Christal Kelly

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Christal Kelly
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  • Bow of the SS Sphinx
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    SS Sphinx

    February 16, 2025 / No Comments

    Learn more about the crew of the SS Sphinx.

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  • Cairo, Egypt with Pyramids of Giza in background
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    Enchanting Egypt

    February 3, 2025 / No Comments

    Read about our recent trip to Egypt.

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  • Sunset with trees in front. Sky has clouds with an orange-pink hue.
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    Relaxing and Exploring

    May 26, 2024 / No Comments

    Day 3 I think it’s important to build in days of relaxation in between your days of adventures when going on vacation. This was a new concept to my husband, Patric who wants to jam-pack as much as possible when we go to new places. I understand that desire because you don’t necessarily know if/when you will be back to…

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    Our Travel to Mexico

    February 25, 2024 / No Comments

    At the end of January, my husband and I flew to Merida, Mexico. Merida is on the Yucatan Peninsula and is just over 3 hours northwest of Cancun. Neither one of us had ever been to Merida, so we were looking forward to a new adventure. We stayed at the Chable’ Yucatan Resort, which is about 40 miles east of…

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  • Statue of Liberty at sunset.
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    Taking a Bite of the Big Apple!

    April 2, 2023 / 6 Comments

    Tomorrow we leave on our next adventure. We will be going to New York City for a full week. We have lots of adventures planned. We arrive tomorrow evening where we will be staying at The Lotte. Below is our full itinery of things we will be doing. Let me know in the comments if you’ve been to NYC and…

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  • Klimt's The Kiss. Man embracing a woman whose head is tilted back as he kisses her.
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    Slow Down

    April 1, 2023 / 2 Comments

    There was a lot to hate about the pandemic, like not being able to see loved ones, hanging out with your neighbors, traveling, dining out and all the ugliness that a certain orange one encouraged in his followers. There was a lot I hated about it and I greatly struggled in the first few months of it. I did not…

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  • A Year of Mary
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    Messiness

    April 1, 2021 / 12 Comments

    Today’s picture is from Effy Wild’s “Year of Mary” lesson. Each month she does a painting inspired by the poetry of Mary Oliver. This was the lesson for March and it created so many challenges for me. In fact, it’s been sitting on my art cart for about two weeks because I could not get her face done right or to what…

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    Ripples in a pond

    March 15, 2021 / 2 Comments

    My dog is sick. She started holding her rear hind leg up close to her body about two weeks ago. We took her to the vet a week ago on Friday. He prescribed some antibiotics and an anti-inflammatory. We thought she was doing better, but by mid week, it was very obvious that she was not getting better. She was…

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    My saving grace

    February 16, 2021 / 2 Comments

    We went to a burial on Friday. It was for my husband’s brother-in-law who had suffered from a stroke a few months ago. It was in a rural part of the state and it was eye-opening for me to see the number of people out and about without masks. My husband and I both were double-masked throughout the day. He…

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    Just Play

    January 30, 2021 / 2 Comments

    This past week, I watched a live session from Effy on the full moon in Leo as she worked on an art piece. My art journey started back in April or May of last year. It’s very easy for me to be critical of the work I’m doing and compare myself to people like Effy, Tamara and Toni or the…

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  • SS Sphinx
  • Enchanting Egypt
  • Relaxing and Exploring
  • Adventures in Maui
  • Our Travel to Mexico

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