tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42005162114199208682024-03-20T02:53:55.644-05:00The Paint SplashA little of this a little of that and some paint in-betweenDeborah Kay at The Paint Splashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16035564035110268551noreply@blogger.comBlogger297125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200516211419920868.post-58452167023061920092015-08-10T17:37:00.001-05:002015-08-10T17:37:07.831-05:00bike accident<span style="font-size: large;">Do you like to ride a bike? Our new town has over 30 miles of awesome wide trails that we can access just around the corner! I love my low crossover bike which makes it easy to get on and off .</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I have an awesome aqua blue basket. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Of course we ALWAYS WEAR A HELMET. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We ride about 14 miles 2 or 3 times a week</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">until July 14...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had gone out for a ride with friends MB & E. We were about 2 miles from home when I pulled in behind MB so some walkers had plenty of room. Then the unthinkable happened. MB moved over too and her bike slid on the wet grass next to the pavement and she fell. I had just pulled in behind her and had no way to stop, hitting her, I flew off my bike over her and hit the pavement. I'm not sure what I hit on the way over, the basket or the handle bar. My helmet saved my forehead when I hit the pavement. I ruined my sunglasses ( saved my eyes) broke my nose and chipped two of my front teeth. My husband called 911 and within a few minutes they were by my side. The young man was asking where I hurt, touching arms then my left shoulder. OK I am tough, pain usually doesn't get me, but I remember screaming and him saying, start an IV and giving me some amazing pain killer so they could move me to the stretcher. I guess if you are going to do something, do it all the way right? I managed to shatter my left humorous at the very top with some splinter breaks farther down. I had some serious tissue damage to my right hand and cracked my right elbow. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Have you ever been totally helpless? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is not an easy place to be and very humbling.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I couldn't even lift a glass for a drink.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am so thankful for an amazing husband who has done everything to include brushing my teeth. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I HAD A COMPLETE SHOULDER REPLACEMENT.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I am amazed at the technology for modern medicine and the doctors who study and spend hours in surgery to fix humpty dumptys. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So now I will put off all the alarms at the airport security and be that one everyone hates that slows down the line. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Will I ride again? I hope so, it's great low impact exercise </span></div>
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Deborah Kay at The Paint Splashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16035564035110268551noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200516211419920868.post-5457943894056647352015-06-04T18:18:00.001-05:002015-06-04T18:18:50.844-05:00vintage tricycle<span style="font-size: large;">One of my favorite pictures of one of my sisters and I is on our tricycle. I was pedaling and she was on the step behind me. Last week my husband and I drove Northeast to some amish greenhouses. We stopped at an antique store that is in an old 2 story farm house. I found a tricycle very much like the one I had. Mine might have been a bit larger but it still evoked so many memories. I have a small flower bed in the back yard, trying to homey up our new place. I put the question out on FB, refinish it or leave it rusty. Rusty won. I sanded it down some and put on a coat of clear varnish. I really wanted to find handle grips but all I could find were bright pink.. okay for a new bike but not this old one. I used black electric tape and some curly metal ribbon. I also wanted to have a basket. Again all plastics and just not right. Walking through the store I found a metal basket intended for inside a kitchen sink. I attached it with white zip ties. Works PEFECT! </span><br />
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Deborah Kay at The Paint Splashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16035564035110268551noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200516211419920868.post-39318850677835459772015-06-04T16:50:00.001-05:002015-06-04T16:59:44.507-05:00Peru <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The first evening we walked down to the sea. It was such a beautiful evening.</td></tr>
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The year we were there the winners had held the pose for 55 minutes!<br />
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Deborah Kay at The Paint Splashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16035564035110268551noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200516211419920868.post-55380029562465010622015-04-13T02:42:00.000-05:002015-04-13T02:42:55.284-05:00Slovenia This is my last post for Slovenia which we visited in the fall of 2013. We had such an amazing trip and are so glad we added the extra week at the end of our cruise. We love having a car and the option of just going down back roads.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We were heading up a mountain road and stopped when we saw this blue stream.</td></tr>
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Blet, Slovenia<br />
