South Carolina

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A Poem

Hello Holy City...

You are Holy in more ways than one..

You are so beautiful with your skylines, and churches..

Palm trees and Pluff mud...

Busy Days, a trip downtown.

Oysters are shucked, shells fall to the ground...

There is a bridge I see, With it's big arches over the Atlantic..

It took some time to fall in love with this, was I a skeptic?...

Holy City, you had mountains to compete with and colors to fight...

However, nowadays that's not in my sight....

Beaches galore, with seagulls and starfish, with sandy toes and crashing waves.....

Holy City, You are my home and I Rave!!

Welcome you say to my heart and soul,

Holy City I have finally made home.

Happy Veterans Day

To my mom and dad who have sacrificed so much, cheers to you both!!  (1998 Military Ball in Washington, D.C.)

Happy Veterans Day!! To those who serve today, tomorrow and always!!

Fall Y'all

Pumpkin and scary eyes!!

Boo!!! Pumpkin is lit!!

 

Pretty orange!

Look at those little pumpkins, what's not to love:)

Front porch 

Front door, Yay it's fall!!

Lovin' fall in South Carolina!9

Random photos from key west...

Okay so I promise to get more fall "like" after this post, I am just so excited to share Key West.  It truly is a great place, especially when you go with people you love to see friends that you love , enough emotion, I'm over it.... Take a look my seamen and seawomen and enjoy.....

Don't worry Hank is alright, (he knows a sea voyage is about to occur) just a little tired....he had a lot if fans..not the ones you cool your self off with, but people. He's popular, what can you do!?

A great place for lunch.... I mean at least I thought...

Look at this art store on Duvall!! Pretty neat!!

We're off..

Boca island, ahhhh

Sting ray!!!

Bye sting ray, nice knowin' you!!

 

The littlest hermit crab I've ever seen..

Back on the boat, no breeze meant to many bugs, gotta go

Hank the first mate...keep an eye out for land matey!!

Okay well you've got the drift.... See you ashore.... 

What do I do now?!!

I've dabbled in art,  yes, I've tried watercolor, I've tried acrylic, I have dipped my toe in oil paint, I've scrapped the glue from a glue gun and yes I have done some crafting, but through it all I have have made some pieces that I'm proud of... They may not be the best, however, it somehow made me feel good, that I could be creative, only the bloggers know this about me, not my Facebook friends or my twitter, just you... I guess sometimes the anonymous is a better judge than no judge at all......

Well happy day, I did some art..,see you soon you anonymous judges... :)

Another day in paradise...

We biked our way to the most Southern cafe and beach bar...it didn't take long when we arrived it was very calm, unusual for Key West.  Mr. Sombrero knew everyone so we got great service and friendly conversation as well as great food...

Are bikes are parked, let's go in...

Hurry let's get a seat before it fills up....

The backyard..not to shabby..

The Southern most Hotel, right next door!!

Excuse me, did you just fly right onto the bar top?

Yes I did, the pigeon said.....

Just looking around for some tidbits.....

I said get out!!

We bike and we bike......

   We took a bike ride with Hank the fur baby,not our    fur baby, but Mr. Sombreros, he took us to our Key West home for the week... All Aboard....

Our Home During our Key West Visit.... So cute, they had the greatest little soaps and shampoos..!!!

The Pools were AWESOME!!!

More views, it was so relaxing here!!!

This was breakfast.. A little gazebo filled with goodies...

They had eggs, bacon, grits, biscuits, jelly, coffee....

And juice!! Tomato, orange, cranberry, but get there fast cause at 10:30 it's gone till the next morning!!!

WAIT TILL YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENS TOMORROW!!!

Adventures in Key West...

So are Host, Mr. Sombrero showed up in a hat bigger than the baggage claim!!

When the plane landed we walked the tarmac and  I took a picture of the welcome to the Conch Republic, aka Key West....

Went to Eaton Bikes for our transportation around the Key....

Okay, I'm ready to go. I've got my bike and my purse....let's do this....

Wait.....Mr. Sombrero had his fur baby... can't forget Hank in his buggy....

Let the Adventure Begin....

Saturday in the kitchen

I bought these old recipe books from an antique store and decided to try a few recipes, I mean we ran our errands and finished working in the yard so why the hell not!!

Here's my peach cobbler, a few modifications, but looks and smells delicious!!

Before these beauties were broiled...

AND after.... These poppers were a recipe from my best friend.  You buy fresh jalepenos, halve and seed them, stuff them with cream cheese and wrap them with bacon.  I used turkey bacon and low fat cream cheese, but holy sh$t these are to die for!!! ( oh and top them with fajtia seasoning)

I love cooking, the only part I dislike is the clean up, but it comes with the territory. I am trying to dabble in cooking something new each weekend, plus I've got all these cookbooks so I mind as well use them.  

On another note, fall is right upon us and I'm super excited to get my Halloween decor out, drinking the seasonal beers, buying pumpkins and mums, and getting the summer put to bed for the year.  Let us relax and let the fall season begin!!