Just a short time on the porch this morning....

....before the heat becomes unbearable.

I imagine myself walking on the beach early in the morning, a cool salty-air breeze.....seashells,

the pounding ocean waves and the sound of seagulls.

Lovely ~

think cool thoughts today if you, too, are dealing with this summer heat wave.

Enjoy your day!

Seashells

I'm a seashell collector.

I've always loved seashells ~ I guess because I've always loved the beach.


This is what I did with some of my collection......a project.

First, lightly spray paint a grapevine wreath with white paint. Next, heat up the glue gun and start glueing the shells to the wreath ~ any which way you choose. Add some spanish moss, maybe a few twigs, and......voila!

You have a beautiful seashell wreath.

I hung mine on our screened-in back porch. It reminds me of the beach and I love it!

A fun roadtrip

Galen and I took a road trip to the Outer Banks this past weekend. We went to Kitty Hawk, NC to see the Wright Brothers National Memorial, the first powered flight of Wilbur and Orville Wright, (this was a trip we took for Galen's birthday) and the beach (for me!). Of course I wanted to see the memorial too, but I REALLY wanted to be at the beach. We took Otis and Riley too. They had a great time running along the ocean front and exploring everywhere. Galen and I stayed in a hotel right off the beach and you could see the Wright Brothers Memorial in the background.

The weather was great, a bit windy, but in the 60's.

We had a fabulous time and some excellent seafood! And, of course, I got my fill of the beach ~ the salt air, the sunshine, the sea gulls, and seashells. Ahhhh.

Seashells, seashells

Decorating with a few of my favorite seashells.

One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach. One can collect only a few, and they are more beautiful if they are few.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh