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What constitutes a vacation?

July 14, 2012 by Mary Frances 9 Comments

Doing something different? Removing your mind from everyday things? Being with your children 24/7? Having the freedom to do what you want when you want – such as staying in bed, reading or sleeping on and off until 10, or napping at 4 or having a beer at lunch?

You know what makes it for you. For us, last week was a first of being at our little upstate home, with glorious weather all week except for rain one day, no kids, no conventions or meetings and just doing what we felt like, when we felt like, and having some close friends over for dinner on the 4th. It was really perfect. We had sunset cocktails, wonderful local food, tried new recipes, dinner out twice (a treat), and lovely walks after dinner. You know, you feel like you eat too much and you drink too much and you’re bound to gain weight but surprisingly, I didn’t. I did ride my bike from 8 to 21.5 miles almost every day so I guess that helped and worked to sweat the toxins out as well. It is so quiet there and I love having all the windows in the house open to feel the clean soft breezes. (Rare for me because in NYC, it just makes the apartment dirty.) It was a real, clear the head, simply lovely time. We saw two great movies – The Avengers (silly fun) and Moonrise Kingdom – a quirky, must see, coming of age movie with great music and fantastic graphic scenes of Rhode Island.

I hope you get to clear your head this summer as well.

Here are some visual highlights.

Driveway with bike in upstate New York. Road to heaven.

I always think this looks like the road to heaven or the road to nowhere. There actually is a large house way over to the right and this is their driveway.

Upstate New York waterfall.

Our neighborhood waterfall.

Corn field in upstate New York.

The corn is growing!

Yellow roadside flowers in upstate New York.

I love these little yellow roadside flowers.

Horse farm in upstate New York with tractor.

Local horse farm – see the tractor?

Breakfast outside with eggs, toast, and orange juice.

Breakfast outside – my favorite!

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Filed Under: Breakfast, Travel Tagged With: bike rides, breakfast, Columbia County, corn, farm fresh eggs, horses, orange juice, roadside flowers, smoked salmon and scrambled eggs, toast, upstate NY, vacation, waterfalls, willow trees

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  1. tearoomdelights says

    July 15, 2012 at 3:09 PM

    Beautiful photos, that looks absolutely delightful!

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    • Mary Frances says

      July 15, 2012 at 11:37 PM

      It was! Thank you!!

      Reply
  2. Busy Girl Health says

    May 16, 2013 at 1:09 PM

    Hi Mary! I found this post inspiring and I really love your blog. I have nominated you as one of my top 15 bloggers for the Best Moment Award! You can go to http://busygirlhealth.wordpress.com/2013/05/16/best-moment-award/ for more instructions. Thanks for your great posts and I hope you have a beautiful day!

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    • Mary Frances says

      May 17, 2013 at 10:54 AM

      Thank you for your kind words and nomination! Your blog is beautiful and very inspiring–I’m honored that you enjoy mine as well! Have a wonderful weekend and please continue blogging. 🙂

      Reply
      • Busy Girl Health says

        May 17, 2013 at 12:04 PM

        Thank you also Mary! I hope you have a great weekend as well 🙂

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      • Busy Girl Health says

        May 21, 2013 at 8:33 AM

        Thank you also Mary! 🙂

        Reply
  3. Marylin Warner says

    May 19, 2013 at 10:30 PM

    Your pictures and details made this a vacation for us, too!

    Reply
    • Mary Frances says

      May 20, 2013 at 3:50 PM

      So glad to hear that! 🙂

      Reply

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