Monday, March 24, 2008
Battleship North Carolina
Friday, March 21, 2008
Shells and more Shells
The kids got their packages in the mail this week and Grampie's job was to collect shells to send to the kids. He made 3 packages for the triplets but miscounted and one bag had more shells in it than the others. So we sent him out to get more shells. He goes out every day. He only gets the very best shells that are not broken too much. This is the catch for the past 3 days. He even got a couple of starfish. There were jelly fish too but they don't dry so well... :). So he'll give Caitlin and Grace a chance to take the amount they were missing from their package that was mailed then he'll let them divide up the rest into 3 bunches and give Mitchell first pick at the remaining bunches. We're getting Caitlin and Mitchell a sand-dollar but we haven't found any yet... so we'll keep looking. Grace can have one of the starfish.
A mystery in the dunes.
So, between our condo and the beach is about 20 feet of dunes. There's a fence and a sign that says keep off the dunes. We spend quite a bit of time looking out over our balcony and Mert spotted this mystery item. It looks like an overturned ardvark, or some creature. We're not allowed on the dunes to see what it is.... What do you think it is? It looks like it has a tail.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Charleston, South Carolina
We made a side trip to Charleston, South Carolina this week. It was about a 3 hour drive there and another 3 hour drive back. It's a very historic city with lots of US history. We went to the visitor center where we took a 90 minute tour of old historic downtown and the city market. It's kind of like the Fredericton market, 3 or 4 times the size, but included in the stalls is alot more touristy/tacky stuff. We ate at a great Crab restaurant where I had the famous Charleston Crab Cake with fries and slaw of course. On the tour we saw some really nice historic homes that now sell for 2 or 3 million (like the one shown here). Our tour guide who know civil war history, but all his facts and details were a bit overwhelming. I was most impressed with the bridge you cross to come into the city. It had 2 huge spans that you could see from miles away as you approached the city.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Dolphins at play
This has become our early morning routine. You can hear Mert in the background making coffee.. and we watch the dolphins frolic from our deck. Isn't this nice... watch.... It's only a minute. They don't do this all day, just for a bit of time in the morning. If you're walking on the beach, I don't think you could see them for the waves.
Monday, March 17, 2008
A close shave
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Can it really be 15 years.
And I wonder what she would have thought of her new little namesake. I bet she would be so proud...
Friday, March 7, 2008
Fun in the warmer weather
Well, I've been offline for a week . We got to our condo in Myrtle Beach and I thought I'd be able to use the wireless. There was lots of wireless hits, but low, low strength and I think the buildings position put too much structrure between the access points and my computer. So this week I ordered Time Warner highspeed through the cable for the month, and it's great to be back online again. So I'll be back to my schedule of uploading every other day.
Here is a picture of our deck on the 3rd floor of our condo. It's the largest deck on our floor. I'm on the other lounger in my Bikini!!!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)