Fall Blessings

We’ve had a wonderful Fall and I was very happy to take a break from my blog AND from the computer in general.

Now I’m ready to come back to blogland! I’ve missed you all! I’m ready for some serious ‘catching up’! I’ve been blessed to make some true friends here and I’ve already been going down my blog list to see what you’ve been posting. Lots happening, as always and I’ll be visiting soon!

It was a great trip!

Can you find me?

We’ve spent time in the South (Myrtle Beach, South Carolina)

(hubby and I walking on the beach, photo taken by my sweet daughter in law)

and the North (Asheville, North Carolina)

(the view from the balcony of our home)

and now it’s nice to be back in the Sunshine State (Blue Run Park Hike #45).

I didn’t forget to go shopping while I was away! teehee! How about a Giveaway starting next Monday?

I’m excited to get back in the swing of things! So where do we start? Any news to share in your comments?

(Fletcher Park, NC)

It’s a good time to share mosaics! I may have taken just a ‘few’ photos while I was away!

I’m joining Cooking and Crafting with J & J HERE

AND Mosaic Monday HERE.

The beach is beautiful…but look UP!

We love spending time at Canaveral National Seashore.

You never know what you’ll see and last week we had to take our eyes off the ocean and the seashells along the shore to look UP!

A helicopter went by.

Let’s look closer!

And then 2 airplanes circled overheard.

The sky was gorgeous, too!

Later an Osprey flew by along with many shore birds that will remain anonymous! heehee!

I’m joining Beautiful Sunday

Amaze me Monday and

Lavender Cottage for Mosaic Monday.

It was a glorious day at the beach!

Florida Roads and Highways

We take the back roads for most of our trips but this past week, we got on the ‘big’ interstate when we left St. Augustine to make better time driving down to Daytona and New Smyrna Beach.

I’m not sure you can call an interstate beautiful, but there sure are some beautiful palm trees on stretches of this one and at every exit.

Well, having said that, most of our trip last week was taken on back roads.

Florida has rural areas, too.

Probably not what you would expect if you’ve never lived here or traveled the back roads.

I know it surprised me when we moved here 10 years ago!

I’m joining Beautiful Sunday

Amaze me Monday and

Lavender Cottage for Mosaic Monday.

Come back another day and I’ll share more beach photos! I love the beach best, don’t you?

And traveling the back roads is always fun!

St. Augustine, Florida

We spent a few days in St. Augustine this week. It’s one of the reasons we love living in this beautiful state. It only took us a couple of hours to drive to St. Augustine, the oldest city in the United States. (Wikipedia link with more info HERE.)

The beach is wide with powdery white sand and I even found a fence near the dunes below our hotel.

I’ll have more photos to share so please be patient with me as I try to catch up on all of your news in the next few days. I love getting back from a trip and visiting everyone!

I’m joining Tex for the

Good Fences party!

These photos were taken just before sunset when the sky starts to turn lavender and pink.

I hope you are having a wonderful week too?

Take a Trip with Me!

Oh, the Places You'll Go!

                     by Dr. Seuss

Congratulations!
Today is your day.
You're off to Great Places!
You're off and away!
You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes
You can steer yourself
any direction you choose.
You're on your own.  And you know what you know.
And YOU are the guy who'll decide where to go.

We ‘steered’ our path to Canaveral National Seashore…our favorite beach in Florida!

Our first glimpse of the beach.

Very few people there this week!

And the Full Moon off the balcony of our condo.

The view from inside at breakfast.

New Smyrna Beach, Florida

All photos straight out of the camera!

It really WAS that beautiful!

Me stepping onto the beach, smiling I’m sure!

Hubby took me on a special vacay and he ordered up perfect weather and a seashore with lots of seashells and even some precious pieces of seaglass. (and took most of these photos! thanks honey!)

I’m joining Beautiful Sunday,

Mosaic Monday, and

Amaze me Monday .

It’s even fun to get back and do all of the ‘normal’ chores. After all, I have seashells to wash and sort and blog buddies to visit! I’ll catch up with your news while I shake the sand out of everything!

Happy Weekend

 

Are we THERE yet?

We can make the trip from FL to NC in one day but it’s a LONG tiring day so most of the time, we stay overnight about halfway there.

Since we are driving the route that was the main highway back in the ‘50s and ‘60s, we see all of the old motels. I wish I had time to take photos of all the neat signs we see.

I think it would be a little scary to stay in one of them though! lol

Hubby really surprised me on this trip. He was searching online for a motel room and found a brand new Hampton Inn in Statesboro, GA. They had just opened 3 weeks before! Everything was SO nice and spanking new! They really gave us special treatment, too. What a fun experience! We can’t wait to go back. So here are some of the photos in case you find yourself in GA some time. It’s close to some fabulous restaurants, too!

And have you EVER???

Have you EVER seen anything so cute?

There’s a PIG in our room!

I’m joining Brenda at the Cozy Little House

for Tweak it Tuesday.

Can I stretch the meaning of ‘tweaked’ to say this towel has been tweaked? heehee!

 

Traveling in Florida this Spring

We had fun taking some day trips and short vacations this past month and I thought I would share some of the sights we’ve seen driving up and down the road.

I thought you might like to sit in the front seat with me and see the sights!

You just never know where we might end up…

or what we might see.

And a lot of it could be labeled ‘Only in Florida’!

Do you have any vacation plans for May?

I’m always ready to travel!

I’m joining

Beautiful Sunday,

Sunny Simple Sunday,

Mosaic Monday,

Amaze me Monday,

and Sundays in my City!

Is there somewhere in Florida you would like to visit?