5- 10 minutes