Laowai

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I think I need some landscape photography lessons. The panoramas are interesting but they just don’t come close to capturing what I see with my eyes. 

Last night we went for a walk around dusk and I had to pinch myself. I really live here surrounded by all these hills and mountains and pastoral scenes. The area where we walked was really close by but for some reason we had not been over there. We walked up through a vineyard and had gorgeous views of some old farms. And then we walked along the hill and found a much better view of the mountains to our south. Our town sits kind of where there is a bend in Lake Zurich and once we got around that bend the sky opened up and the mountains felt even closer. As we walked home the sun went down and it started to cool off. Bea rode on Brian’s shoulders (her favorite spot) and got good and sleepy. It was just a magical walk and I wanted to wrap my arms around Brian and thank him a million times for bringing us here. 

Pack your walking shoes Mom – I plan on recovering quickly so we can go on magical gentle walks with your new grand-daughter.