I guess, like the rest of the world, we were watching the US Presidential elections with some measure of fear, anticipation, dread, worry and amazement.
I guess, like much of the world, we were surprised at the news we woke to. I am not a political person and I am of the opinion that so much of what we heard about both candidates for president was spin and hype, was twisted and manipulated, but seriously, if that was the best on offer, if they really were the two best Americans put forward to lead one of the major countries in the world, I am surprised. It makes Brexit look like a minor event.
It is indeed a major event. I don't pretend to understand all of the ramifications of the vote, but I confess to being worried about the future and I suspect I would still have been worried if the vote had gone the other way. I always wanted to be the 51st state, but I confess to - right at this moment - being kind of happy on our little island.
On a happier note I have a page to share made for a challenge by one of my very favourite American's Shimelle! Her challenge this week was to go large with red. OK so I am a naturally cautious person - red is a scary old colour, but I tried. I really did!
we absolutely loved the red tram cars in California Adventure. We rode them, we snapped them going by, we watched the tram car show twice. They had to feature on
a page.
I pulled out a mess of papers and embellishments and broke into my new Simple Stories Disney pack - OUCH - that was scary!
I also have some digital scrapping news
It is Wednesday which means Something Old and Something New over at The Lily Pad.
Dawn has her Riff Raff collection on sale at 50% off here
and she also has Slightly Imperfect on sale at 50% off here
I couldn't resist making this page and I make no apologies for the title.
It was the only bad weather day we had. It started to cloud over as we neared Mount Rainier National Park and when we got to Sunrise point it was so foggy we couldn't see the mountain
It drizzled and fogged, weather worthy of the UK, and as we left the sun came out and it cleared.
We cannot complain - one bad day in three weeks and other than that unbroken sunshine and record temperatures.
Today I am thankful for
- living in the UK
- the faith to believe that the world leaders will eventually work together to bring peace to the world and to their own countries, but I suspect we are in for a bumpy ride for a while
- sunshine here today (though I'd have quite liked some of the white cold stuff the north has had!
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