This morning I'm sitting here in Hilton Head, across from my working husband, two laptops whirring, keys clicking, and wondering what to write. Sounds familiar--that blank page/screen syndrome. Funny that, as I'm never wondering what to say. Words just jump into my head and out of my mouth at the least provocation. I love people and I love to talk with them. Guess I'll just pretend I'm talking, then, instead of writing.
I visited a bead store here yesterday and bought nothing. I'm spoiled by my
Fire Mountain supplier, that's for sure, and I spent 2 hours a couple of days ago looking up stuff on their website. I feel an order coming on! Anyhow the shop here was small but cute, had lovely beads but very high prices--about 5 times what I pay usually. I might as well be buying them in Canada where the stores are beginning to pop up but their selection is not nearly so good and their prices high as well.
Yesterday when I was at aquafit I learned about a neat store here called Home Goods. Later in the day I took a tour. I bought Christmas stockings for the grandchildren to use at our house and some great Christmas towels for me! With all the shopping I've done so far precious few things have been for me so this was a treat. The store is a little like HomeSense at home but the quality was awesome and the store just packed with goodies. Yum.
We've had some great meals here and Tuesday tried out the Crazy Crab (one of my parents' favs years ago) with some teacher friends who are here as well. I had a yummy clam chowder and crab cakes, good but not as great as the ones I had in Cape May last summer. The search goes on. My husband who is not so much into seafood had fish and chips which he loved. We were all happy.
Yesterday was overcast and rainy so no beach walk but every other day we've been out enjoying the lowtide expanse of beach here at our resort,
Marriott's Barony Beach Club. We keep talking about biking but the days seem to fly by with lots to do and we haven't made it yet. Today we're invited to friends' for a walk on the beach and supper at their unit in Sea Pines. Should be fun.
It is amazing to me how many things we find to do here on this island where we've been coming for over 17 years. The available things change all the time but the point is there are always new things to try and some of the old things to revisit. And the ocean is always there.
What a great break this has been for both of us after our busy fall with the Anne of Green Gables show and our usual busy lives. Even though we are both working--well me trying to, Ron actually doing his work--our free time is so relaxing that the week has been a bright spot in our fall. Way to work November blahs out!
And yet.
When we leave for home on Saturday I'll be happy to go and happy to get back to our palace in Ontario. Life IS good.
Oops, no! This is an alligator ( and its baby--look hard) reflected in the stream on our walk through Sea Pines Forest Preserve WITH our friends. Here Dace is trying to fit into a hollow tree for my camera.
Notice the turtles in this boggy swamp. They are some of my favorite things on this nature walk.
I got ahead of the group and made them pose for this shot. It was early December but still some greenery in South Carolina.
So special to have friends to share this relaxing and enjoyable vacation island with. Also for me it was terrific to share it with two seafood lovers as we all went to the Crazy Crab at Harbour Point and I had clam soup--delicious--and crab cakes--pretty good.
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