So this year the NC 4th of July Festival has been cancelled due to Covid-19. That means no parade, no fireworks, no vendors, no concerts, no food trucks. Nothing. That didn’t mean that I couldn’t go all out with the decor at the house though. Here are some pictures of our house and yard. Scott built me this frame. I…
We took the week off and headed for the mountains. It’s the first real time off we have had since last April. We drove over to Hayesville, NC to visit our friend Eileen. There was lots of rain in the forecast, but I am hoping for at least a couple of days that are nice enough to play on the…
The theme for weekend was rain, rain, and more rain! Our rain gauge registered 8.01 inches of rain on Friday, although the national weather service said Southport had 9 inches. Either way, it was a lot of rain and felt like a monsoon during my morning bike ride to work. Thankful for my rain gear. The rain did stop just…
On Friday, we had the first of what I hope will be many more game nights! We had the same group over that we had for Cinco de Mayo. The theme for the evening was laughter. We had a nice spread of appetizers and finger foods to munch on for the evening. We played cards against humanity, telestrations, heads up,…
Well…we have been affected by TWO tropical storms already and hurricane season hadn’t officially started. Luckily, nothing too crazy. Just lots of rain and some wind. The National Weather Service issued a warning that the currents were bringing in a large number of Portuguese Man O War. I had never seen one in person, so we went for a walk…
For Memorial Day, I decked out the outside of the house with lots of red, white, and blue and American flags. Also on Monday, there was more action down at the waterfront. The US Coast Guard Cutter Diligence made it’s way through Southport as it was leaving its dock in Wilmington to head to its new home in Pensacola, Fl.…
Since all mass gatherings have been cancelled, people have had to get creative with events like graduation. Brunswick County held a drive by graduation celebration for one of the high schools here. A friend of mine had a daughter graduating so we joined her on the street to cheer for the senior class as they drove by. They also put…
There was a lot to celebrate this Sunday. It was Mother’s Day, my parent’s 40th wedding anniversary, and our niece Tinley’s first birthday party. We went to Rockingham for the weekend. While there, we also made a point to stop and have a quick visit with some of our friends. I helped my mom make a cupcake cake for the…
Cinco de Mayo marks our 1 year anniversary here in Southport. We came here with the intentions of it being another 13 week assignment and it ended up becoming home. In January, a couple of us at work planned out a few parties for the year. Mine was Cinco de Mayo and we planned on May 1st since the 5th…
Stop and smell the roses is exactly what I did when we walked by this yard. Usually during our walks we are on the other side of the street so I hadn’t noticed these until yesterday. They smelled amazing! On another note, we had quite the storm the other week. A tornado warning was issued for our area one morning…