My Happy Place

     Do you have one place that always brings you a happy memory?  You always find several great photographs from that one place?  You have several people in that one area that support you?
     That is what I have in place called Highlands.  I am going up there soon for the Highlands Country Club Member Art Sow and as I am getting ready my thoughts are ranging from last minute things I need to remember to do around my apartment before I leave in less than a week and the things I need to do to have all my artwork ready.  They range from are my pieces ready to hang to I really should have already bought my new nephew's baby present (but it is on my to-do list).  This week is going by way faster than I thought it was and how I am already on Season 3 of Friends while editing photographs that I planned to be finished with at the end of July (it is now the middle of August!!).  All of this is going through my head and more while the art show fast approaches.
     The part I am so excited about it is I am going to my happy place.  My happy place is where just were I am able to relax, people golf, play croquet, play bridge, and my favorite part it is quiet by 10 p.m.  All you can hear is nature.  Whenever I go to Highlands I feel like I have just given all my worries away and I lost all my stress lines.  There is something about the mountains that calls my name.  My sister and I are pretty young are already asking when can we retire to Highlands.
     This small town in North Carolina lets me see the beauty in nature while I photograph.  The members of the country club ask me questions about my art work, which always brings a smile to my face.  Every time I drive up the winding roads something new and exciting always comes with the trip which is why I will always return to my Happy Place.  

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