I am a morning person – waking before sunrise – my favorite part of the day – seeing the breaking of the dawn.
Here – you can still see the lights on the garage – they come on at dusk and off after the Sun shines on them.
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We decided to walk early – before it gets too hot!
So – we started out and went to the 10th. avenue beach entrance –
the one where they held EASTER SUNRISE SERVICE on the beach which we attended and I wrote a blog about!
Upon walking the walkway to the deck and stairs – we found a new addition!
It was a MAIL BOX with “FELLOW TRAVELER” painted on top!
Inside was a note book – journal – and already half full with notes from FELLOW TRAVELERS!
There also is one at the end of Sunset beach that was in the news –
I had read about it and how it had been there for 40 years!
And the journals are in a historical museum to be preserved!
Many interesting reads and dates – so she added her own!
I think this is a wonderful idea.
We continued our walk onto the beach – with fantastic calming skies!
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So – the plan was made – golf nine – eat dinner and then go home!
We could of stayed with them – but – lugging all the stuff I need – my sleep machine etc. just easier to drive the hour plus drive back to the condo – besides – plenty of more times exist in the future!
We played our scramble format – Buck and me – they played best ball – WE LOST!
Now – we lost two holes to them – one by one stroke and one by two strokes!
We play even up – and we tied the other seven holes.
But – on the hole we lost by one stroke – we parred – they birdied!
On the one we lost by two strokes – they parred and we four putted – just the way it goes!
We have played this format for years and years – we at one time played couples vs couple – then we played mixed couple vs. mixed couple – but the gals challenged us – the other ways split pretty even – this way – THEY WIN!
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Morning sunrise – calm – warm – partial clouds – then blue skies – a start of a beautiful day!
It started out with sunshine and we walked the beach – and the neighborhood –
But – the storm was out there – coming up from the South – West!
We did get all our steps in and had dinner – a beautiful day here in S.C. North Myrtle Beach – Ocean Keyes!
The sky turned from blue to gray – clouds were rolling in – thunder and lightening!
The wind picked up – Sherry started to go out the front door – the side of the condo the storm was coming from!
She had a hard time holding the door so she closed it!
This was the first real storm in the day light we have had since being here!
I have to admit – it got a little bit scary!
The wind just whipped the rain almost sideways!
I do like a good storm to fall asleep with – lightening – thunder and rain – but can do without the wind!
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On this Sunday morning we decided after church service at the new church we will be attending –
We decided to visit Ocean Isle Beach – which will be less than ten minutes from the new house!
We need to explore this area as most likely it will be where we go to.
They have a summer concert series of live music beginning the end of May.
So we checked out the stage and open seating area – it is bring your own chairs and maybe food and drink!
Beach access and a volleyball net and court. We found where the public can park for free –
and it will be a great place to take family and friends.
Close walking distance to bar and grills and shops!
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We found Sharkey’s also but will return to try that one!
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It was a warm morning – 73 degrees – and Sherry had said she wanted to walk early!
It is one half mile to the gated entrance on Hillside drive.
We walk this almost every day – and then turn left and walk up two blocks to 8th. street.
Turn right and walk one block to Ocean Blvd. – cross the street –
and walk into the parking lot – we like this lot – it has a bathroom – and a shower to wash the sand off!
It also has a boardwalk from the parking lot – to a deck and then steps right onto the beach!
In . 66 of a mile – we are standing on the beach!
Early morning sunrise – ten minute walk from our condo.
We will miss this but in thirty minutes from our new home – we can be back here!
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She said to me after about a hour – you can not lean back in this chair and take a nap!
And she was right – while we had different chairs – you couldn’t in mine either!
Music to the left and music to the right – I just turned it off!
Depending on the wind – I could hear one or the other and with no wind – Both!
We decided to stay for two hours and then we added another hour,
Since we had eaten almost everything we had brought with us –
We decided that was enough and went back to the car –
Yes – instead of walking down – we drove only because we had our chairs-
speaker – drinks – little table and the food and towels!
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They adore Sherry – whom they call MorMor – Swede for Mothers Mother!
