I really struggled with this months journaling theme from Once Upon a Sketch; choosing a favourite month is very difficult. I have children's and grandchildren's birthdays and wedding anniversaries in so many months of the year and to pick a favourite would be so wrong! Living in Australia is a little different to the northern hemisphere and our seasons are opposite. I love the cooling months of April and May, the colder months of June to August although we never get snow in my state, and the beautiful spring of September and October when the Australian wildflowers are at their best. I love Christmas in December but the heat of the Aussie summer can be a little overwhelming. I decided to choose one month in the last year. November 2012.
I have a sister and two nephews living in the USA and all of them have birthdays in November so that is often the month I choose to visit them there. In 2012 I had the pleasure of showing my husband some of the USA for the first time and, as the trip was planned around things I thought he would enjoy, we went to Colorado Springs among other places. My husband loves trains and we booked tickets to take the Cog Rail to Pikes Peak. Regular visitors may have realised by now that my favourite colour is blue and although I am not much of a bird fan, I love the elusive Blue Wren that lives in the south of our state. You can imagine my delight when we stopped at a view point and disembarked to walk in the snow and survey the surrounds to spot a Blue Jay. He was the most brilliant blue and quite close but very quick so I was not able to take a photograph of anything except the branch he had just left! I have to thank Google Images for this beautiful photograph. I have a white Christmas on my bucket list; perhaps one day!
Thank you for looking and any comments you may leave, best wishes.
Susan this layout is so precious and I think you're right, those little birds are quite elusive. I love everything about this layout.
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ReplyDeleteI love that you only bunched a bit of the border!
I love the white on white with a little shade of blue! Just stunning
This looks gorgeous Susan, so soft and wintery and I love those little birds.. we get a little blue wren here and I just love to watch them darting around...
ReplyDeleteThis is amazing Susan, I love how you've given it such a wintery feel, you can almost feel the coolness of the snow coming off it. So beautiful
ReplyDeleteThis is amazing Susan, I love how you've given it such a wintery feel, you can almost feel the coolness of the snow coming off it. So beautiful
ReplyDeleteI also had a white Christmas on my bucket list and got it two years ago and it was everything I imagined and more and I hope to do it again. I love that photo and yes you have to be quick with pics sometimes. I love the icy feel of this layout with its cool blues and white. Perfect for a white Christmas. I love how you chose your favourite month too and the story of your trip. Thanks for playing along with us at OUAS this month :D Please load your layout onto our FB page as well. :D
ReplyDeleteGosh Susan! this is utterly exquisite!! I'm dreaming of sun and warmth and you have snow on your bucket list, would swop our January-February-March with you anytime! Thank you so much for joining in with us at OUAS this month! Wishing you and yours a beautiful Christmas! xoxo
ReplyDeleteSo gorgeous Susan, you have captured the feel of Winter beautifully on your LO!! Totally adore your photo too! Thanks so much for sharing with us at OUAS.
ReplyDeleteI really love the subtle palette you chose and that sweet bluejay! Scrapping Everyday Miracles is having a challenge, and we'd love for you to enter a project or two! http://scrappingeverydaymiracles.blogspot.com/2013/12/christmas-theme-challenge.html
ReplyDeleteThis is fab!!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your beautiful LO being featured on the Once Upon A…Sketch Facebook Page ~ Blessings, Tracey
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This page has a touch of magic Susan! Thank you for playing along at OUAS!
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