I’ve got another Charleston beauty for you. Sunset as seen from Bowen’s Island Restaurant. It was gorgeous in person and it doesn’t look half bad in the photo, either.
We’re off on a road trip/vacation and, while I promise to check in at least a couple of times next week, I won’t be blogging every day. You can always follow me on Instagram, though, to get the daily updates. I predict there will be lots of lobster photos!
Catch you on the flipside! XOXO
The Think Write Thursday topic for this week is to write about your three favorite things to wear.
My three favorite things to wear varies with the season, as I’m sure yours do, too. For today I’m going to share my three favorite things to wear right now.
My Old Navy boyfriend jeans. They are faded to perfection, cropped and baggy and comfortable. I would wear them every day if I could!
My Croc flip flops. I know, it’s another picture of my feet. Weird, right? I mean, I could get some interesting readers if I keep this up. Anyway, those flip flops were recommended by my podiatrist when I first had plantar fasciitis and they saved me. They have good arch support and they go with everything and they are lightweight and I wear them all.summer.long.
LipSense! I had to include it because I wear it every day and it has changed the way I look at myself. Whether I’m going bold and bright or subtle and neutral, a little lip color has made a big difference in how I look.
What are your three favorite things to wear? If you wrote a post for today please share it below! If you want to subscribe to the Think Write Thursday weekly email (it’s the only way to get the weekly prompt) please click here.
I’m joining in with Kat today to share what I’ve been knitting and reading.
As I’m sure you can see by my Bingo card, my reading has been more productive than my knitting. 9 books total since Memorial Day weekend. I know that sounds like a lot but a couple were audiobooks and one was a book of poetry. I’ve (mostly) got the rest of my squares planned out and I feel like I’m (fingers crossed) on track for a cover-all.
I’m knitting socks. I haven’t made a ton of progress since I last showed them to you but I expect that to change by the end of the week because road trip.
I’m also knitting this beautiful Islington Shawl. I started it ages ago but got sidetracked by Peace Cowls and baby sweater knitting. Now that I’m really working on it I’m remembering just how much I love knitting lace.
That’s it for me. To see what everyone else is knitting and reading head on over to Kat’s.
Someone over the weekend happened to mention to me that I never finished sharing all of our Charleston trip photos and stories. And I realized – wow! I haven’t. And then I was glad because, hullo, something to blog about.
On our last day in Charleston all I really wanted to do was just take the big camera and walk around the city. And that’s just what we did.
We visited The Battery and White Point Gardens.
We wandered up and down the cobble stone streets.
We saw (and splashed in!) the Pineapple Fountain.
We walked by Rainbow Row.
And up Church Street.
It was no accident that late afternoon found us back at Husk.
We had bourbon and fabulous burgers.
And then we were tuckered out and we headed back to our air bnb for one last night. It was a great way to recap and revisit the things we had seen and done over the week and looking back at these photos reminds me of what a truly awesome trip it was.
What was it I said on Friday? Look for beautiful things over the weekend? I followed my own advice but I must admit I didn’t take many photos. There are 3 I want to share with you, though.
Naturally, there is a Friday Night Snacks photo. Our Friday night was different than usual, though. We first attempted to attend a local baseball game as the end of the year party for Dale’s company. I say attempted because, while we did go to the party and celebrate for a bit with Dale’s coworkers, it was raining really hard and the ball game was canceled. So, despite our original plans, we ended up back home with Friday night snacks. Just a simple little tray of cheese and crackers, hardboiled eggs, and blackberries. I almost always have hardboiled eggs in the fridge these days since the Instant Pot makes it so easy to cook them.
We had no plans for Saturday so Dale did some yard work and I puttered around, knitting and reading, doing a little weeding and deadheading, and just generally enjoying a relaxing. On Saturday night we celebrated our anniversary with dinner at the restaurant where we had our reception 20 years ago. The Olde Hitching Post has undergone some changes over the years but the service, friendliness and quality is terrific and it’s fun to go there and reminisce.
Sunday was Father’s Day, of course, so we started with breakfast on the deck and a quick photo shoot for some head shots for Dale and his brother Randy. (I’ll explain why that was necessary another time.) I made chicken wings (this recipe is a real hit with my crew) and the kids came over to hang out. I also made some really great quahog chowder since a friend of Dale’s had given him a great big bag of fresh quahogs and it was a nice afternoon and evening of hanging out, talking and planning for the new baby, and just enjoying each other’s company. We ended the evening with a fire in the firepit, which Dale just loves.
It was a great weekend and there was plenty of beauty in all of those little moments. How was your weekend?
