But who would have known it was fall....other to see the light change and the temps fall just a bit. Oh.. prolly to 84 degrees instead of the high 90's!!! Every year, my galpals and I spend the last week of September at one of the Florida beaches....and it's a prescription for peace within our souls! We do nothing except lie on the beach, read, eat, drink, laugh and cry all at the same time - Yet there are also times where we all choose to just do our own thing with nary a question at all. Somehow, all the problems of the world we each live in simply don't exist for 8 whole days.... It's heaven, I tell ya!
And this year, the weather couldn't have been better scripted. Sunshine, no humidity, warm during the day but cool and crisp at night. The gulf waters were crystal clear with whiter than white sandy beaches and most days, even the waves layed down to sleep...making the water smooth and perfect for floating the hours away!!
calm waters where these two sistah's solved the world's problems!
(or peeing....not sure which!!)
It all began in the sky, cuz we are spoiled like that! Even thru masks, the stories began...it's easy to do when you're above the clouds where we chose to believe Covid has never lived!!
first stop being the coolest seafood mart in all the land.....lbs and lbs of shrimp, royal reds and raw oysters!!! Dinners for days!
dinner first night is always charcuterie (6 lbs of cheese I brought in my checked bag!) and huge boiled shrimp!!
breakfasts always included this with coffee, of course!
you know that ham and swiss cheese hawaiian roll recipe? well, I switched it up to the rolls being stuffed with sausage, topped with scrambled eggs and covered with hollandaise sauce topped with provolone cheese. Delish!
avocado toast with smoked salmon and salmon cream cheese spread!
Those breakfasts came after gorgeous sunrises..
6:41 am....
which turned into this at 6:45am
which made us all smile like this!!!!!
our days were spent here gazing into the gulf of mexico in front of us...
with skies the color of blue from the crayon box behind us!!!
smoked oyster and salmon dip for afternoon snack, recipe courtesy of my buddy, Betsy at
Estelle'slazy days turned into early evenings of watching that glorious sun set into its home for the night!
(of course we talked our chair guy into letting us leave OUR chairs out until 8pm!!)
anticipating THIS every night!!
you wonder how this is good for the soul??????!!!!!!!
and retreating to our balcony after the sunset to see the Harvest Moon watch over us!!!!
Before we knew it....it was time to pack up and head for home. One last coffee where ....
take one last look around 5032 and bid farewell....
only until next time, my dear friends......YOU ARE THE BEST!!!!!
P.S......... while mama was away, never fear about the boys or ms. PoppyPearl...
they were playing too!!!!
notice the 5th hunter in this pic!!!!!!
avocado toast with smoked salmon and salmon cream cheese spread!
