Hello from the stranger

Hi Everyone,

Just wanted to pop in and say hello. Last time I posted I invited you to follow our travel adventures in Turkey. The adventures were so amazing we were dead beat every night and never had the energy to actually blog. The trip was amazing!!! I am hoping that we will get the blog finished at some date in the not too distant future but we have had a little bit too much on our plate since we came home.

On the last day of the trip I fell and tore the ligaments in my foot. It was a fun trip home... NOT!!!

Anyway, while we were away my father-in-law who we look after here at home, stayed in a respite centre. He has Alzheimer's (dam that beast) and he deteriorated quite a bit while we were away. Long story short we had to accept we could no longer take care of him here at home any more and he had to be placed in a care facility. It was the very hardest thing we have ever gone through and broke our hearts. The staff are wonderful and now that he is settled in he is doing very well. :-)

Then we decided to sell our home, buy a new home and it all happened within a couple of weeks after we came home. We move January 17th!!

I hope to get back to more dedicated photography in the new year and hope to join the next round again altho it will most likely be March before I can commit.

I am going to spend some time on my next layover catching up with all the blogs I follow, I have missed your wonderful talent!!!

I'll be back!!

Sue

I should share a picture tho...here are two of my very favourite images from the Turkish trip..which do you like? I took it at sunset through my hotel room window on a really slow exposure

Comments

[Tammy]

Well Hello Stranger! I have missed you! Wow, when you do things you do them big! Sorry to hear about your FIL and your ankle! Hang in there!

Very pretty pics...I love that soft glow! I think I prefer the first image...

[AVinNYC]

I'm glad you had a wonderful trip but I'm sorry about your FIL- that's a very difficult decision! I hope your move goes well- good luck packing and we look forward to reading more about your latest adventures!

[Danudin]

I have never been to Turkey or spain, but that is so reminiscent of photos that friends brought back from their donkey trip from Bacelona to Saville, where they said all the villages appeared to have that type of scene. They also found it romantic.

[Julie McLeod]

I believe I prefer the first image too.

You do have a lot on the go now, don't you? It's wonderful that your father-in-law is settling in well and no doubt it is the best solution for dealing with the sad reality of dementia. (My mother-in-law is in a nursing home here in Ottawa, also with Alzheimer's.) Good luck with all the preparations for moving and hope to see you blogging again in the new year.

I've been thinking about your nephew and wondering whether he's is back from Afghanistan yet....

[Ellen]

How fine to 'see' you again. I prefer the top image too by a tiny bit. You have a lot on your plate, I look forward to seeing more of your images once things settle.