Florida

On the road again in Florida

We are enjoying the sunshine  and warm days and at home SNOW seems to be coming again

Sorry we are missing it NOT.

This will be short as I will be taking some photos to share and posting about our

trip.

Until next time
Linda

Christmas Town

It is another dark and dreary rainy day in Williamsburg VA for the second day in a row. We arrived Friday and had 2 nice days. We visited Christmas Town at Busch Gardens and I just loved it. Surrounded by
Christmas lights and music, how could you not enjoy it.

It was just such a happy joyful place to be at this time of year.

We saw a great Christmas show "Gloria" that tells the story of Christ birth in a beautiful way. The music
and the scenery just took your breathe away. Praise God that you can still go to places and hear God's
Word told.

It was cold but they had the best hot chocolate I have ever had in a refillable Christmas mug.It was so good.

We had planned to attend the Grand Illumination at Colonial Williamsburg that brings in the Christmas
season but it got to cold and raining to hard for us so we will try another year.There was still quite a few people there but we didn't dress warm enough.

Hoping the weather clears up so we can go back to Colonial Williamsburg.

Until next time
God Bless
Linda

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Thanksgiving

The Thanksgiving weekend is over and it is now December.I hope everyone had a wonderful
and blessed Thanksgiving.

As the children are grown now and have kids and some of their kids have kids it is hard to
get everyone together. We cooked and enjoyed those that could come sort of a buffet come when you can thing. I am thankful for family. Still making memories

My three girls.

We ate and then SHOPPING. Had a fun weekend of shopping. Really shopped until we dropped.Thursday night with Rachel and Friday with Kelly. Enjoyed the time with my girls
Memories being made.

My Mothers 90th Thanksgiving and 3 little ones 1st Thanksgivng

Thanks be to God  for the blessings in my life.

Until next time
God Bless
Linda

BRRRRCold

November 12 our coldest day we have had and unusual for this time of year. It started out a typical fall
day and then the wind picked up and the temps went down.

Snow flurries in some areas and we folks in the south love anything to do with snow. Almost any amount of snow that sticks calls for a snow day. Folks from up North think we are crazy because of our
reaction to snow but hey we love it cause we don't see it much.

This is a brief cold spell and then it will warm back up. It will be down in the cold 20's tonight and not
out of the 40's tomorrow.

Praying for people who have to be out in it because of work or maybe they are homeless and don't have
a warm place to go. We also think of outside animals who may not have shelter. We remember all of these and pray for their safety and protection thru this cold November night.

Until next time
God Bless and keep warm
Linda

Carolina Kite Fest

Kites big and small all shapes and sizes at Atlantic Beach for their annual kite festival.It was
quite a sight to see the variety of kites and the people flying them.

This event has been going on for 26 years started by Don Dixon owner of Kites Unlimited.
There is no set schedule for events because it is all wind dependent.

They have demos and games that can be done with kites. The kids get to build their own kite.

It was quite a wonderful sight to see all the kites in the air.

Lovin Atlantic Beach

Until Next Time
God Bless
Linda

Beaufort Ghost Walk

We joined this tour for a nice, lovely, screepy walk around this quaint little town. Our guide
none other than Bonnie the Blood Thirsty Pirate. It was very enjoyable.

As we walked our pirate told about the events and legends of the Beaufort ghost. The most
famous being Blackbeard.We didn't get to see it but his house is there in Beaufort.

The 300 year old graveyard was the best and spookiest. The graves above are called tabletops and
the reason is when folks came to a funeral or to visit the graves since the trip was long they brought
their food and had a nice picnic on top of their loved one.

The tour has been featured on Discovery channels "Ghost Lab".Our pirate had quite a few interesting
stories about sightings in the graveyard.

This grave was the most interesting,The grave of a child who legend has still plays around
the graveyard at night.When folks come to visit they leave a shell or trinket on grave and story
goes that the next day it is gone or moved. Who knows?

If you ever get to Beaufort be sure and take this great Ghost Walk. It was even better because it
being Halloween time a lot of the houses were decorated.

Just a little downhome humor, I am sitting here concentration on writing my blog about the Ghost
Tour and my grandson sneaks up behind me and scared the crap out of me, I thought one of the ghost
had gotten me.

Take Care
Until next time
God Bless
Linda

Shackleford Island

We went to Beaufort where we took a boat ride to Shackleford Island to look for shells and to see if we could catch a glimpse of the wild horses.The exciting boat ride took about 30 minutes.

He dropped us off and then the trek began over the sand dunes to the ocean side. It was quite a walk.
Beautiful but tiring. We were able to see about 5 horses off in the distance. It was windy so most of the
105 horses on this island where somewhere protecting themselves from the wind.The horses are on
their own they get no food or water from the Park service but survive on what is available on the island
as they have for many years.

The ocean side beautiful and deserted on this chilly windy October day. We spent time walking and
collecting shells. The park ranger came by on her 4 wheeler and said there had not been any really
good or big shells in a couple of years.Still a nice adventure.

Then the trek back to meet the Captain of our boat. We walked the shore line of the sound while
waiting for him. The water very clear at the shore line.

Beaufort is a very nice quaint little town and worth spending some time just sitting and walking
along their waterfront boardwalk.

Until next time
God Bless
Linda