What to do on a summer day.

The days slowly become shorter. Summer is coming to an end. As I sit on the couch with a hot cup of chai, I look back at some of my favorite moments; like this one: little sister and her cousins having a water fight under the warmth of the Canadian sun.  

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I refill and refill their buckets with water, getting ready for more captured water droplets and momentary smiles and eyes tightly closed. 

 And as the water comes, I stay close to their happiness. I don't step back, trying to avoid getting wet. 

 

The sun goes down.

  

Beach favorites.

Every time my family comes back from a trip, I enjoy cuddling up on the couch with my computer, perhaps with some chocolate on the side, and look through all the pictures I took during the trip. I pick out my favorites, and while doing so, the created memories run through my mind. Last night, I picked out my beach favorites. 

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 Needless to say, Isabel absolutely loves to jump over the small waves as they slide on the shore. 

-Annie ♥

He knows what should be.

The ocean. That being the place where I am, is the reason for my absence from blogging. But right now, having a short amount of time, I sit down to write this. During these past few days, all I've been doing is enjoy the world till I cannot anymore. I've been spending the days waking up to beautiful warm mornings complete with the perfect sound of birds singing with the wind, along with the crashing ocean waves. And during the day, I've been going to the beach. Oh, how I love it. Just the sight and sound of it are enough to please my heart. 

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Ocean has always reminded me of life. I see it reflected on every wave that falls upon the sand. It reminds me, and makes me think that it is just like it. The water goes and comes, back and forth, and always has. And some waves bring happiness, while others bring sadness and destruction. At times there is peace and calm, while at others there is confusion and an unsteady ground. 

And we are in this life. We are moving along with it. We are walking its ups and downs, sometimes with  tears of joy and others with sorrow. It sure is a crazy ride, but He is in control. He is. And our human flesh sometimes finds it easy to forget that. It moves us and deviates us. 

Sometimes we wonder why certain things happen in certain ways, we wonder why some waves destroy while others don't. We wonder why we do or do not this-or that- or why some things must be the way they are. Truth is, our sinful soul and human mind cannot understand such things, so all we must do is put our trust in Him. He knows the answers to all the things we wonder and yet do not know their meaning, He knows why some waves are peaceful and some are deceiving. 

We don't. And that's okay. 

Because life goes on, just like the ocean waves, ruled under His control and steady hand to guide unsteady ones like us. He brings happiness just at the right time. He brings unhappiness just at the right time. And all of this is for a purpose- a perfect plan for us, while we still live in this world. He knows what is best while we walk towards Heaven. He never fails to make things His way. 

God never stops the ocean, never stops its waves. He never stops doing what's best for us. 

He never fails to be perfect. 

-Annie

beauty of a blue night.

Every night is special; special and beautiful. 
Bright blue nights illuminated by a full moon are beyond beautiful.
During twilight, the clouds begin to fly away, past the mountains, across the horizon, together; painting a sweet and last good bye on the sky. 

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And all the colors above us, all of them except those hues of blue, just swirl away too.

Then the perfect shining blue light comes, spilling its beauty upon everything under the sky.

There it is: the magic of the night. And all of it evenly reflected on the stillest lake.

And when most of the light is gone, you look up one more time, one last time. There's a full moon- round and silvery, staying; remaining there 'till morning comes again. It's a full moon night.

(pictures taken in a hotel in Colorado Springs. I was there last week ♥)
-Annie

Magic april showers.

What better thing than listening to rain and fresh water pouring heavily over the world? 
What better thing than gaze at each drop glitter like a precious gem behind the evening sunlight? 



What better thing than the clean smell of wet soil after a storm? 
What better thing than those little dew drops early every morning? 
What better thing than dancing all day under the shining rain? 

[this is my entry]

What better thing than April showers? 

What better thing than God's creation?

Happy Monday ♥

-Annie

Los Cabos- {part one}

My trip to Los Cabos was absolutely fantastic. My friends and I spent a week there, and had such a fun time! It was a blessing to be able to spend time with them, since we really do not really have time to see each other... We're too far away in distance.
But the time we shared together created memories and built special moments.
Lots of things we did, and lots of things we enjoyed.

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The place was beautiful. The ocean and sky were as blue as they could ever be.

...The waves danced and crashed loudly on the shore.

And we splashed along with them too.

And then took a picture of ourselves...

And of our shadows on the sand too.












And so part one ends...
More captured moments coming soon. ♥ 
Happy Thursday! :)
-Annie

After a week-

Have you been wondering where I have been all week? Not a single blog post in nine days. I was gone all week with some friends to a beautiful, beautiful place known as Los Cabos. I forgot to mention in my last blog post that I would be gone for a while, and that I would not be able to blog.

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(I heart faces shadow photo challenge :) Just click HERE!) 

The trip was wonderful. Wonderful, wonderful, w o n d e r f u l.  Beautiful place, beautiful friends, beautiful things... And lots to photograph. So that means that I'll be writing a couple posts including some of the best photos. So keep checking back here this week! 

♥ As a side note, I will be announcing the winner (s) for my photo challenge very soon! I loved seeing all the entries of those of you who participated :)

-Annie