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Papa’s World – Just looking around!

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We have had snow twice in the almost six years we have been in S.C. and N.C. –

And this is a picture of the sunset for the first time!

It was not much – maybe three inches, but with the sun –

Quickly turned to ice and was gone in five days!

This is the back yard –

This year, we had a freak storm cyclone –

That is what they called it, and it came right up the coast from the South.

They even had snow in Northern Florida!

FIFTEEN INCHES is what we got in twenty-four hours.

And the wind was terrible –

Causing it to drift in places to three feet!

I thought we had left this all behind in NVA and WNY!

We did not even own a snow shovel!

I DO NOT LIKE SNOW AND ICE!

This is my idea of winter in the Carolinas!

Dress warm, and when the sun comes out –

Remove layers as it gets warmer, and it does do that!

I can live with that!

Walking on the beach as long as it is not windy-

The sand STINGS your face.

On a walk at the OIB community center in February-

About 50 degrees in the sun, but felt warmer.

So far, we love the weather of the Carolinas!

On the island of OIB-

Free Friday night music concerts from the end of May to the end of September.

Here, the seating area is starting to fill up.

You can take your own food and drinks-

The drinks can not be in a glass!

The music is good and lasts about two hours.

AND, IT IS FREE!

Friday night concerts at OIB!

Other towns nearby have their own free concerts on different nights!

A favorite place for us to go and grab a coffee or tea is Causeway 59 –

Situated just after you exit the causeway bridge to OIB!

There are three restaurants here and a marina.

We sit here and watch the boats come in to refill or to eat at the restaurants.

This is all just off the ICW, which has access to the ocean.

Just a quiet little place and good food!

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We had always dreamed of living near a beach!

Today, we live near three of them, and two more are 30 to 45 minutes away.

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Papa’s World – Cold – Winter – PUZZLE TIME!

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This past Winter, we had a major N.E. snow cyclone!

It started around 6:30 PM, and 15 inches later –

There it was!

This was RARE for this area –

Maybe once in 30 to 40 years!

But at least there was very little ice!

Since we do not own a snow shovel –

I used my leaf blower –

The snow was powder-like-

And after hours –

I cleared a path to the street for our car, which we backed into the garage.

And the sun came out, and the melt started right away.

We had strong winds during the storm, which came up the East Coast from the S.W.!

Parts of the grass were wind-swept bare –

And parts had two to three foot “DRIFTS” –

The driveway was part of those drifts!

Then my good friend “JIM” showed up with a snow shovel, and we cleaned the other half rather quickly.

Sherry concentrated on the end of the driveway, where melted snow turned to ice –

And clogged the drain to the street run off!

She freed that up as Jim, and I cleared the driveway.

By the end of the second day of sunshine-

The driveway and road were clear and free of snow and ice.

The hot sun – although maybe only 45 to 50 degrees outside –

The major difference is living here in the South.

Everything melts away within four to five days!

But – a side result of all this –

ARE PUZZLES!

I groan from the inside as Sherry finds them from the closets, cupboards, or thrift stores!

Here is the kicker-

I FIND MYSELF CONSTANTLY HOVERING AROUND THE TABLE, FINDING MATCHES!

It becomes addictive for me! LOL

Even finishing one up – breaking it apart-

Reboxing and dumping the new one out!

Finding the edges – and turning all those 300 pieces over.

And then, as habit is –

Sorting them out and separating them into colors and like pieces!

I AM OBSESIVE!

That is why I GROANED INSIDE when she put the first one out!

Some pieces are much like this! LOL-LOL-LOL!!!!

But – I must admit – it is good for the brain –

And something to do during the cold outside!

It is far from the snow we had back in NVA!

There, it took months to melt.

Less than a week later, the melt is complete.

Our plant sits on the inside window ledge-

Absorbing the sunshine from outdoors.

We are back to normal after a rare Northeastern snow blast cyclone that occurred mostly near the shoreline.

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Papa’s World – Ten years ago – the CALM before the STORM!

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We lived at Minerva Drive in Brambleton, Va.

For fourteen and one-half years!

Ten years ago – the day started out sunny – somewhat warm –

And we took our normal two to three-mile walk –

That we did every day!

It was a calming day –

And the weather forecast was that a storm was approaching!

We lived in a community just behind the DULLES AIRPORT!

This is Northern Va., and while we did get snow and ice-

It stayed green outside until early winter.

LITTLE DID WE KNOW WHAT YOU SEE IN THIS PICTURE –

WAS THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM!

A view from the porch steps of the intersection in front of our home!

To the top left is the house that –

THE DIRECTOR OF WORLDWIDE COUNTER TERRORISM LIVED FOR THE FBI!

He retired before we did.

And moved away!

This is the intersection that I was watching from my chair on the front porch when a car pulled up at an angle-

In the middle of the intersection.