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September 2013 we visited Slovenia. It is hard to believe it has already been well over a year ago! It's true that time flies when you are having fun!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Going through our pictures of our recent trip to Tanzania and the 8 day safari we enjoyed. This picture just stands out as a perfect photo for Shadow Shot Sunday. This beautiful Leopard decided to walk along the side of our jeep. Our driver, who had done this for 7 years, said he has never seen one do this. I just knew we were especially blessed. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 1.24;"> The </span></span><a href="http://www.croatia-split.com/blog/tourist-sites/sites-in-split-st-francis-monastery-and-matejuska.html" style="line-height: 1.24;">St. Francis's Monastery</a><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.24;"> Grounds The courtyard was surrounded with standing tombs of prominent citizens of Split as early as 1400. As we walked and realized many of these people were buried before America was discovered!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This week took us to Miami, Florida. It wasn't a trip for pleasure, but one to visit a life long friend Mike. We met Mike when we were stationed in Germany in the 1970's. So many amazing memories. How scared he looked when I handed him our new born daughter, well she was tiny at 6 pounds and only 18 inches long, and he was a 19 year old army guy. Many evenings sitting around with his guitar and singing the "newest" praise songs, mostly scripture put to music. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Hosting his brides parents when he and Kathy got married. Making their wedding cake. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then through the tough times...which is the proof of a true friend, staying by their side when they make mistakes, which we all do.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This trip will proabably be the last time we get to see him this side of eternity. He is coming to the end of a battle with cancer. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We sat in his hospital room and visited when he was awake, which was often because of the amount of pain he is suffering with. Talked through great times and favorite memories and regrets. All the things we wish we had done or had not done. Talking through options, do I keep fighting or just go home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our life is like a shadow. Solid and then things change, and then it's gone...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Knowing we have a hope of eternity, because of grace, we celebrate the time we have know him on this earth. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">we are ridiculed for our beliefs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's just a crutch some say.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">it is my hope</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">of something better to come.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">No more pain.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">No more hearing of children being shot that night.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">No broken relationships.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am not perfect, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">NO one on this earth is;</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">He laid down his life </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">for you,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">if we just believe.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">Yes, my soul, find rest in God; </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">my hope comes from him. </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 1.1;">Psalm 62:5</span></div>
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Going through pictures from our trip to Slovinia I came across the pictures of the inside of one of the Chapel at the castle on top of the mountain. I love the frescos in this beautiful place of worship. <br />
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Deborah Kay at The Paint Splashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16035564035110268551noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200516211419920868.post-33846790869594461402015-03-21T12:33:00.000-05:002015-03-21T12:34:17.358-05:00ocean shadow<span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://shadowshotsunday2.blogspot.com/">Shadow Shot Sunday</a></span><br />
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Loved visiting the Oregon Coast with our son and granddaughter last week. We had a beautiful day for getting our feet wet in the Pacific Ocean<br />
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It's hard to believe we have been blessed with health and finances to be able to visit such amazing parts of this world.</div>
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<a href="http://smilingsally.blogspot.com/">Blue Monday</a> <a href="http://ourworldtuesdaymeme.blogspot.com/"> World Tuesday</a> <a href="http://asoutherndaydreamer.blogspot.com/"> Outdoor Wednesday </a>Deborah Kay at The Paint Splashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16035564035110268551noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200516211419920868.post-89798521793521414192015-03-17T13:27:00.006-05:002015-03-17T14:12:40.936-05:00<span style="font-family: -apple-system-font;">Oct 11, 2014</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: -apple-system-font;">Breakfast. Departure to National Park Plitvice lakes - about 2,5 hours ride. Upon arrival accommodation in pansion Winnetou. Day at leisure for sightseeing of the most beautiful Croatian National park. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: -apple-system-font;"><span style="font-size: large;">We had been told how amazing this National Park would be. It lives up to it's reputation and a definite stop if you are in Croatia. </span>Rick Steves says it better than I ever could! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: ProximaNova-Regular, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">by waterfalls and miles of pleasant plank walks." </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: -apple-system-font;"> It was cool with rain off and on throughout the day. We did not go with a group so we could walk at our pace and take in the beauty of the fall colors. </span><br />
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And the day got longer, cooler and darker...Bob even changed coats with me because his was warmer. We knew the last bus back to the cars was at 6 pm...at 6:30 we finally found a parking lot that was for employes...so tankful to find a way out.</div>
