Staying Packed

Posted on March 3, 2013 by thetravelingpear

Over the course of the last two months my suitcase has had its fair share of bumps and bruises. Over 8k miles just between December and February alone. That’s what happens when you take a Texas gal out of the Lone Star state and plop her down on the iceberg coast of Maine 😉 (just kidding..I actually […]

One day there will be…

Posted on June 28, 2012 by thetravelingpear

One day there will be…land which we can roam, dotted with sheep, fluffy as foam. One day there will be…a morning I awake and find a breakfast I will take, filled with pastries my Chef will have baked. One day there will be…a chateau built not merely for me, but for others to enjoy for […]

Paris…going beyond the Périphérique

Posted on May 1, 2012 by thetravelingpear

This trip to France was much different than those before. No longer was I a tourist aimed at seeing everything set forth on a mile long itinerary. I was a girl coming back to a city that held treasured memories of adventures, places, friends and good times of a life I experienced there with my Chef. For […]

Eiffel Love…Bokeh Style

Posted on February 7, 2012 by thetravelingpear

I just had to share some of my Bokeh photography I did in the wee hours last night. Bokeh for those not familiar with photography terminology is an out of focus image or blurred image. Basically it’s a technique that can produce some really ascetically pleasing images if you know what you’re doing! Like this one… Now, […]

Shepherdess at heart

Posted on January 8, 2012 by thetravelingpear

Ever since I discovered my inner 18th century French princess—mind you–a princess who lives on a rather large country estate. I’ve been drawn to the idea of what life in the country, surrounded by rolling hills of green, spattered with flocks of sheep might have been like. Maybe like this painting by Sonya Chasey? Of course […]