Breathtaking Beauty

Darlings, just look at this breathtaking beauty. You won't be able to see it's wonder right here on the blog but if you click on it you will be able to. Erika is here staying the night at my house and we created an account on Stumble Upon. It's this awesome site where you add some of your interests and it searches the worldwide web for you and shows you things from the internet that you might like. Literally the moment this photo came on the screen we gasped. So, let's just say we "stumbled upon" the breathtaking photo above-which led to finding these others.

 We are truly fascinated by the constellations. 

All of them truly take our breath away. It is so incredible how amazingly God has created the universe. Last year Rachel did research in astronomy for school and it was amazing to see how perfectly the planets worked in their cycles.

Finding these breathtaking images has made us want to find out more about the constellations and heavens. We hope to find a great book on it with epic pictures so if any of you have any suggestions be sure to let us know. We also are adding this little beauty to the top of our Christmas wish lists. Wouldn't it be magical to have this on while you fall into a deep slumber?

"The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge. There is no speech or language where the voice is not heard. Their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world."

Psalm 19:1-4a

Kisses and Hugs,

-Erika and Rachel ♥

Autumn Pumpkins

Isn't this the cutest little child you have ever seen?  Maybe it is just because he is my little brother, but I think he is absolutely adorable, he's just such a pumpkin!

I took pictures of him (by the way his name is Jonas) a couple of days ago and I thought "why have I never taken pictures of him before?" It turns out he is rather photogenic......of course in my opinion there is really no way that he couldn't look precious.  

Jonas isn't a big hat person, but I managed to snap a shot of him.  

He is always so curious about everything and it gets him into quite a lot of trouble.  If we don't see him around  it's time to go find him because who knows what trouble he is getting himself into.  

It has been gorgeous out for the past couple of weeks.  The breeze has been lovely, and just everything around looks so pretty with all the leaves changing colour.    

I have been spending a lot of time outside reading, painting and enjoying the wonderful weather.

I hope you wonderful readers have been enjoying the weather as much as I have.  

Have a brilliant day,

Erika X

Summer Reminiscence

On Sunday August the 5th we set out on a holiday--a seaside holiday to be precise. The car packed like a sardine can with snacks, pillows, duffels, and extra bags for the ride (belonging to Erika and Rachel) filled with our journals, sketchbooks, and current book we were reading (Harry Potter, of course).

The five days we spent by the sea (Lake Huron) was magical, and pure bliss. We took lengthy walks along the shore, collecting seaglass as we went, and setting the camera down on timer occasionally....well a bit more than occasionally.

We saw a sailboat race during an outing and wished that one of those boat's could have belonged to us, we imagined wonderful things to call our sail boats. 

We swam in the beautifully pure and blue water and, still wet from the swim, took pictures. 

We watercoloured on a rocky cliff, read on the beach, and all of us kids practically lived off Animal Crackers, which is probably the best snack in the world. The first two days we had afternoon outings and always listened to the infamous Vampire Weekend-all the little kids singing along too-we have taught them well! 

On an outing the first day we found swans in the water and dubbed them: Pat and Meryl.

One evening a fog came round that took our breath away--it was magical. At one point a barge was on the horizon blowing its horn. The sound and fog reminded us of an old British murder mystery film. 

We took magical late night walks and looked out upon the stars.  It was pitch black and all you could hear was the sound of rushing waves.  Nighttime was a great time to just sit on the beach in silence, it has an eerie feel about it, but was brilliant all the same. 

Ian (Erika's brother), Emma (Erika's sister), and us got to sleep in the loft above the garage. It was so fun to have it all to ourselves. At night we all took our turns taking showers, then would go back to the house across the sidewalk and hang out with everyone (one night we watched The Dark Knight and another night we painted adorable little tug boats), and then come back at about midnight and stay up for ages talking of all things brilliant.

The last night was grand--Aunt Linda and Uncle Corky (our hosts) treated all of us kids to ice cream from the shop down the road.

The whole week was full of wonderful memories. We have both agreed it was the main highlight of our practically perfect in every way Summer. 

And many times all of us kids came down and fumbled around on the rocks trying to see how far we could go.

The week was magnificent, and oh so fun. It makes us miss Summer all the more than we do already. We end this little post in hopes of going on another seaside holiday next Summer. Summer is officially over, but it's always good to reminisce and hope for good times the rest of the year! 

With lots of love,

Erika and Rachel ♥

XOXO