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Deborah Kay at The Paint Splashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16035564035110268551noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200516211419920868.post-87285782770548832712015-03-04T10:40:00.000-06:002015-03-09T16:01:48.751-05:00Croatia 2014It has been months since I posted my last post. During that time, we sold our lake home and built a home in a retirement community. Selling the lake home was a difficult decision but we found that we would need to choose to travel or be on the lake. We both LOVE to travel and we decided we can always make time for a week at a lake with family somewhere between their homes and ours. <br />
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Our travels have been amazing so far.<br />
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After a cruise on the Mediterranean we stayed in Europe and rented a car. We drove from Italy to Croatia and Slovenia. <br />
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Deborah Kay at The Paint Splashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16035564035110268551noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200516211419920868.post-4513630048649460372014-03-28T15:06:00.001-05:002014-03-31T17:22:26.585-05:00Ephesus<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Ephesus</b></span><br />
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One of the major stops on our cruise was a day in Turkey. Our group hired a private driver and guide for the day. It was a beautiful warm day. Our first stop was the chapel and home that is believed to be where the Mother Mary of Jesus spent her last days. At the cross Jesus told John to take care of his mother. It is believed he took her to Ephesus. <br />
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There is a well there that many believe the water to contain healing powers. There is also a pray wall that many visitors write their prayers on paper and put into the cracks of the stone wall.<br />
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Personally I believe Mary was blessed to be honored to give life to Jesus but not to the point of her having special powers.<br />
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A few miles down the road is the city of Ephesus.<br />
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Maybe you have read some of the letters written to the church of Ephesus in the Bible. I never knew how enormous the city would have been. Only 20% of the city has been excavated so you can tell from some of the photos how large it must have been. <br />
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Ephesus was an important center for Early Christianity for AD 50's. Paul lived there working with the congregation and organizing missionary work.</div>
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During those years the Romans ruled and Christianity was actually against the law. The Ephesians who were Christians used a secret code to allow others to know where they lived and the businesses they owned. The circle was carved into the stone walks and into walls. I'm not sure how "secret" they could have kept this sign. </div>
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The guide explained the circle had all the letters of the name of Christ in the circle.<br />
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Some of the amazing carvings that have been discovered.</div>
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These cities were so modern. The aquaducts carried in the water to the city. Even the toilets had running water to flush out the waste. </div>
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We see how the wealthy lived in many of the beautiful homes that have been excavated. The beautiful tile work in the floors and beautiful fresco work on the walls.<br />
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One of the roads in Ephesus. </div>
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We toured where this same family has women who weave beautiful carpets out of silk. They showed us how they soak the silkworm and then harvest it.</div>
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When asked which city we enjoyed visiting the most, Ephesus was definitely our favorite.</div>
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<br />Deborah Kay at The Paint Splashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16035564035110268551noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200516211419920868.post-11977240019511275662014-02-10T19:49:00.002-06:002014-02-10T19:49:44.752-06:00miss E<span style="font-size: large;">Last week I posted a sweater set I had crocheted for my youngest Granddaughter. I just got these sweet pictures from her mommy. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">Malta is made of 7 islands but only three are inhabited. The group we were with went in different directions today. We really didn't want to pay for another tour but understand that we missed one of the best. Maybe someday we can go back and see the Blue Grotto, the sea caverns on the south coast of Malta.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">The picture below is the original zig-zag trail from the sea level up to the town. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 16px; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;"> Beautiful blues of the </span><span class="_eC" style="cursor: pointer; line-height: 16px; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a class="fl q _fC" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malta" style="cursor: pointer;">Mediterranean</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: large;">One of the most interesting buildings was a small chapel </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: large;">on a side street. St. Pau's Shipwreck Church.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #777777; font-size: 11px;">T</span>he streets were stone and the majority painted the beautiful yellows with green balcony's </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The courtyard into the palace</span></div>
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OK some of you know our obsessions with doors...a few of the ones we found in Malta<br />
