We spend this week at a condo on the beach, enjoying so many different things this place has to offer. We've done our share of shopping the flea markets and antique malls, finding lots of good things to list on eBay for sale when we return home. A fun lunch one day was at a little beach lunch restaurant where customers decorate a dollar and tape it to the walls. Later they take them all down and donate to a charity. We all worked on our dollar and Kim taped it right above the fireplace. A trip to the local seafood market yielded delicious fresh shrimp, triggerfish and oysters for an unforgettable feast.
Last night we walked next door to a great seafood restaurant for a marvelous meal, strolled down the street to visit a bar with entertainment, then back and sat out on our balcony in the balmy breeze and watched the lights of the city and the fireworks being shot out over the ocean by lots of people up and down the beach. It gave us time to talk over the year past and think about the things we've done right and others we might not want to repeat, then talk about our direction for 2010.
Of course, our highlights were all about family-our new grandson, and our continued joy in our adventures with our Anna. Lots of good love in our life, and we feel very fortunate. Goals for this year focus on spending more energies on our creative works, and improving skills in painting and writing.
What a great evening. It was fun trying to get pictures of the fireworks around us. Timing the shot right isn't easy with the delay in a good digital camera. Some of them were shot from the beach 19 floors down and burst right off of our balcony right at our level. What a view! The full moon kept cruising in and out of the clouds overhead, adding an air of mystery to the evening too.
Today we drove south to Myrtle Beach State Park and went our separate directions. Jim for a leg stretching walk, Kim and Robert searching for letterboxes, while I strolled the beach and the sculptured oaks, wondering at those marvelous trees. Kim and I even found a terrific tree to hug, an annual tradition that we love.
Lunch was the traditional hog jowls, collard greens and black-eyed peas, supposed to promise luck and prosperity for the coming year. The strawberry cheesecake was just yummy.
Back to the room for a nap, then out tonight for another great seafood dinner, then I think a last soak in the hot tub is in order to finish the day properly.
Tomorrow we check out and head out to see more family, then home to cold, snowy Indiana. Each year this visit leaves us refreshed, with enough sunlight and family love soaked in to hold us through the rest of our tough northern winter.Happy New Year everyone.
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