home for the holidays

 

It’s ended up being a bit longer of a vacation from blogging than I had originally planned! More than just the break for the holidays that I was expecting.  Life has a good habit of catching one up in it. :)

We were really blessed to be able to head back to the States for the holidays and spend it with family this Christmas. It definitely proved to be an interesting trip as we took what is called a “Space Available” flight through the military, which is fantastic since it is free, but has it’s own quirks that go along with it as well (as with most things that are free ;) ). It took us a few days to finally get a flight out from Germany to Massachusetts, but we finally made it. Waiting around gave me an awesome opportunity though to get alot of reading in, and work on a pair of socks. So it had it’s plus’s as well. :)

I didn’t end up getting too many photos while we were there for the holidays, as I was spending most of my time just  enjoying the company of family that I haven’t seen for awhile. With that said, though, I was still was able to spend a little bit of time taking photos around the place where we were staying.

A crazy storm sprang up one morning when we were about to head out to breakfast with my grandparents, and we got a call from the folks at the front desk, saying that everyone staying in the cottages should stay put, and not leave for the mainland. There were some strong winds, and since Fourth Cliff (where we were staying) is a peninsula, waves were coming up from the shore, and flooding the roads. I think that was the closest thing I’ve seen to hurricane force winds. It was pretty intense! Thankfully it seemed only minimal damage was done to the houses directly on the water. I saw a few stairs washed out, but other than that, it seemed all else was alright. One of the oddest things, though, was that while the storm was going on, what I had at first thought was snow mounding up on the roadside, and swirling about in the air, really turned out to foam from the ocean that had whipped up, and was covering the streets... it was the strangest sight!

After the storm had abated, and we were waiting for the flooding on the roads to go down, I put on my trusty Bean boots, took my camera and spent some time walking around the marshy areas, snapping a few photos.

Although it is a little belated, I hope that everyone had a Merry Christmas, and a happy New Year!