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<br />Deborah Kay at The Paint Splashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16035564035110268551noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200516211419920868.post-34753621637540457442014-02-03T20:53:00.000-06:002014-02-03T20:53:06.642-06:00Not so mellow<span style="font-size: large;">Wanted to share my not so mellow yellow sweater set I just finished for my youngest granddaughter. Miss E will be 2 in March. I happen to think she will be adorable in this little set this spring. The button center of the hat and sweater are mis matched from my button box. The flower on the sweater is actually the button hole. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thanks Gemma at <a href="http://mondaymellowyellows.blogspot.com/">Monday Mellow Yellow</a>.</span></div>
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Deborah Kay at The Paint Splashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16035564035110268551noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200516211419920868.post-11549132140888007572014-02-03T16:25:00.000-06:002014-02-07T21:32:39.105-06:00The Amalfi Coast and PompeiiAfter four days in Rome were were ready to board our ship. Off for 12 days in the Greek Isles and stops in many islands and Turkey. <br />
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The next morning we ported in Naples, Italy. We shared the job of putting together our itinerary and different tours. It is always cheaper to do this through a travel agent or internet than to use the ships tours. In fact a couple of widows who were in our group chose to do everything through the ship and paid over 3 times what we paid for tours that went to the same places we visited.</div>
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This first day off the ship we were met with a guide to drive down the Amalfi coast.</div>
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We stopped once while driving along the coast then stopped for lunch in a small town. They wanted us to all go to the same restaurant but a few of us took off on our own and found a nice place with a beautiful outdoor courtyard. We also visited this beautiful church.</div>
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The city of Pompeii was an ancient Roman town-city near modern Naples in Italy. It was destroyed and buried under 13-20 ft of ash and pumice when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79AD</div>
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Researchers believe that the town was founded in the seventh or sixth century BC and was captured by the Romans in 80BC. By the the it was destroyed, 160 years later, this city had a complex water system, an amphitheatre, gymnasium. At that time it was actually a port city. The ruins are now about 6 miles from the coast because of the amount of settlement.</div>
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These round stones were built into the road system. They were used as the cross walks when the city streets were intentionally flooded with aqua ducts to clean away the sewage. You knew if the street was a one way or two way because the stones were spaced apart to let the wagons drive down them.</div>
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If you read above you know that this plaster cast is of a person who died in the volcano that destroyed the city. It is estimated 20,000 people lost their lives that day. At the beginning they were just excavating the bones. Then someone realized they were still completely in tack and if plaster was poured into the ash it made a perfect mold.</div>
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The above form made me cry. This mother would never give her child life.<br />
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Seeing the people above brought the reality of this tragedy in history to life. <br />
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Many of the things found have been taken to museum's. </div>
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A few buildings were enough in tack that you were able to see the elaborate plaster art work that were painted with dyes in the wet plaster.</div>
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This is the public bath the men used. I guess today it would be equivalent to the men's only clubs. </div>
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sky lights in the "gym"<br />
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Part of one of the excavated homes.<br />
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Don't forget these were 700 YEARS BEFORE Christ.</div>
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Above is their equivalent to our fast foods! Along the street in the shopping district were these clay pots that would have a fire built under them. The food was sold to the customers from these.</div>
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The lighting was difficult but if you look closely you see a large black dog. This is in the doorway to a home. Under the dog is the words "Beware of Dog"</div>
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I know this has been a very different, sad post but I found the history amazing.</div>
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The wall above is the outside wall of the Vatican. After waiting in line we entered through the walls gate.<br />
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Inside there was a beautiful courtyard. <br />
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The two lions in the picture to the right, can be dated to the reign of Nectanebo II (360-343 BC) The inscription tells us they were from Northern Egypt. <br />
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This piece of work is made up of both antique and restoration by Francesco Antonio Franzoni in 1788. The body of the chariot was used as the episoce throne in the church of St Mark in Rome from at least 1516 to 1711</div>
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One section of the museum held many Egyptian artifacts.</div>
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Ok, I know this one is strange…I was just amazed that "someone" could be so well preserved. You could still see her fingernails and toenails! They have them in an airtight-climate controlled area.</div>
