Photo: Sweet Cottage Dreams
Welcome! I’ve had so much fun doing my drive bys that I thought it would be great fun to gather up some drive bys from around the world to share! I’ve had some of you take me up on that idea and post your own drive bys to give us a peek into what you see where you are! Or in some cases, where you’ve been on vacation!
Photo: Southern Hospitality-Rhoda
It is always amazing to me how different things can look in different parts of the country or the world. That is why I am a firm believer in traveling if you are able. It opens you up to new creative ideas to stretch your mind to what is possible! But, the second best thing to traveling is to see the world through someone else’s eyes.
A Scrapbook of Inspiration – Karen Harvey Cox
So, with that in mind, enjoy the list of links to faraway places! Thank you to each and every one of you for taking the time to share your world. I am just featuring A FEW photos at random of the wonders you’ll find in these upcoming links!! You’ll have to click on each blog in the list below to see all the Drive Bys!
Photo: Neutral Dwelling
I’ve found that doing drive bys helps me to slow down and savor each detail of what I see. A pretty lantern, a picket fence, a welcoming front porch, cottage flowers framing a bench. Rather than serving to depress me or make me dissatisfied with what I have, drive bys help me see the beauty around me and what is possible. Beauty in, beauty out. In other words, seeing beauty in the world helps me reproduce it, usually with more creativity than money!
Photo: Balliwick Designs
If you all would be so kind as to let your fellow blog readers know that they can come here to see some drive bys, the participants would be forever grateful! Thanks for spreading the news. And please, if you don’t mind, would you thank each of these bloggers in their comments for sharing their photos with us on Drive Bys: Around the World?
Photo: Off The Wall Home
Let me know if you contacted me and I forgot your link…I tried hard to keep track but I could’ve missed someone on accident!
Now that I’ve whet your appetite with some sneak peeks, it is time to check out the Drive Bys! The moment you’ve all been waiting for…from Marrakesh to Australia to Texas, to Florida, Alabama, California and a bunch of places in between:
BEHOLD “DRIVE BYS: AROUND THE WORLD, 1st EDITION!”
And of course, my latest drive by, The Outdoor Room edition
NOTE: If you’d like to participate in the next Drive By, follow the instructions here and I will do another DRIVE BYS: AROUND THE WORLD post in the near future to share your view of the world! Show us your favorite neighborhood, the gardens you love, the little gate that makes you smile, the beauty you find in your world!
Photo: Nesting Company
Stumble It!
The Inspired Room 
Sweet comments from inspiring friends….