Virginia

Fun facts on my new home state of VA:

In VA you can get your learners permit when you are fifteen and nine months.

65%  of VA is covered by forests

Cardinal 

 Virginia is known as "the birthplace of a nation".

Eight United States Presidents were born in Virginia: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, William Harrison, John Tyler, Zachary Taylor, and Woodrow Wilson.

The State nickname is "Old Dominion".

The first peanuts grown in the United States were grown in Virginia.

The states of Kentucky & West Virginia were formed from sections of the state of Virginia

The first Thanksgiving in North America was held in Virginia in 1619.

So now you know a little about VA, and so do I! 
I'm happy in my new home state and now call it home. 

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VA's flag

American dogwood

Unplugged

In my new life I struggled 6 months with no local acquaintances much less friends.
Life was dull and boring. I felt like I was always doing the same thing, never anything new.

I was unplugged from teenage social life, and I did not like it. Who would?
I kept on thinking that God had made things the way they were for a reason, and  all I could do was pray and jump when opportunity knocked.

About three weeks ago there was a knock. I answered, and actually made some friends!
The knock was a youth event at our new church!  I got there and talked to a really nice small group leader, I meat a guy who used to be from Frederick MD too, and he also lives only a few miles up the road from me, and I was introduced to a small group and got to hang out with them for the whole youth event. It was the most fun I had in a long time. God truly blessed me that night.

So this is me me telling you I am no longer unplugged. . . I am being plugged in (locally!)
=)

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Trampolines

One of the first things and I begged my for after we moved was a trampoline. After awhile we were sure we were not going to get it. But on Christmas, there it was, Our brand new 15x15 trampoline with netted sides.

Despite the fact that it was winter, and a harsh one at that, we were on the trampoline almost every day.

And now with the weather warming up jumping on the trampoline is one of our favorite things to do with our dad after dinner. Go crazy on the trampoline, bounce high, let everything go.

Sometimes when the wind is blowing, and the sky is clear, I  can jump, close my eyes, and for half a second I feel like I am flying.

It's so fun to watch my brother, dad, friends, or myself go flying through the air after being launched.
I'm sure I look stupid, but at that moment I don't care.

Here is a few really cool trampolines I found:

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Stars

Genesis 1:16

God made the two great lights, the greater light to govern the day, and the lesser light to govern the night; He made the stars also.

He made the stars also. Those five words takes God's power and set it right in front of you.

God is so great, his power so wonderful, the bible could sum up one of the most beautiful things in creation in five words. He made the stars also. 

When I first moved out here I was aw struck by the the  twinkling dots in the sky that really showed themselves to this city girl. Mainly because I lived in the city!

The pictures in this post are not from my house. The stars in the country sky cannot be captured with a picture, or described with words. The only thing you can do to experience it is to see them. 

They twinkle and shine, all you can do is keep staring until you feel like your one of them. 

There is not much you can do to describe stars. You just have to see them, and know that way beyond those miraculous twinkling sliver lights there is even greater beauty. Heaven. But you will never get past those stars unless you accept God as your Lord and savior.

All you have to do ask him to come in to your heart.

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Rain

Rain has always been great inspiration for me. I don’t know why but the days I always want to write is when it is raining. I always feel my imagination let go when I am sitting next toa window watching the rain fall from a soft grey sky. That downpour that always makes you feel like you are soaked to the skin as soon as you stepped out in to it  that the best for me. It may be a little weird, but it also made me feel gloomy and sometimes sad when it rains which in turn helped me write my sad, depressing, or gloomy scenes in my book. 

“sad is happy for really deep people.” 

                                                Sally Sparrow (Doctor who) 

I’m not like that 99% of the time. But there are those 1% days when sad is happy.

I also love to sit outside and watch the rain fall. I love to listen as it pit patters off of everything. When I’m out here and it rains, all you can hear is the rain. No cars, no people. Just rain.

It feels fresh, and gives me a little shiver that is hard to describe. 

As some of you reading may know I am a bit of a drama queen. So thunderstorms are like one of my favorite types of weather because they are so dramatic. They make me feel dramatic, with their thunder and lighting. I like to freak out like they do in movies when a big storm coming, but it's a fake freak out, and it's fun! (yeah I'm really weird)

Rain days are special too because my hard working daddy doesn’t have to work on rain days. The job he has he is working seven days a week. So rain days are fun for my family because my daddy is home with us =)

Everyone has weird or wonderful things that inspire them. What inspires you?


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Quiet

Short and sweet is my deliverance today.
Quiet isn't a word you can link to a city. Especially Frederick MD. Where I lived there were always cars driving by, people shouting, ambulances and cop cars wailing, loud music playing, and the occasional search helicopter.

I went to sleep listening to this, woke up to it, and for as long as I can remember it was my background noise.

When I moved out here I realized I could step outside and the only thing I would hear was the songs of nature. Birds, wind. . .it became the new background noise. It was noise that calmed me down instead of stressing me out.

unfortunately we didn't leave all the midnight music rockers in Frederick. Up the hill from us, on most friday nights, they're having a grand old time and playing their music loud enough so I can here.
But most of the time it's good, sweet, peaceful quiet. =)

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Photography

Since I was kid I always loved to take pictures. I like posing for them, setting up photo shoots, and taking pictures in general. The only camera I have ever used was the ones on my phone and iPod. Which, even though a good camera, it never could do things to quite the justice I wanted. Sometimes the beauty I wanted to capture was to great, and could only truly be experienced by sight. Then other times it was just my camera was’t good enough!

And to my joy, three or four weeks ago my mom bought a real professional camera, this is a really nice camera. Well after that it was another week and a half before I got my hands on it. And when I did . . .I took three pictures and fell in love with it. And in the past week or so have taken more pictures that I can count! 
Pictures of flowers, birds, planes, the sky, grass, trees, my home, my pets, and our chickens. I even took a picture of a brick! 

Pictures can be magical, and like they say worth 1,000 words.

Now I’m a little jealous, and I want a camera of my own like my mom’s. But the price for her camera, even on a really good discount was way out of this no allowance, non income girl'
s budget. Plus I am trying to save for a car, a laptop, and I am going to Florida for a week or more in May. So I’m stuck sharing. Which Is totally fine =)

So get out there people and take some pictures!

Victoria. . .