binab Welcome, love the pages lots of pictures and you really captured the moments.
Melisa Beautiful, I've loved every page you've done with the castles and this is no exception.
Kim Very neat fireworks layout, good pictures they are always hard to catch. The Pirate & Princess is wonderful, love the papers and different alphas.
Janis Love the hat, the colors really pop. The Sunset is a great use of that template, really pretty.
I've got a couple more pages, the hike to the WaterFall I've already done. I really wanted to do these pictures justice so it took a bit of playing with but I'm happy with the result.
The journaling reads:
In August 2007 we watched the news and prayed for rain as fires burned around camp. One article mentioned the Passage Creek Trail head so we knew at least some of our familiar places had been touched by fire.
Almost a year later on July 27, 2008 we were able to hike to the falls along a trail that has drastically changed. The trail was clear and except for having to cross the creek at the trailhead on a log and scale a small hill instead of using the bridge that had burned completely away it was not any more difficult than before. Nature reclaiming what it has lost was wonderful to experience. The pine trees were reduced to blackened ruins and the usual forest underbrush of moss and old trees was replaced with green grass and wild flowers that we usually see only in the meadow or along the trail where they could get the sunshine needed to grow. I loved the contrast of the black against the vibrant colors of the new growth but mourned the loss of the forest that once existed there. It was reassuring to find when we arrived at the falls that the fire hadnt touched the immediate area. It was as beautiful as remembered with even more appreciation for the surrounding forest.
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