Bermuda...for a little longer

Two weeks ago today I landed in/on one of the most densely populated countries (technically a British Overseas Territory) in the world (it's true, look it up!), one of the more expensive places to live in the world (top 5 per capita GDP, a place with no running streams or fresh water other than what falls out of the sky or hidden in deep aquifers, 4 kinds of mosquitos, 10 kinds of cockroaches - sounds like bliss right? Well, if that's the worst that can be said about Bermuda, bring it on!

Friends have asked why Bermuda? (other than the selling points already mentioned above!) The more typical answers could all be said - beautiful pink sand beaches, snorkeling, sub tropical island, (equals no freezing cold winters, though it cools off to about 60 in December and January) take a look at the following photos and tell me why not??

Horseshoe Bay

Horseshoe Bay

A Seattle/Northwest Summer

I spent my summer in Seattle taking advantage of many things Northwest that I have missed over the last eleven years since moving to the East Coast – Puget Sound waters, berries and more berries, followed by by plums and pears and apples, hikes in the woods, beautiful West Seattle gardens and flowers, spending time with my family, adventures with my parents, cooking for my parents (sometimes cooking and adventures were the same thing!) a week spent house and animal sitting at my sister’s and helping 10 pups enter the world three hours after they left on a week long get away! (but that deserves it's own post!)

I've never been so grateful to be near the water and almost daily would find myself down at the water's edge in West Seattle, usually at Lowman Beach or at Lincoln Park. I hope you enjoy these Seattle/Northwest photos.

Lowman Beach

View from Lowman Beach

View from Lowman Beach

View from Lowman Beach

Birch Bay or somewhere close by. All the little dots in the water are herons. I had never seen so many in one spot.

Barclay Lake