Scene Around Home: Wild Blackberries

I cannot say happy Monday as I woke up to a hacked email account and messages from dear friends and family that they received evil spam from me. Then we discovered that due to a dire lack of vacation time, we cannot go to California for any of the holidays. This is a big blow emotionally and makes the impact and reality of moving very real.

But let's think about happy things as this day nears an end. I got to visit the Columbia River Gorge this weekend and see my dog swim near a waterfall. I also got to go creek walking with my boys and Betty and we gobbled up delicious wild blackberries warmed in the sun.

taken at Horsetail Falls, Columbia River Gorge

More happy thoughts: tomorrow is a new day, and it's bound to be more cheerful considering it is my birthday. I opened up one present early to cheer myself up today...thank you Toots & Pops for the Design*Sponge book! Woohoo!