Sea Pines Thanksgiving

Hi everybody!

I forgot to post some more of the beauty of our week on Hilton Head after the first two cloudy days. The sun arrived on Wednesday for the rest of the week. It is such a beautiful island and family friendly. A wide beautiful beach, miles and miles of canopied bike trails through beautiful scenery, great bird watching and the occasional alligator and tasteful island architecture, Sea Pines is so lovely.

Our daughter and I biked the trails and walked the beach every day. We found lots of sand dollars this year.  On a beach bike ride, we kept hearing crunching and realized we were riding over sand dollars! Forgot to photograph them though as we were quite focused on the treasure hunt, I think we brought home at least forty of them.

Looking towards Daufuskie Island. I love cloud watching.

A new dock was built at Harbour Town alongside the marina, great for dolphin watching.  We saw several close range but I could not get the right timing for a photo.

We ate a sunny warm lunch at Coast in the new Beach Club, lovely setting.

Poor little blow fish on the beach. 

 Kayaks and paddle boards at Harbour Town.

The beach gets much much wider than this at low tide.

Daughter dolphin watching, rocking the ombre hair.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Daufuskie in the distance. 

Twin oaks across the street from our rental home on the canal.

There were plenty of people on the island over Thanksgiving but once you are in place, you do not feel crowds, especially in Sea Pines. It was calm and quiet. We barely used the car the entire week except to get groceries for Thanksgiving dinner at the excellent grocery Harris Teeter. Love being in Sea Pines.

Thanks for visiting!

Cindy

low country morning walk

Hi everyone!

We are back in the Low Country this week to celebrate Thanksgiving with friends and family. Here are a few shots from my early morning walk today. 

No sunrise, just foggy beauty...

There are glimpses of fall color around.

Thanks for visiting!

Cindy

hello from the Low Country!

Hi everyone! 

It has been a long time since I have posted. I have been busy selling our home in Chagrin Falls, packing and organizing our big family house, arranging a rental home in Beaufort, SC, and then unpacking and setting up our temporary home while we plan and build our cottage overlooking the Broad River. We finally arrived in time to enjoy warm temperatures and plenty of sun although the Polar Vortexes definitely made their way down here as you can see …

a salt truck crossing the Broad River bridge! No traffic jams in this little town, everyone was cozy and warm at home. It was only cold for a few days. 

I will try to post a bit more often now. We were out walking our dog yesterday on a beautiful afternoon. Enjoy these scenes of Beaufort...

Oysters attached to the dock posts which will be covered with high tide in a few hours.

There are many historic homes to check out in Beaufort, so fun to stroll around. The climber on the lower pink columns is Nandina, it is blooming in most yards around town, the berries are visible from fall through spring.

Low tide at the marina and Bay Street, with its grand homes, in the distance.

One of my favorite places to visit  in Beaufort, Savannah and Charleston are the beautiful cemeteries covered in Live Oaks and full of beautiful old gravestones. This one 

belongs to the beautiful Episcopal Parish Church of St Helena, her bells ring hourly.

We ended the afternoon by checking out the sunset at the lot we will build on. We were happy to see this….

We are now working with the architect and builder on the house plans but will try to relax and enjoy the process as getting the family house sold and organized (lots of purging and also dividing belongings into containers for storage or the rental home) was the biggest effort. It feels funny to be in a much smaller home but so much more cozy, efficient and less upkeep. 

Thanks for visiting!

Cindy