A man rolled the window down,

And he leaned out and started taking pictures of the house.

I was caught by surprise,

And it was over in mere seconds.

He did a U-turn in the middle of the street and sped off back the way he had come.

Later that day, I walked across and spoke to my friend –

I told him what had happened.

He asked me if I got the plate number,

And I said “NO” –

It was all so quick,

And I did not even think about it!

He then told me –

His wife had seen a BLACK SUV pull up across the street –

On the right-hand side, park.

She recorded the plate number and called him at work in the capital.

He ran the plate number,

And it came back –

It did not exist!

He had been testifying in Congress against the Chinese –

He took out his wallet –

And handed me his card with his name and phone number on it!

He told me if I ever saw anything again-

Call him right away and try to get the plate number!

I never saw anything after that –

But I still have his card,

Although he retired years ago.

Anyway, that is a side story to the STORM and this intersection!

The next morning after I took this picture –

We woke up to this!

The calm had passed, and the storm became real!

As high as the snow is piled-

It was nowhere near as much of a storm we had while living here.

Sherry and I lived in NWPA and WNY for 50 years.

I can say – in NVA –

We had three storms-

That left more snow than we ever had back there.

Most was recorded by the DULLES AIRPORT –

From our second story, we could see the tower.

We had 48 inches in a day and a half!

National Harbor with Buck and Cindy!

Around the time we lived back in NVA.

Our house – the front porch and before the storm –

Christmas lights –

THE CAM BEFORE THE STORM!

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Papa’s World – Something memorable to us!

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Good grief says Papa!

Here it is after four years – “SNOW”!

You up North – it is yours and I do not want it! LOL

But – I must say all the snow and ice was gone in five days!

Now – to be fair – this was a freak storm that went all the way down to Florida –

The Panhandle had snow – the beaches there had snow!

The East Coast or the Carolinas and Ga. and Va. had snow.

But inland they didn’t!

Climate Change?

I do not know but it was weird.

And it all turned to an ice crust and ice on the roads!

I will still take our winter here –

SUNSHINE most days and all day!

Walking in the sun – it is enough to take the chill away!

But – this will go down as SOMETHING MEMORABLE TO US!

Here are the two teams we follow –

I lean a little bit more toward the Washington Commanders –

And Sherry leans a bit more toward the Buffalo Bills!

So – it came down that both made it to one game to go to the Super Bowl.

Neither one made it, but we were happy they got there!

And I said if they both make it –

I FEEL THAT I CAN’T LOSE NO MATTER HOW IT ENDS UP!

But this will go down as SOMETHING MEMORABLE TO US!

Golfing in the mountains of OHAU – this was a dream come true.

We might never be able to do this again and most likely –

a once in a lifetime event!

Thus it becomes SOMETHING MEMORABLE TO US!

We moved to the borders of N.C. and S.C. and to two beaches!

Most of the time we can walk year round on either one of them.

It is a dream we had and now a reality.

Thus it becomes SOMETHING MEMORABLE TO US!

This is something we both live by each day-

So it has become LIVE LIFE TO THE PLUS ONE DAY AT A TIME!

And also SOMETHING MEMORABLE TO US each day!

Each and every day in our lives together becomes SOMETHING MEMORABLE TO US!

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Papa’s World – Our first SNOW in Cameron Woods – Ocean Isle Beach, N.C. RARE!

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SNOW! The week prior – ICE – IT IS FOLLOWING ME!

I seem to be the person if it is going to happen – it will happen to me.

This is very RARE here this close to the ocean so I am told.

And to be fair – within an hour or so – it was gone!

Looking out the lanai at the snow on the ground and swirling in the air.

Now – really – I could care less if I ever see snow again – some people think that is nuts –

but I just do not like the snow-ice and cold – and I lived in WNY & NWPA for 50 years!

So I know all about blizzards – running my van up and down the driveway to pack it down –

Shoveling – chipping ice – burning 21 cords of wood hand carried inside and to the basement for the woodstove – that stove kept us warm through one week without electricity – and power –

that plus the living room fireplace –

going to work at 5am. through unplowed roads and a foot of fresh snow and another foot on the way.

The Tower Garden all covered up and survived all the ice – snow and cold.

I think it is so pretty coming down – covering in white – but that is my extent of liking it.

Back North – we would go cross-country skiing – in the Alleghany National Park on groomed trails.

As a kid, we were always outside sledding – building forts and snowball fights.

My memories are in the past – my present is NO SNOW! LOL
Lonely birdfeeder with no birds in the snow.

As I said – it was over in an hour – sunshine and no snow anywhere – the WHY we moved South.

The Sun is back – the air still cool – the roads dry – NO ICE – NO SNOW!

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Diane – Sherry, and Papa – walking after the snow – in the sunshine and cool air!