Having Returned

I have returned from Alaska!! Did you miss me?  

Now that I've come back I want nothing more than to return to Alaska.  It was amazing!  No words could describe the beauty there.  It's spacious, beautiful, open, wild, and untamed.  Everything about it is amazing.  

My photos didn't turn out as great as I had hoped because I was rushed throughout the entire trip.  Therefore, there was very little time to compose a shot and almost NO time to set up equipment.  A shame, really, since every inch that I discovered in Alaska deserved to be captured and given time in front of a lens.  What I SAW and what I will REMEMBER, however, will forever be with me.  Absolutely stunning.

I actually got a tad sick on the last day of the trip and it made for a torturous return journey home, but I made it and am feeling worlds better today.  Still, lots to do and unpacking needs to get done, so I might still be a little flighty here.

I apologize to those of you who submitted deviations while I was away.  I simply cannot go through them all.  There isn't enough time.  If there was something you really wanted me to see, please send it to me and I'll be sure to take a look!  Thanks for understanding!!

In the meantime, I'm going to go try and not die in this unrelenting heat that is about 50 degrees warmer than what the temperature was in Alaska.

Thanks for reading!

Movie Review: Enchanted Directed by: Kevin Lima - Enchanted is a curious film considering it is a Disney production that is making fun of and also replicating many of its previous fairy tales. Instead of sticking to strictly animation, Disney throws a wrench into the cogs of most Disney films to combine both animation and live action. Giselle, our heroine and princess, is banished by a wicked step mother who is trying to keep the innocent young maiden from taking over her throne by marrying her step-son Edward. Giselle is thrown from her animated world to a place where there is no "love" and "happily ever afters" aka New York City!

She's completely lost in this hubbub of real life where nobody is nice and she is hopelessly stranded. Nobody sings, people get angry, and love can be broken "forever and ever". Amongst this madness she meets Robert, engaged to Nancy, and his young daughter Morgan who is absolutely enthralled with the prospect that Giselle is a real princess. What follows is a funny adventure that slowly effects the steadfast Robert and the eccentric Giselle. In a world where there is no magic a completely magical story blooms, reminding us that magic is what we make it out to be and it can be just as glorious as any fairy tale. Great for any age!  

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"It appeared to the Elders that the people here would believe anything about themselves, no matter how preposterous, as long as it was flattering. To make sure of this, they performed an experiment. They put the idea into Earthlings' heads that the whole Universe had been created by one big animal who looked just like them. He sat on a throne with a lot of less fancy thrones all around him. When people died they got to sit on those other thrones forever because they were such close relatives of the Creator.
The people down here just ate that up!'"
Hocus Pocus by: Kurt Vonnegut