My steaming cup of freshly brewed coffee begins to awaken me as I gaze out the window of my living room in Oregon. Sunlight brightens a blue morning sky and spills down over the valley, bringing life to the tall evergreens and farms that dot the rolling landscape. I can see the coastal mountains at the end of the horizon, standing like guardians over the great Pacific Ocean beyond.
My thoughts gather around another Easter several years ago when I happened to be in Greece while Easter was being celebrated in Italy. Afterward, I took a ferry-boat to Italy. A few days later Easter was being celebrated in Greece! So I can honestly say that I ‘missed’ Easter that year. Read my post Our ‘Passed-Over’ Easter.
Today I am happy to anticipate an Easter celebration with family at home while I plan for my next exciting adventure to Italy. I think about all of you, scattered around different parts of the world. I am thankful for each one of you. I hope that your Easter day is, was or will be a time of renewal, a time to be grateful, and a time to enjoy those around you. No matter where you are, it is a day to be cherished.
Easter Blessings, everyone!
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Happy Easter 🐣
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Fabulous pic!! We hope to be in Rome for Christmas and/or Easter one of these years. It will have to be after the grandkids are older though. They want the nonni home for the holidays. 🙂
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I hope you do go! I understand how it is with grandkids. I have my first one who is 8 months old and it’s incredibly hard to leave him for any length of time. I am nonni, and I love it:)
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What a beautiful shot! I didn’t realize you lived in Oregon. I was just there (in Portland) for 10 days and had an amazing time. I love your state…it’s just beautiful!
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Oh it would have been fun to meet for a coffee or vino! Do you come often?
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It would have been lovely! I wish I had known! My husband is a management consultant and has a project at Nike right now, which brings him to Portland from Monday to Fridays. I took advantage of the girls’ Spring break to go out and visit him for a change. I might just be back in the summer, if the project continues. I will definitely let you know!
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Please do!! I would love to get together….
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Me too! Count on it if we head back to Portland!
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Hope you get to feeling better…..but in this photo you look “splendida”
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why, thank you! It’s a roller coaster…one day better, next day crappy. Riding it through…
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Hi Susan – Easter looks to be just as beautiful in Oregon as it would be in Italy. Hope you had a blessed holiday with family and friends taking in the wonders of Nature’s beauty set out before us as it reawakens for another season.
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Hi Pat~ so good to hear from you. I hope your Easter was a special one. You are surrounded with nature. Did you get out in it?
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Thank you, Susan. We did get out in it a little but mostly just hung around home for Easter. I’m enjoying this Spring season where everything is beginning to wake up. 🙂
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Happy Easter, Susan – I hope it is still today when you read this, even though it is yesterday already here 🙂 ❤
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Thanks! I was home nursing a chest cold…but the family kept sending me photos on my phone of the Easter dinner event, so I feel like I was part of it.
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I hope you recover quickly.
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Buona Pasqua Susan
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Buona Pasqua!
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It is a special day indeed, and I am also reminiscing about where I’ve been on Easter over the past few years…I’m glad I’m in good company. Happy Easter to you! 🙂
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