Beautiful Adventure

Hello again, back with another hiking layout.  I'm playing along with Lasting Memories #731.

The DT has asked us to focus on our arrangement by using a sketch as your starting point

 

I choose to use the sketch below from Sketches in Thyme

I changed it up by adding a third cluster and dropped the title below the journaling.  I decided not to use the photo corners since my one cluster would cover it anyway.  

Thanks for stopping by to take a look

 

Go big- Hike

I'm back with another hiking layout.  I picked all the papers and colors from the matching knit hats my daughter and I were wearing.  We did a very short hike in the Thurston Hills area.  Some of the trail was for mountain biking but it had been so wet that the trail had been closed to bike traffic.  Lucky for us we went when we did because the week after that area was absolutely destroyed by an ice storm

I'm on a roll and happy to be sharing another Anything Goes at Challenge Yourself

 

Parker Falls

 For my birthday this year, I did a quick solo hike in the Umpqua National Forest to Parker Falls.
Nice quiet hike on a very cool morning.  Can't wait to get in a few winter hikes this Christmas break.

I'm excited to share another layout with Challenge Yourself after being selected last month as the random prize winner.  

Ice storm 2024

We are well into December and experiencing much cooler weather. So far, there have been no major storms, but we still have the rest of the month and January. Last year, we had a significant ice storm in mid-January.  Freezing rain followed by a brief thaw and another round of freezing rain to create a thick layer of ice on everything.  We escaped any major damage but the southern end of the valley was hit much harder

 

Dry Creek Falls

 Wow, it's been a while since I've shared anything with you all.

Life has been busy here on the farm, but when isn't it?  I thought I would have more time if I had only one child still living at home with us! So, wrong...

Anyway, I'm here to share with you a layout from a winter hiking trip last year.  My adventure buddy Tami and I usually get together for my birthday to go hiking.  Unfortunately, we had to delay a week as a huge storm dumped snow and ice throughout Oregon.

Here is my layout 

based on Rochelle's December challenge

I added two extra photos to create a grid as I'm also playing along with Challenge yourself

and Stacy Tic Tac Toe

I went diagonal with Tag, Sticker, and Die Cuts

and last but not least I'm going with a second chance at Lasting Memories by creating a layout about my current  (#708) favorite topic: Hiking