When we walk with all three – it usually is Taylor who loses out to the other two in holding her hands.
This time it was Cassidy – who with each passing day – is becoming more and more independent.
They are twins – but had to come early as Taylor was taking all the nutrients.
Taylor is going to be really tall – close to six foot while Cassidy will be like her mother 5’6″.
Taylor loves to ride horses – Cassidy has a variety of interests –
but will sit for hours drawing off her computer and is really good!
We moved south to find more time to golf – warmer weather and being close to our friends!
They moved about 25 or 26 years to the Wilmington N.C. area – and we would spend time with them once or twice a year.
Then we moved to NVA and they would do the same.
Now – we are building a new home about 40 miles away from them –
and if the weather is nice – we golf once a week with them –
always on a new course – could be on the weekend or a week day.
They can and do stay with us and we do the same with them.
If our new home is not done on time and we have to give up the condo – they have offered us a place to stay.
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We both have a love to golf – one of Sherry’s highlights in golfing came with the day she broke 50 –
and it was a day she was golfing with her father!
A memory she shall always carry with her on the course. Now – she beats me! LOL
I see it each morning also – but I always am up before the dawn – have been that way all my life.
My favorite time of the day – writing my blog – sipping my coffee and watching the sun rise –
listening to the sounds of nature and just enjoying morning time.
A memory we shall carry forward into the new home.
You can hear the pounding surf a half mile away –
We walk there almost every day –
the water fowl – geese – ducks – mallards – swans – otter – turtles – snakes
and really huge fish we can see when we look down onto the water.
Storms blowing in and out – rain and wind – nature at its best.
But – they were way too expensive – and the condos here – not enough space and no garage.
We have a storage unit – not a lot – but enough so that it would not fit.
The town houses here besides the condo’s – were out of our price range –
plus the one we looked at – needed a lot of work.
This is a beautiful area – one I shall remember –
We were blessed to have spent time here – but it also was expensive!
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We went in the dark – at 6:15 AM. and was surprised at all the cars and activity.
This was but one of several services up and down the beach.
ELCA – which we are a member of – along with the Episcopal church –
Came together to have this service.
I would guess by the start – some 4 to 5 hundred souls gathered on the beach-
many standing – others brought their own chairs
At last – in more than a year – we attended a live service.
All our married lives – we have attended church – me – I converted from Catholic to Lutheran
which was how Sherry was raised.
They were mostly silent – a few murmurs here and there – ushers directing people – passing out communion cups and wafers – a few announcements – still cold – but at least there was no wind. The sound of the surf – the seagulls – the stillness of the early morning hour – the sand cold – bundled up – ear muffs and scarf – waiting – waiting – waiting.
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Once it was in the mid to high ’70’s and full sun –
Into the water they went!
Notice how protective Cassidy is of her little brother!
They fight and argue – but no one touches him according to her!
These two should have been the twins
they act and sound just alike.
She is so kind – loving and thoughtful.
She on the other hand loves her alone time away from the other two! LOL!
She rides horses – and whenever around her MorMor – holds her hand.
She is the serious – studious one who quotes facts!
“AS AMATTER OF FACT” she says and then goes on to tell you!
It was a very warm day in the sun – water to me was very cold – but they loved it!
They played and played in the water – coming out to run up and tell us something and then back they went!
Yes – the sun was warm – the sand was also – yet the water was cold – but to them – it was their day at the beach!
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We traveled back to NVA to first watch our granddaughter play college soccer
at The University of Lynchburg!
We spent the night – Friday , standing in the rain to watch them play!
She scored a goal and they won 4 to 1!
We spent the next day hiking along the river in Lynchburg!
We left Sunday morning taking Sarah with us to Leesburg
Where she spent the night and then her mother and Ella picked her up!
We stayed here for the entire week – enjoying family times.
We had a ton of things to do –
Inspection – rotate tires – oil change
Clean up storage locker – take things back with us-
Arrange to have storage unit moved down to Ocean Isle Beach – N.C.
See some people to pick up some things –
and do our dentist appointments for cleaning and x-rays.
