I'm back, friends!

Goodness, I missed you guys. I can't tell you how many times I would take a photograph or have a sudden revelation during the past few weeks, and think, "I need to get this up on the blog!" But I was determined to take the full month off, because I knew I needed it. And it was really good for me -- after this break, I'm raring to go.

You might have noticed that even though I didn't update the blog, I did tweak a bit of the look-and-feel of the site, with a brand new landing page, a tighter introduction page, and even a slightly updated logo (shown above). I've been busy brainstorming ideas for Chookooloonks, including a few new offerings (both online and offline), and some new content features as well. It's time. My plan (in addition to continuing current features like This Was a Good Week and #LookForTheLight) is to focus a bit more on finding more content that truly inspires me, that hopefully will also inspire you. I'll share more about what I've got in mind on Thursday; but never fear, any changes will be subtle, and Chookooloonks will continue to be a place of beauty and light. Always beauty and light.

In the meantime, however, I have a few stories to tell you about things that happened over the past few weeks (not the least of which is Lime Retreats -- oh my stars, Lime Retreats was so lovely). To start, as sort of an overview, here's a visual snippet of what October looked liked around these parts.

It was a good, full month.