Snapdragons

 

Snapdragons got their name from the fact that someone thought they looked like dragons and when you hold the side of the flower together and then let go they snap shut. Yes, they do snap shut but I can't see the dragon resemblance can you?

Shrimp Boats

One last look at the ocean.... like sands through the fingers of our lives...ha! The tide was so high that the water came under our chairs. We were laughing as we held up our feet. There was no where to go...to sit or to walk, the tide was that high. It was a way for the ocean to say "go home, Carol"  ;-)

  Thank you to my grand daughter, Allison, for all the sacrifices that she had to make for me like giving up her bedroom for 3 weeks. And thanks to my grandson John for letting me use the van every morning giving me the wheels to go to the beach and Brookgreen. Thanks to  the whole family for all their hospitality and generosity. I had the best time ever!

 The shrimp boats were a bust. There was no way to get a shot without the steel mill in the back ground....this was the best of the lot. We did have a nice walk and ice cream after. Pretty nice evening.

Goodbye Atlantic

Later today, we are going for a walk on the beach...my last for this trip. Later we are going to drive to Georgetown to see if I can get some photos of the shrimp boats. ....then maybe dinner.
Yesterday, I got an I phone and I think that damn phone is much smarter than me. Amy and Allison are helping me with it but I think that I am past the age that technology can sink into my brain. Will try later to take a picture with it and send it via text...if I can do that I am on my way. For those of you wondering, the phone itself was .97 cents and I was eligble for an upgrade...think I got a pretty good deal.
Tomorrow, my last full day here, we are going to Scatories  http://www.scatoris.com/  for lunch....my favorite Italian place down here...yum!

Being a Tourist

Allison and I went up to Myrtle Beach and were tourist for a few hours. We walked the board walk and the strand, got involved somehow with an Elvis impersonator and ate ice cream. We did manage to easily avoid the arcades, beach stores and souvenir shops. Lots of spring breakers but not near the crowd that they would get in the summer. I hadn't been up there in a few years, Amy was working so Allison and I were the occasional tourist.

Peaches Corner has been here forever...my son remembers it from the early '90s when he was in the Marine Corp. Allison took this pic with her phone and we sent it to him.

The Sandpiper

I love his little shadow.

Daisy

I was thrilled to see daisies blooming this early....June in Michigan. Had fun playing around with the editing.
Having a great time here in SC, busy every day. Tomorrow we are having a big shopping day. Weather is beautiful, 82 right now with shining sun.

Conway Riverwalk

"and this is where we spent Easter Sunday"

Too bad that I didn't take pictures of the great spiral ham that we had...and the Easter eggs.