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Hubby Loves old clocks and this one was truly a masterpeice. </div>
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I wish we had taken a picture of the details with the date.</div>
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My hubby and I in the courtyard</div>
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Some of the husbands who took us on this amazing trip. </div>
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Saint Peter's Basilica<br />
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Deborah Kay at The Paint Splashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16035564035110268551noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200516211419920868.post-19253066823580949742013-11-03T21:00:00.000-06:002013-11-03T21:39:09.362-06:00Rome Day 2<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>September 25, 2013</i></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Today we spent our 42nd Wedding Anniversary in Rome.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">We are so blessed to have the ability to travel and see sights many just dream of seeing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">If you have been following my blog, we have traveled now for most of the year. I don't know if I can ever put into words all the beautiful sights just in Rome, unless of course this post becomes 3 pages long.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Notice the holes in the exterior of the Colosseum. These are from where the marble was removed and used after the Colosseum was no longer in use. It would have been an amazing sight when it was first built. It is the largest Colosseum in the world. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Caesar was assassinated in 44 BC in the Curia of Pompey. He was cremated in the Forum. On this spot Augustus raised a temple, dedicated in 29 BC. Think about that for a minute...That was 2,042 years ago! It was decorated with the bronze rams taken from the ships of Anthony and Cleopatra captured by Augustus. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Trevi Fountain A beautiful must see sight. Make sure you throw a coin into the fountain using the right hand over the left shoulder. This was the theme of the 1954's movie, Three Coins in the Fountain. An estimated 3,000 Euros, about $5,100 are thrown into the fountain each day. The money is bused to subsidize a supermarket for Rome's needy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Nest week I will share our visit to the Sistine Chapel, the Vatican and the Vatican Museum. Hope you will stop back by! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Jet lag and no idea where to start.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">We decided the best way to get an over view of the city was the famous Red two deck Tour bus.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Our friends would arrive tomorrow and we knew we would be visiting the top sights with them.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">So here are a few shots from the upper level of the tour bus. Hope you will come back, We vacationed for almost a month visiting Rome, Pompey, many Greek islands, Turkey, Slovenia and Croatia.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A favorite thing of ours is all they unusual doors we have photographed on many of our trips. </span></div>
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ARCHES NATIONAL PARK Utah USA<br />
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A red rock wonderland<br />
Visit Arches and discover a landscape of contrasting colors, landforms and textures unlike any other in the world. The park has over 2,000 natural stone arches, in addition to hundreds of soaring pinnacles, massive fins and giant balanced rocks. The red rock wonderland will amaze you with its formations, refresh you with its trails, and inspire you with its sunsets. <br />
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It shows how massive these rocks are.</div>
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The three sisters. The rocks had some really interesting names.</div>
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It isn't uncomon as we drive to stop just to read a sign. </div>
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The Elk are amazing to see. Love how the snow had still not completely melted. </div>
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This trip was taken in July of 2013.</div>
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Of course we had to stop at the Trail Ridge Store and Cafe <span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Estes Park</span> Elevation 11,796!</div>
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Stopped for a hike and loved these pink/purple flowers</div>
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The trail went through the valley into a higher wooded area.</div>
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Bob and I decided to drive out West to see our son and his family in Oregon. </div>
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A joyful part of retirement! Do what we want when we want.</div>
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Taking our time and visiting as many National Parks as we could we started at Rocky Mountain National Park. Pour Bob had to keep reminding me it is a Park not a Forrest. </div>
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We drove through the park and stopped many times to hike a bit and take pictures. </div>
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Sweet marmot posed for several minutes while many of us clicked away</div>
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Can you find this one? She or He, was carrying grass into it's den. </div>
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We were amazed to read about the temperatures and life in these high mountains.</div>
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One interesting fact was that the flowers are very small and close to the ground to escape the high winds that would kill them.</div>
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