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From Pampas to Plains

February 27, 2013 by thirdeyemom

I haven’t felt up to writing much today as I’m still battling a persistent, stubborn sinus infection that is making me tired, somewhat grumpy and not 100%. Yet in times of illness, I always remind myself that things could always be worse. Much worse. So it is important to be positive and put my plugged ears and stuffed up head into perspective! That said, I wanted to do a quick post of inspiration. On Sunday, Jakesprinter’s Travel Theme was Plains. I […]

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Categories: BLOGGING, Inspiration, Other Photo Challenges, Reflection • Tags: Argentina, CULTURE, Guatemala, Iceland, Nepal, pampas, Photography, plains, thirdeyemom, Travel

Surprises around the world

December 21, 2012 by thirdeyemom

“Life is full of surprises”. -John Major Half of the beauty of traveling and exploring the world is the unexpected surprises that come along the way. From a glacial tongue in Iceland…

Categories: BLOGGING, Weekly Photo Challenge • Tags: China, CULTURE, France, Iceland, Nepal, Photography, postaday, surprises, thirdeyemom, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge

W is for Waterfall

December 4, 2012 by thirdeyemom

I have never participated in Frizztext’s Story challenges before but thought there was no better time than the present to jump on board. This week’s challenge is the letter “W” and I immediately thought of water. Water seems to be my favorite photo subject perhaps because I love it so much. I live in the land of 10,000 lakes and water is the one thing that truly calms my soul. For this theme, I chose a variation of water: Waterfalls. […]

Categories: BLOGGING, France, Iceland, Inspiration, Other Photo Challenges, PHOTOGRAPHY, Tour de Vanoise, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY • Tags: CULTURE, France, Iceland, Inspiration, Nature, Photography, thirdeyemom, Travel, vanoise national park, waterfalls

Into the Mystic of Iceland

November 17, 2012 by thirdeyemom

“We were born before the wind Also younger than the sun Ere the bonnie boat was won as we sailed into the mystic Hark, now hear the sailors cry Smell the sea and feel the sky Let your soul and spirit fly into the mystic” – Lyrics to one of my favorite Van Morrison songs, “Into the Mystic” I just couldn’t resist including it with the post…listen along and view my photos into the mystic…. There is no place […]

Categories: ACTIVE TRAVEL, BLOGGING, Iceland, Other Photo Challenges, PHOTOGRAPHY, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY • Tags: CULTURE, Iceland, Inspiration, Photography, thirdeyemom, Travel

Passing the honor

July 18, 2012 by thirdeyemom

Two fellow bloggers, Jennifer Avventura of My Sardinian Life | La Mia Vita Sarda and Emma of Emma’s Life Unravel recently passed the baton over to my blogs thirdeyemom and thethirdeyeworld for the Inspiring Blog Award. I must say that I’m very flattered to receive this award but I am more excited to pass it on to new bloggers that I’ve found. So I’m going to break the rules a bit and skip the part of telling “7 things about myself” and instead add my own twist….. I’m going to […]

Categories: ACTIVE TRAVEL, Awards, BLOGGING, Skiing, Trekking/Hiking • Tags: awards, Blogging, CULTURE, Iceland, Inspiration, Nepal, thirdeyemom, Travel

Solid as a Rock

July 15, 2012 by thirdeyemom

In response to Jakesprinter’s Sunday Post theme “solid” I had to wrack my brain a bit to come up with something over and over again. If I hadn’t already done my post on “dreaming” about my marriage and family, I suppose I would had used it as a possible interpretation of solid. (I keep thinking of that old song….“Solid. Solid. Solid as a Rock“). So instead, I’m going to go by the old standby definition of solid: Hard, strong, sturdy, […]

Categories: ACTIVE TRAVEL, BLOGGING, Other Photo Challenges • Tags: Argentina, China, CULTURE, Iceland, Nature, nepal. guatemala, Photography, Travel

Weekly Image of Life: Adventure

July 12, 2012 by thirdeyemom

“One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure.” — William Feather This week’s theme for the Weekly Image of Life by the Island Traveler is one near and dear to my heart. Adventure. I searched the online dictionaries on the web to see how they defined adventure and here are some of my favorites. ad•ven•tureædˈvɛn tʃər(n.; v.)-tured, -tur•ing. An exciting or very unusual experience. Participation in exciting undertakings or enterprises: the spirit of […]

Categories: ACTIVE TRAVEL, BLOGGING, Other Photo Challenges, Running, Skiing, Trekking/Hiking • Tags: annapurna trek, Argentina, China, CULTURE, glacier hiking, Great Wall, Iceland, Minnesota, Nepal, Perito Moreno Glacier, Photography, Safari, South Africa, thirdeyemom, Travel

Travel theme: Parks

June 25, 2012 by thirdeyemom

Ailsa over at Where’s my backpack’s weekly travel theme is parks. I couldn’t think of a more perfect theme. If you have been following my blog, you probably know that I am an avid hiker and find myself at peace in parks. I have been to many beautiful parks in my life, however, there are a few that have stayed in my heart and soul forever. Places of such eternal, everlasting beauty that I will never forget them. Here is […]

Categories: ACTIVE TRAVEL, Argentina, BLOGGING, Chile, El Chalten, Iceland, Other Photo Challenges, Perito Moreno Glacier, San Carlos de Bariloche, Torres del Paine NP, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY, Trekking/Hiking • Tags: Argentina, Chile, CULTURE, Hiking, Iceland, Patagonia, Photography, thirdeyemom, Travel, trekking

A return to Iceland

May 15, 2012 by thirdeyemom

I felt like I needed to spice my blog up a bit. Lately I’ve done an awful lot of posts on Minnesota and even have another one in the queue. When I started this blog it was mostly for sharing my stories and photos from traveling somewhere else. Yet I came to realize that many of my readers have never even been to Minnesota and perhaps don’t realize how incredibly beautiful it really is. Hence my recent focus on places […]

Categories: ACTIVE TRAVEL, Iceland, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY, Trekking/Hiking • Tags: CULTURE, Iceland, Nature, Photography, thirdeyemom, Travel

Weekly Photo Challenge: Two Subjects

April 13, 2012 by thirdeyemom

For this week’s photo challenge “Two Subjects” I couldn’t decide. I was torn between two completely different pictures in two different countries: Iceland and Morocco. So I picked Two Subjects with two subjects (ha ha…hope you liked my play on words!). Here are the two I chose.

Categories: BLOGGING, Iceland, Morocco, TRAVEL BY COUNTRY, Weekly Photo Challenge • Tags: CULTURE, glacier, Iceland, Jökulsárlón, Morocco, Photography, postaday, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge

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