Friday favorites: a picture a day

ByChristie Hawkes

Happy Friday from beautiful El Sol La Vida in Nuevo Mazatlan. Since I’m on vacation, I’m keeping it simple with a picture a day. I hope you enjoy them!

Friday, December 29: the first cup of coffee by the ocean is always the best

Friday favorites: coffee by the ocean

Saturday, December 30: reading an excellent book by the pool

Friday favorites: reading by the pool

Sunday, December 31: ringing in the new year with a bonfire on the beach

Friday favorites: New Year's Eve bonfire on the beach

Monday, January 1: first meal of the new year, and a delicious one at that

Friday favorites: breakfast at El Sol La Vida

Tuesday, January 2: flying into the sun

Friday favorites: flying into the sun

Wednesday, January 3: loving the sun and each other

Friday favorites: loving the sunset in Mazatlan

Thursday, January 4: lunch at Surf’s Up Cafe, accompanied by Beggars Banquet (the band) and parasailers

Friday favorites: Surf's Up Cafe

That’s my week in pictures. What have you been up to this first week of 2018?

Follow my blog with Bloglovin.

Christie Hawkes

Christie is a certified wellness coach, author, and retired professional communicator who blogs about life transitions, wellness, mindfulness, and anything else that answers the question "So what? Now what?"
More about me

You may also like

  • Rewind: I’m okay, you’re okay; aren’t we?

    ByChristie Hawkes

    I’m on vacation this week, taking a break even from blogging, but I didn’t want to let a Tuesday go by without posting, so I decided to share an oldie, but goodie (at least I hope you think so). Last week, I was sitting on a beautiful beach, enjoying the rugged black lava rocks and…

  • Friday favorites

    ByChristie Hawkes

    And here we are again…Friday Favorites! Yeah! My week started out with a bang with homemade zucchini brownies from Jenny. She really is the best bakery chef ever. I am so lucky to work with her (and not just for the goodies either)! Then Larry and I slipped out for a quick trip to Hawkes Landing….

  • Friday favorites: it was a happy Halloween!

    ByChristie Hawkes

    Happy Friday! I hope you had a safe and happy Halloween. Many of my favorite moments from this week centered on the holiday. Sunday, we spent the afternoon at a family pumpkin carving/barbecue. How often do you get to combine those activities in Utah? The weather was beautiful! The jack-o-laterns were–if not beautiful–creative and fun….

  • Thank you notes – June 2023

    ByChristie Hawkes

    Thank you Mother Nature… …for the impressive clouds that resulted in rain… …that resulted in this stunning double rainbow… …and this random mushroom in our Salt Lake Valley yard… …and the beautiful orange daylilies in our Southern Utah yard. Thank you William… …for spending time with Buddy Dog and being a good (mostly) houseguest. Thank…

  • Friday favorites from Kaua’i

    ByChristie Hawkes

    It’s going to be hard to limit myself to a manageable number of favorites this week. I told myself I’d choose a picture a day, but I may have to stretch that to two in some cases. Friday: On our way to Kauai. I felt it was fitting to read a book about beach life…

  • Thank you notes – October 2019 (and the drawing winners!)

    ByChristie Hawkes

    Thank you Betty and Maddi… for coming together for the Murray High School homecoming game. It just so happens we had family from both teams that night. Betty (GG) graduated with the class of 1945 from Murray High School. Maddi is a cheerleader for Cottonwood High School and will graduate with the class of 2023….

18 Comments

  8. Ahhh, Mazatlan! Beautiful. My favorite vacation ever was our trip to Cancun. Nothing beats the beach in my opinion. Lovely pictures, friend. Followed your link from the bucket list post.

    Reply

    1. I agree, there’s nothing like walking along the beach listening to the ocean waves or sitting in the sand watching the sun set to put things in perspective. Thanks for following the link.

      Reply

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *