escapeseeker comes calling

About the photo: I've been craving color and just had to create a collage that made me happy - SO, if Mother Nature doesn't cooperate (in the middle of winter!!!!!) . . . create your own - kind of makes you feel powerful in a sick, twisted way - haha!


I'm needing some COLOR in my life - our days are gray, snowy and cold and it makes me crave yellows, green and brown!!! Never thought I would crave brown - how funny. Looking at some of my old photos helped to lift my chilly spirit!!!!

Journal Notes:
Last week was anything but boring around here. Let me explain:

I was basically minding my own business the other day (which I do quite well, mind you) when I got an email that sent me into a state of shock - literally! From time to time I get an email from this person so, of course, I didn't panic when I saw her name in my mailbox - just thought, "Wonder 'where in the world' she is and what is she up to!" But when I read 'said email' I went numb - really!

Mel is a television producer for PBS and is currently producing a show called ESCAPESEEKER - a travel series that explores distant lands around the world and delves into unexplored areas. Griffin (my son) wrote the music for the trailer for her show - he did an awesome job (view below). Anyway, she mentioned in her email that she had been viewing my blog for sometime and was taking note of my photos and wondered if I would like to accompany her to ******JAPAN****** this Thursday as her photographer!!!!!!! This is where I fell on the floor (dumb-struck) and foamy-froth proceeded to come out of my mouth (are you getting the visual here?). To put it mildly, I was in a fog for the rest of the day - I would call that shock and awe! Not long after the email showed up, she called!

Long story-short the only hang up was . . . . . . . . . you guessed it . . . . . . . .NO PASSPORT!!!!! After much investigation on my part - I concluded there was physically not enough time (only 4-5 days) to process the application - and folks, that's just not enough time to get it done. SO, Thursday a jet will take off from Salt Lake International airport and I won't be on it! Oh woooooooooah is me!

The UP-SIDE to this story - I'm still going to apply for my passport and Mel will be calling again (sometime, soon) for other really boring distant lands such as England, Paris, Africa and more! Now, can you believe that?

PLEASE TURN OFF MUSIC AT THE BOTTOM OF BLOG BEFORE VIEWING THIS CLIP!