Last week I visited some friends in NC and

actually walked for a bit on the Appalachian

Trail!

This piece is on Wayah Bald Mountain...

about 5000 ft. above sea level.

Now I REALLY have the desire to do it all!!!

http://www.highlandsinfo.com/hiking/wayahbald.htm

Coquina Beach--

10 minutes from

where I live...

facing west in

the Gulf of Mexico.

Seashells at Dawn

BEN & JORDAN--6 footers

Ben & Jordan...we're

getting ready to go

for a swim after

eating out at Anna

Maria Oyster Bar

Restaurant.

Jordan will enter

his junior year of

college in August,

and Ben will be a

junior in high school!

Ginger knew I was going to leave her at a new home...her ears are back, but she's a good sport, as always. I'll go back to visit her next week and leave her papers and heartworm pills. I miss her, but she has the woods to explore now, and can take a dip in the river.

cactus in the sun

pretty gold "paint"

on this chrysalis

of a Monarch

butterfly

(located by the

dryer vent...she

could dry her new wings upon exit)