Our trip has almost come to a end –
SUNSET at Tammy and Marcus house!
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If you have a team of partners – whatever they sell – you get paid off of them.
Going on to 15 years – supplementing our income – living life to the plus!
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It has a way of pulling you – the sound – the air – and the chill!
We try to walk the beach every day – except during the rain!
I bundle up – because I do get cold easily!
They told me I would after I had my heart attack some 7 1/2 years ago.
And – that is true – I really do not like being cold!
So – this winter – I will take the chill – some rain – actually a lot of rain –
and some wind – but – I dress warm and toasty!
I have found – NO SNOW – NO ICE – can make up for that chilly air and wind-
as long as I am warm I can and do walk!
Sometimes we are the only ones out there!
We will try it until the wind drives us off –
Sand blowing in ones face and eyes – well – I can do without that!
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We have been furniture hunting – the whole house – as we have almost nothing!
We sold it all – 98 % of it – to the folks who bought our home!
While it has been somewhat stressful for my wife –
and me being the one who does not like to shop-
I AM LOVING THIS!
Yes – that is right! When we usually go shopping – I tend to find a place –
and sit and watch people!
Maybe with a cup of coffee or a bottle of water.
I find people interesting.
You can almost tell who they are by just observing!
So – here I am – looking at furniture – and I actually like doing this!
That is completely out of norm for me.
And has turned very stressful for my wife.
But -as of this writing with hoping 3 1/2 months to go to closing
The middle of May – I can say we have now completed 95 % of what we need!
We have one sun room to finish and some end tables!
We have ended up buying from three different stores –
with what will be three different deliveries!
And I still have to get our items we have in storage delivered to N.C.!
But – we were able to hand carry three items back to the car and then back to the Condo – in Ocean Keyes!
Our theme is going to be somewhat beach like –
since we will be only four miles to Ocean Isle Beach and six miles to Sunset Beach!
All in N.C. between Calabash and Shallotte.
We contacted the three little ones and they – ( CASSIDY) came up with the name for the Pelican.
You see – there was a smaller version already in the condo-
and I had told them I named it RALPH! LOL
They thought that to be funny!
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We awoke to a beautiful sunrise – a bit chiily –
But the forecast called for low 50’s but Sunny!
It makes a big difference with hardly any wind!
I have come to accept here in S.C. – that the day changes dramatically
the higher the Sun gets in the sky!
So – you prepare for the day – getting a mental image in your mind
dress in layers – drink your coffee or tea
and know that the day – will turn out okay!
So it goes – sunrise – sunshine – cool but no wind – warmth.
A fine day to be alive and a fine day to golf with friends!
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Walking the two third mile to the parking lot
You enter the steps and then the beach access across the dunes.
As you break over the dune – this is what you see!
But first you hear the breaking waves and the surf.
It is chilly – around 52 degrees – but to be able to do this each day –
it never gets old.
I do not like the cold – or snow – ice –
But – with layers on – I can walk as long as there are not strong gusts of wind!
After a walk in the afternoon on the beach –
it is time to go back to the condo.
Prepare for dinner – watch some net flex –
and then off to bed – as I am a early riser.
My alone time is 5:00 AM.
Where I work on my blogs – drink a cup of coffee –
read and delete my emails ( obsession – I do not like my page to be full)
And – now I await – that first hint of dawn –
The Sun rising and I drink my second cup while watching it!
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Good morning – afternoon or evening!
Or just plain GOOD DAY!
Good day is what we had when the first morning of our friends stay-
we all walked to the beach – and it started to sprinkle
even though the Sun was shining!
The start of a fantastic three days was blessed with a RAINBOW!
Even though there was a light rain –
just enough to get you a little wet
we pushed on – to the beach!
A pathway – the sound of the surf – and toes in the sand!
The ocean and sand has a way of making everything okay!
The rain had stopped –
and it was warm – not cold – at least for people from the North
as we all are from NWPA and WNY!
We are seniors – well most of us are
but – we are aging healthy – all of us!
Walking the beach – first morning with friends
before a day of golfing and then dinner
This has been our life throughout the years
The beach is new – but the friends are ageless!
