Ornaments gathered during travels in the US

"I left my heart in San Francisco...."

Southern California surfing culture

Yosemite
(our youngest brought this home to me from his
middle school trip here-during one of several incidents
involving a tree crashing to the ground, it broke,
but I just wasn't ready to part with it-memories
of a number of visits to the park over the years-
so I carefully salvaged what I could and glued it
back together-you'd hardly notice from a distance...)

Rafting down the Grand Canyon

Beaded indian maiden from American SW
in birch bark canoe from northern MN

New Orleans

Hilton Head Island
South Carolina

Hawaii

Kauai

Active volcanoes
The Big Island
Hawaii