In manifesting my goals, I focus clearly on my intent and desires. My clear heart is my most powerful ally. ~ Pamela J. Leavey

(Photo: Heart Reflection from a Clam Shell ~ c. Pamela J. Leavey 2012)

Abundance can often be like the ocean, ebbing and flowing with the tides. When the tide is low, I seek to remind myself how quickly the tide can turn and bring with it the seeds of prosperity which planted will flourish and grow. Today, I look to the heavens and I thank the Universe for all bestowed upon me, with gratitude and confidence that I have planted the seeds. ~ Pamela J. Leavey

(Photo: Rough Legged Hawk ~ c. Pamela J. Leavey 2012)

I just had to share this video from NBC Evening News about the pod of blue whales that have been delighting whale watchers in the Los Angeles area.

The blue whales were once almost extinct but they have mande a huge comeback and NBC News reports that a blue whale was also “spotted by whale watchers just off the coast of Maine last Sunday.”

Maybe we’ll hear of sighting by one of the more local whale watching boats here on the North Shore sometime soon.

You can’t get there from here…

This beach in Eastport, ME is on the south end of the island, facing Lubec. Lubec is about 10 minutes by boat or an hour by car… It’s one of those places that truly epitomizes the saying, “you can’t get there from here”…

(Photos: © Pamela J. Leavey 2011)

“Being is the practice of gratitude and compassion. I am alive only in the degree that I am moved by the tidal rhythm of receiving and giving. I am a gossamer curtain hanging in a window separating time and eternity, blowing back and forth in the everlasting breeze.” ~~ Sam Keen: Hymns To An Unknown God

(Photo: Plum Island Center, December 2010 ~ © Pamela J. Leavey)

“When we say that ecstasy is like the drop melting back into the ocean, it must be made clear that we are the drop and the ocean at the same time, just on different levels.” ~ The Path To Love – Deepak Chopra

(Photo: Plum Island Center, Plum Island,MA, December 2010 ~ © Pamela J. Leavey)

“To Be Empowered – I accept the rhythm and flow of my life. I acknowledge that nothing ever stays the same. I am open to change and remain in the moment.” – Pamela J. Leavey

(Photo: Plum Island Center, c. Pamela J. Leavey 2010)

Home is Massachusetts… It always has been, even during the almost 19 years that I lived in Los Angeles, and the 7 lovely months I just spent in Maine, home is and always has been… Massachusetts. And… It’s good to be home.

Home is a drive along Main Street in Amesbury, looking across the Merrimack River to Newburyport… A walk along the waterfront park in downtown Newburyport, admiring all the beautiful boats in the river.

Home is a short drive to Plum Island…

There really is no place like home.

I love Eastport, Maine. It had been a dream to move here for a few years. Sadly, you never know what direction your life will take you in and that is what I find myself in the midst of at this time. Although I am excited about the prospect of moving back to the area of Massachusetts where I grew up, I will be leaving Eastport, on Friday with a heavy heart.

It’s been a joy to live across the street from my wonderful niece, Lisa and her family. They were in fact one of the primary reasons that my daughter and I moved here to Eastport. We’ll miss having family so close by, but the consolation is that it won’t be as hard to come to visit, as it was when we lived in L.A..

We’ve met some wonderful people here in Eastport since we arrived late last October and had a lot of fun with the family and new friends here.

We survived a winter! We took lot’s of wonderful photographs to remind us of the beauty of Eastport. Both of us will miss the fact that we can walk to a view of the bay in less than 5 minutes and we’ll miss seeing the deer in the field behind my niece’s home.

A friend recently reminded of me a great quote from John Lennon, when I told him I was moving again:

“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.”

I was so busy plotting and planning what I thought life might be here in Eastport, that I missed the writing on the wall with the state of the economy and what was next for my life.

I’m extremely grateful for the time I have had here in Eastport — 7 wonderful months, that I will always remember as one of the best times of my life spent with loving family, who I love dearly.

There will always be a piece of Eastport in my heart and I will be back to visit often.

I frequently regret not having my camera with me when I go out to run errands here in Eastport. I was lucky on Wednesday, because the camera was with me and it was a picture perfect day.

I took quite a few nice shots… I’ll post more soon.