From one rain bow to one walk on the beach
A little rain – a lot of laughter
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Walking with friends on the beach!
When I first saw this Condo by accident on the internet –
I was drawn to the view!
I said to Sherry – “How would you like to look at this everyday”?
That is the moment we decided to make our home for five months
in North Myrtle Beach – S.C.
We had never had a thought to come here!
Every morning as I sit and work on my blog –
as it gets lighter outside –
I glance to my left and see this!
The early morning sunrise right outside the two sliding doors
off the living room.
And – in the master bedroom – through the sliding door
she also has this same view as the Lanai is screened in
and we are the top condo in a four story building
with two elevators twenty feet from our front door!
We can sit out on the Lanai or from the couches in the living room!
This lake is 1/2 mile long and is full of water fowl!
I can sit and watch it all unfold before my very eyes!
We have extended our stay – from the two months to five months.
And – maybe even longer!
As of now – we are looking at places to rent or buy or build!
We love living here – but there are two major drawbacks.
One – we need more storage if we were to move here.
Two – we need a garage for our car –
the hot sun down here can do a number on it!
Everyday we walk by this – still inside the gated community!
There are six different pools here and we can use them all.
There are work out areas with weighted machines
and exercise equipment for our use.
And in 6/10’s of a mile- we are on the beach!
We walk to the beach almost every day
and then we walk on the beach
to get our three plus miles in!
We can hear the surf – from our Lanai!
We have searched this area –
but very little compares to this!
We are just going to enjoy what time we have left here in Ocean Keyes
North Myrtle Beach – S.C.
Looking to the outside from the inside of our Condo!
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We do plan some days ahead –
mostly – we walk in the mornings
usually around 9 am.
Other days it is errands to run – houses to see
areas to explore –
and a trip down the street
to BAREFOOT LANDING in North Myrtle Beach!
Now – to get our STEPS in
we go here and walk around.
It is peaceful – not crowded
and you walk around the lake
and among the stores.
We also have had lunch here.
And it is maybe 5 or 6 miles away.
There is construction going on for a new brewery
and it looks to be really huge!
But in the mean time – they have set up a small park like area.
With tables – artificial lawn – stringed lights
a playground for kids
and a small tear drop trailer that is converted into a kitchen!
It is called Crooked Hammock Brewery!
I had one of them from a small TIKI LIKE HUT
next to the tear drop trailer.
It was what I wanted – not too heavy
and a hint of coconut aftertaste.
Now that may not sound good to you
but I enjoyed it and would drink it again.
I do not like IPA’s or heavy beer.
While sitting there at a long table all by ourselves
a table that could easily seat 10 or 12 people.
I noticed another couple with masks on purchase a couple beers
in cans from the brewery.
They had no where to sit
so I invited them to sit at the other end of our long table.
We carried on a conversation and found out at one time they had lived near us in Northern Va.
They had done the same as us and had purchased a condo
overlooking the marina – where we had previously
had dinner with the McBrides and Sherry’s sister
at a place called CLARK’S!
We had met another couple – exchanged address’s
and phone numbers –
we had made new friends simply by offering a seat for them.
You never know as your day starts what will transpire.
What began with a brand new sunrise
turned into a fine day of walking – meeting new friends
and discovering a new brewery.
Life is good and getting better!
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Every morning – the sunrise from our condo –
it paints a different sky each day.
I watch this as it develops each morning –
Sherry has the same view from our bedroom!
She has almost never seen the sunrise – but now she wakes up to this
and has almost trained herself to wake up to it!
Some days – we walk when we should of just stayed inside! LOL
Those days are mostly when the high winds are around.
One is because of the giant trees here!
They are high above our fourth floor condo!
And branches – even though small – come down!
We do not want to get hit by them!
Papa and MorMor – we tried as you can see –
but the wind was so strong –
and the sand was stinging our faces!
We decided not to for go a walk here
and instead walked the sidewalks where it was bearable!
We returned to the condo after getting in our three mile
beach less walk!
There are days such as this that we also do our errands!
