Comments on: Itchy Feet

By: What a decade can do : Pipe Dreams and Purling Plans

What a decade can do : Pipe Dreams and Purling Plans — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:02:24 +0000

[...] our lives. We started a backyard veggie garden. We learned to cook (really cook…) We traveled a tiny bit. We saw an awful lot of amazing live music (seriously, what a decade… I could do a [...]

By: Rachel

Rachel — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:19:52 +0000

You captured some amazing shots Mel…I’ve been meaning to go through and comment individually in Flickr but haven’t gotten a chance yet. Your descriptions and your photos made me put the Lost Coast on the ‘list to be hiked’…thanks for sharing that experience (and for including a picture of ‘a girl’)! :)

And your last paragraph? How very true…notice I haven’t posted of the weekend yet either. Having the same issues.

By: DeltaDawn

DeltaDawn — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:19:26 +0000

Wow. Now I have to put that on my list! Are you watching the Ken Burns’ National Parks special on PBS? Far from sounding hippie/crazy (not that there’s anything wrong with that says the crazy hippie lady), what you get and what I just got being in the mountains, hiking or not, but especially hiking, seems truly universal and ageless. The first people in those places said the same things – remarkable stuff.

I loved SD and mostly all the areas around it when twin sis lived in Marin. The outlaying places all smelled like eucalyptus and jasmine.

And – I’m so flattered. You knew it all along.

By: Knit Witch

Knit Witch — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:46:43 +0000

Those are some AWESOME pictures!!!! Thanks for sharing about your trip.

By: katrin

katrin — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:25:39 +0000

*sigh*
so beautiful. your pictures capture everything. and i have to sit in my office – no fun.
but i’m happy for you having had such a wonderful trip! :)

By: barefoot rooster

barefoot rooster — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:22:41 +0000

mel — yes. to all of it. stunning photographs. can’t wait to see/hear more.

By: Heather

Heather — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:34:26 +0000

Mel, there is so much in this post that I can’t believe there’s still a Part II to come! Your photos are amazing, and I love seeing this place through your eyes. It reminds me of time I spent in the SW, Colorado especially, and it also reminds me that I decided when I was younger that I wanted to honeymoon in the redwood forest. But, not knowing when that might happen, it might get moved up a few notches on the list to do with myself or a non-spouse!

The idea of a cave with didgeredoo-ers is mind boggling. How wonderful.

I really appreciate your thoughts on being in nature and doing what I think of (thanks to Amber) as zooming out. It’s so difficult to do that in the day to day. It’s difficult to do in Kinshasa, too, but I’ll think of ways.

You say you’re not city people, but I have similar awe when I walk around new-to-me but old cities, with the architecture and mystery. Those streets and buildings have seen so much that we can’t imagine.