The Mountains Are Calling

In the mountains of Tahoe, I am at my second home.  My grandparents, father & uncles built a little cabin here in the late 1950’s on Forest Service land at the base of Mt. Tallac.  For me it’s my heart & souls place to reconnect with nature and myself. 

Over the weekend all three of our sons and their wives or girlfriends came up to join us. My heart was full seeing them share their boyhood memories with their significant others. 

On Saturday we spent the day at the beach and then had dinner at the cabin. Sunday we drove to Angora Lake were they rented a boat and rowed around the little Alpine lake.   We had planned to go out to dinner but the traffic around the lake was so bad that I made a big bowl of Pasta Salad & we enjoyed another evening at the cabin visiting & playing Canasta!  Everyone took off early on Monday so Mr. B & I have been relaxing. 

Now Exhale

Song - Dark-Eyed (Oregon) Junco with a Mirror Fixation


What began as going to a wedding in the Sierra's, became adding a few extra days to the weekend to celebrate my birthday, which became two weeks of bliss in Lake Tahoe!

Here is my escape partner in crime.....

Mr. B came up on weekends and I had a friend come up for a couple of days but other than that it was just Mika and me.

Painting.....beach......meditating.....reading.......music......journaling.....wildflowers......bird watching......star gazing......walks.......ahhhh.....

The fresh young leaves on the Aspen trees against Tahoe's amazing blue sky took my breath away.

And every morning about 4:15 the birds would start singing their little hearts out.  They were busy finding food, a mate and designing nests.

I had one bird (a Junco) that loved his reflection so much that he would not leave my back bumper alone.  All day long and day after day, he would admire himself.  Until the last day when he brought a friend along to check out how beautiful he was as well!

I came home on Monday with about 4 inches of bird poop on my bumper!

Mr. B took me to Sunnyside for my birthday dinner.  We had one of our favorite tables right by the lake so we could watch the sunset.  Good food, great wine and wonderful company - what more could a girl ask for?

Well maybe a clean bumper????


"Perfectly ordered disorder designed with a helter-skelter magnificence." --Emily Carr when looking at a forest