Or go to a late lunch early dinner
when no one is around
keeping social distance!
Back at the condo – we await the late show
not on TV but outside
once again in the dark sky
the rising of not the sun
but the full moon!
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We did a job that Sherry has been wanting to do – wash the walls of the Lanai down by hand!
The Lanai is screened in and has a vinyl siding – which with storms – gets dirty.
So – with soap and water and some cloths – we cleaned it all down
Took us about two hours –
and then we treated ourselves to BEACH TIME!
This day – we did not spend all the time sitting – but walking for most of it!
We walked to the pier two miles away!
We try to walk three miles a day – and as much of that we can on the beach!
This has always been a dream of mine – walking in the sand and surf every day!
We had never walked all the way to Cherry Grove – point pier –
And – along the way we collected shells for a church group back home!
This day – just to walk was relaxing – cleaning the Lanai –
A day in the sun – living life to the plus!
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The warm rays from the sun – sand beneath my feet – casting a shadow – living our dreams!
Sherry walking – we have come to always head to the beach –
and as Sherry says ” SEE OUR OCEAN”!
But – as soon as we start the one half mile walk
we can actually hear the surf.
When there is a storm somewhere OUT THERE –
the waves get large as well as the sound.
Listening – as we walk closer –
and then – breaking the plain of the dunes
we see the waters – cresting – wave after wave
Warn sunshine – large waves –
making the music we love
OUR OCEAN – so we have come to call it!
Much too soon – it is back to the parking lot and straight up the street
to our gate back onto the gated community!
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Being retired – when Sherry asks – “Do you want to go shopping”?
I jump up and say “WHEN & WHERE”!
I know I am going to like just waiting and watching people!
We drove about 20 minutes down rte. 17 – to Tanger Outlets!
Every store imaginable – my favorite shoe store – Sketchers!
And a Starbucks – for a sipping coffee!
Who would of known one year ago – I would be sitting outside
in November – sun – warmth – 75 degrees –
Palm trees and Christmas decorations!
For your information – I love warm weather
I am not a fan of ice – and snow and cold!
I gave my snow shovel away!
Someday I would like to share this with our family – holidays in the Sun!
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We have not had a really bad storm since we have been here!
It has rained hard once – the wind was somewhat strong once!
But – there have been storms way out on the Atlantic Ocean –
that have had a impact on the beaches!
I have noticed the erosion of the beach –
the gentle slope is now much less
and it seems that the flat part of the beach
now extends further out!
The beach has changed since we first walked on it!
There are large tidal pools now when the tide goes out
that were not there before!
Maybe when we first walked – that was not the normal?
Storms out to sea – sending the huge waves pounding the shore!
At night and in the predawn
we can hear the surf –
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Sherry – Dottie – Cindy – seems like friends for most of their adult lives!
Well – since 1982 for Dottie when Sherry and I married –
and maybe four years later when we moved next door to Cindy!
We decided to all get together – after practicing social distancing –
No exposure to Covid -19 –
and they would all stay with us at our new residence
in the condo we were renting!
The plan was cards – golf – a few drinks and eat out!
We made tee times twice at different courses.
And – once again it would be a scramble
guys vs gals and handicapped!
After golf – a dinner at Local on the Water
alongside the ICW in North Myrtle Beach!
Results of day one golf – guys by one stroke!
Of course we have fun – play ground swings and all!
This was on Saturday – after golfing The Valley at Eastport
in North Myrtle Beach!
Sunday was not a day of rest – for we had a game to watch!
The BUFFALO BILLS!
We would go to Barefoot Landing –
to WILD WINGS – and they put the game on two TV’S
so we could watch from both sides of the table!
Of couse – we watched the whole game and three of the employees
were from the little town we lived in – Portville N.Y. !
It is indeed a small world!
We walked the beach every day – showing them the gated community
and then main street of North Myrtle Beach!
They even beat us on the swings – 2 to 1!
Then it was the dawning of the third day –
our final golf contest at Oyster Bay!
One couple would leave after dinner
the other in the morning
final score – gals by one after the handicap!
