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vom_marloweI have returned from my holiday if not suntanned at least with the occasional new freckle. I had practically no net access and spent my time aboard an honest to goodness yacht at sea in the tropics.
It is disconcerting to spend Christmas surrounded by brightly colored flowers, vines, and coral reefs, but it was quite delightful.
I ate a great deal of delicious food, sketched in my Moleskine, and caught up with my sister and family.
My favorite was snorkeling--I drifted over the coral, peering down at the most amazing sights of coral, fish, and spiky urchins. It was a whole new world. I had a couple of disposable underwater cameras so I hope to have pictures to show for it, but if you have seen pictures or videos of coral reefs with unlikely bright tropical fish, that's what I got to see!
We also went on an ATV up a mountain, past goats and cows and horses, to see honest to goodness indigo, sugar cane, and gum trees. Beautiful!
Also at one point, I was briefly covered in green monkeys. Yes, really.
There was an unfortunate snafu in the plane ride home, so I spent New Year's Eve in a shoddy Quality Inn in North Carolina, but overall I had a great time.
I have not read my flist or my email and my work desk looks like a small papermill exploded all over it, so if you have any pressing news to share, send me a link or drop me a line here. I'll be working my way slowly back and through.
I hope everyone had as enjoyable a winter festal season as I did. Life has been rather rough in the VM household as of late, but I feel much more rested and relaxed. I think 2012 will be a better year.
It is disconcerting to spend Christmas surrounded by brightly colored flowers, vines, and coral reefs, but it was quite delightful.
I ate a great deal of delicious food, sketched in my Moleskine, and caught up with my sister and family.
My favorite was snorkeling--I drifted over the coral, peering down at the most amazing sights of coral, fish, and spiky urchins. It was a whole new world. I had a couple of disposable underwater cameras so I hope to have pictures to show for it, but if you have seen pictures or videos of coral reefs with unlikely bright tropical fish, that's what I got to see!
We also went on an ATV up a mountain, past goats and cows and horses, to see honest to goodness indigo, sugar cane, and gum trees. Beautiful!
Also at one point, I was briefly covered in green monkeys. Yes, really.
There was an unfortunate snafu in the plane ride home, so I spent New Year's Eve in a shoddy Quality Inn in North Carolina, but overall I had a great time.
I have not read my flist or my email and my work desk looks like a small papermill exploded all over it, so if you have any pressing news to share, send me a link or drop me a line here. I'll be working my way slowly back and through.
I hope everyone had as enjoyable a winter festal season as I did. Life has been rather rough in the VM household as of late, but I feel much more rested and relaxed. I think 2012 will be a better year.
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Date: 2012-01-05 04:16 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-01-05 04:26 pm (UTC)Here's the Yuletide reveal post.