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Looking North on North Myrtle Beach toward Cherry Grove.
Almost every afternoon – we take our two chairs
my BOSE radio speaker –
Pandora on my phone for easy listening
and a couple drinks
then we sit – walk – read and watch the Ocean and hear the waves.
This part of our dream vagabond life
coming true –
living life – walking healthy – moving –
observing – listening –
“HOTEL CALIFORNIA” in the background.
I have my GILLIGAN hat on –
to keep my protection against those sun rays.
I wear a shirt for the same.
Sometimes I have a single beer –
most times it is water.
We walk the tidal pools
the water feels warm
fishermen are always on the beach and in the surf
Down here by the shore –
the clouds and blue sky are beautiful
The sand is not hot to the feet
and is like soft powder
IMAGINE ALL THE PEOPLE!
Mostly older folks here
but you do see the young ones braving the water
We generally stay for two hours
leaving between 5:00 and 5:30 PM.
On our next bucket list of things to do
and in a few days will become a reality
Is to come down to the beach at FULL MOON!
We are almost there now!
Afternoons on the beach
listening to easy rock
reading – doing some network marketing
dreaming – making dreams come true.
Peace – quiet – surf – warmth from the sun
for us – it all has just begun.
MORMOR & PAPA
AFTERNOONS ON THE BEACH!
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The day started out with a sunrise from the lanai
their final full day here and last chance to BEACH IT!
But – a weather front came through during the night!
And on the Lanai – that morning – 58 degrees!
That would not stop us – bundle up – set our chairs
one final beach day it was!
The sun was warm – the air chilly and the water was warm.
We all wore extra clothing as the low 60’s became the norm for the day.
Wearing the mask was more for warmth than protection!
If the wind did not blow – it was okay.
We had the warm coffee – money – still waiting on it!
We did manage a few cool hours
but like the saying goes
A bad day at the beach is better than the best day wherever! LOL
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We had some apprehension – we were social distancing.
But – we also knew everyone else was also.
We were going to the beach with our life long friends
and their family.
What had started out long before the Covid 19
was a vacation planned by cousins
then the travel restrictions and pandemic.
But our friends daughter had put down a big deposit
and they were not letting her back out unless they rented it!
Word went out to close friends – can we help her out by renting a room?
Everyone was a friend of a friend –
and had been social distancing –
that was the start and we decided to go and take our two grand daughters
who had been wanting to go to the beach!
Across the street from the beach – we had arrived.
We knew a lot of the people – some we did not know.
But – what was a hard thought process
turned into a wonderful week.
We settled in – and a agenda had been thought up ahead of time.
We knew exactly when it would be our turn for dinner.
And what we were going to fix –
Jim and Dottie were our partners for dinner on Thursday!
But our first night there with a late check in was Sunday!
PIZZA order was on the menu for the first night
and less than 2 blocks away was a pizza shop!
The road you see here is the pathway to and from the beach.
No sidewalks on this beach road and the entrance to the beach
two houses in either direction!
So – everyone walked – ran – biked or drove this road.
Sometimes on both sides!
When driving this road – you would go slow and stop
giving the people the right of way ! LOVED IT!!!
There were nine bedrooms with Seven masters!
Ten bathrooms and three levels and a in ground pool.
The beach is very wide here and almost all of this is residential!
The sand was hot during the day – because we had a very hot week!
One day was over 100 with heat index of 104!
There were kids – little ones – mid size ones
& our grand daughters 14 and 17 being the oldest!
So they pretty much did what they wanted with our permission
always asking – polite – and everyone loved them.
I have been and always am a early riser!
I am up before the sun !
But – sitting here waiting with a cup of coffee
and capturing my first sunrise –
Was well worth the rise and shine of the day!
Maddy – who leaves again for college this weekend
choose to work but Sarah and Ella – choose to come along
and I am so happy they did.
The first day of our vagabond vacation with the grand daughters.
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I have always risen early – before the sun rises.
Usually by that time – I have already done my social media.
I have checked face book – my emails & my blog site.
I have had my first cup of two coffee’s!
Here in our base camp that I call home –
there is a glass sliding door that leads to a set of stairs.
I can see a rose bush and a tree –
black images againest a sky beginning to lighten up!
Dawn – orange colored with hints of light purple.
My time of day !
As I age – my time of sleep needed is about the same.
Here – my son in law is also a early riser.
He waters the back yard with his cup of coffee
while I read the morning paper and water the front yard.
The morning for me is what I love the most.
Like a painting – calm – serene – and a beginning of a new day.
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We are now gone from our home –
and have set up a base camp
at our youngest daughters & husbands home!
It is a rather large neighborhood – with large homesites
and really spread out!
Lots and lots of flowers – landscaped -fenced in.
Beautiful sunrise and no one out and about!
My spot now to sip my coffee in the morning – the Sun rises from the rear
The gate to the back yard – kids playing – riding bikes – scooters
A happy place this is – also very quiet outside
you hear and see lots of birds and from behind the woods – Cows!
My coffee and my new spot to sip and watch – but – watching is difficult
as you very seldom see anyone!
The back yard patio and gazebo – two fire pits and PURPLE MARTINS!
The neighbor has a birdhouse for PURPLE MARTINS!
And you watch them fly – dive and swoop around – chasing insects!
A rainbow – with no rain – rabbits and beyond the tree line –
pasture & cows and tractor working the fields.
Peaceful noises in early evenings.
Every yard of every house is fenced in – some like these
and some with the black wrought iron fence.
All yards manicured – a couple they mow their own –
but I see landscapers here daily mowing lawns.
We have moved on –
to a quiet place with the grand kids & their parents.
Laughter and love – peace of mind
peace in the heart
and peace in the soul!
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and the grand kids – well they capture my heart.
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Ever since I can remember –
the first bird chirping –
My bedroom as I got older after my older brother
left for college –
Was right in the front of the house –
Facing East and those first rays of the Sun.
GOOD MORNING EVERYONE !
I have always awoken either before those first rays
or shortly after!
I am up early each and every day –
first cup of coffee
BEFORE the morning paper hits the pavement!
And it is that way even if I force myself
To stay up and watch the BALL DROP for NEW YEARS!
My wife and I just had this conversation
About how over the years – we use to party –
Now it is CAN WE STAY AWAKE !
And – I am good with 7 to 71/2 hours of sleep –
BUT – it has to be when I am tired ( 8 to 8:30 PM. )
If I go to bed then – I SLEEP – solid –
seems in my later years –
I always wake up once to go to the bathroom! LOL
But – if I stay up –
I wake up the same time each day –
and then I feel terrible the rest of the day!
It’s like I have a internal clock
( I do not use a alarm clock)
If you tell me you want up at a certain time
I WILL WAKE YOU UP with NO alarm clock!
I do not know how that works – but it does for me!
My wife is opposite ( we do attract each other)
She likes to stay up later – somewhere around 10 to 11:30 PM.
She will wake up from 5 to 6 am. and read her phone –
I think it is her phone –
She is the lead in our book club from church
and she reads the books on line –
BUT – after a half hour or so – SOUND ASLEEP AGAIN! LOL
7:30 to 8:00 AM. she is up and ready to go-
Me – I have done all my face book – email – and my writing
read the entire paper front to back
and had two cups of coffee & ready for shower!
Life has it’s own schedule for everyone
mine happens to be EARLY
And I can remember those mornings back to my childhood
That bedroom not only faced East – but had huge maple trees
with lots of birds – all chirping with the first rays of Sunshine.
There was the main highway as we lived on the main street of a small town
In NWPA.
In the foothills of the Allegheny Mountains
I could hear the trucks going by –
and behind the house the railway tracks
The ” Click – Click ” as the wheels of the train as it passes
Lulled me to sleep each night!
Yes – I am up at the crack of dawn –
That is just who I am –
I like my morning solitude
My quiet time – my time to write – think and read.
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Your day is just starting – mine is hours old –
So Sunday mornings – I get dressed and head to church –
8:15 AM. service
By that time – my day is well on it’s way –
AND I DON’T MIND AT ALL!
Thank you!
